Most Fulfilling Accounting Careers

EY
md646

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md646
Aug 26, 2019 6 Comments

EY Auditor, 2 YOE, CPA, MAcc from top accounting school, Married.

I can only stand 3-4 more years of Big 4 busy seasons. I want to be home more with my family but I'd like to get to ~180K TC in Texas dollars.

What accounting career path have you found most fulfilling? Controller/CFO, Financial Reporting, Internal Audit, Advisory, FP&A, continue in External Audit (and hope for better WLB), smaller firm?

SWE's go away.

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  • Goldman Sachs / Project
    not Lloyd

    Go to company page Goldman Sachs Project

    not Lloyd
    fulfilling? accounting? oxymoron?

    learn to code - sql will get you somewhere better
    Aug 27, 2019 2
  • New / Other
    AuntHilda

    New Other

    AuntHilda
    Controller is the only vertical that you can call Accounting. Also, it’s a personal choice what you prefer. If you prefer standard month-end closings without much surprise, be a controller. If you want some excitement and travel, go for M&A. If you enjoy interacting with functional leads, looking at variances and solving for the same then go for FP&A. If you like rolling up the numbers, butter coating the numbers, talking in a way that would sound cool but doesn’t make sense then go for Financial Reporting.
    Aug 26, 2019 0
  • Verizon Media / Acctg
    sue2612

    Go to company page Verizon Media Acctg

    sue2612
    Im have been in the bay area in Internal audit or compliance type roles for last 5-6 years. I make around $180k in TC but with 7-8 years experience. I don't think accounting is a very lucrative career, unless of course you make it to VP level (corporate finance or controllership). And progression to that level will need easily 15 years experience
    Aug 27, 2019 0
  • PwC / Acctg
    uYAS65

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    PRE
    PwC
    uYAS65
    I agree with @AuntHilda depends on what you find exciting, and for $180k you can find that within a few years of any of your suggestions from people I’ve talked to.

    If you want to stay B4 then consider the smaller practices. I am in the Deals practice and there are a number of areas you can choose to go into from Audit.
    Sep 7, 2019 0