I currently hold a position in a group that is neither seen as a respectable position by other groups or there is a blatant ignorance of what exactly we do. It’s become increasingly challenging to move to another team, as if being this red headed step child of our vertical is translating into being blacklisted to move around in the company. I do not have a CPA and I do not plan on getting one but I hold an audit position in operations. I have a counselor that has told me flat out, “we do not know what a promotion looks like for you”. I’ve capped out my salary with this group 2 years ago and I’m definitely wasting my time. I am tired of working in a group that has been Severely understaffed for a year. How can I translate my skills to another role altogether? help!
EY is not really respected anyways no matter which department. You could always do internal audit for companies but what are you interested in doing? What's your degree background yoe & location? These all make a difference
I have a degree that I consider to be obsolete - graphic design - in a city where everyone is a “graphic designer” - Dallas. I’ve been here 5 years and I am believing more and more your first statement. Audit is a passion but that does come with certification requirements.
Graphic design can be big if you work in marketing department. I think you first need to figure out what you like then take it from there. Also think about if you are willing/able to change your location. What I would recommend is look for various jobs that you find interesting and read the job descriptions and see what you're missing from there and see how you can improve either by taking a class or find something that's close enough or lower level where you can get hired and get more experience
consider a move to a restructuring firm like FTI, Alix, KPMG, or McK’s restructuring practices. they are booming with business and your operations audit background should be gold to them. also consider whether the feedback you are getting is actually a kind of negative performance feedback. dig into the root causes for their “unpromotable” view of you
also add alvarez and marsal to your list of restructuring firms
Their view is financial, under the new E. D. G. E model. I have gotten nothing but stellar performance reviews since I’ve been with the team. (5 ranking). They cannot afford to my salary in the group - another direct quote. Another byproduct of the red headed step child. I’ve never heard of Alvarez and Marsal so thanks!
Inside ey, internal audit services or risk maybe?
dude get out of accounting
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Big 4 audit practice usually has a need for extra resources during financial busy season and often recruits from their non-audit practice for rotational programs. And advisory practices also offer similar rotational programs, although it’s much rarer and need much more networking and patience to get your foot in the door (since there’s no recurring “busy season” for them to anticipate the need in extra resources). I have a former colleague at PwC who was also in Tax but wanted to transition into Financial Audit, and he initially participated in the audit rotation before doing so. I myself was in the risk advisory practice and participated in audit rotation two busy seasons and probably could have transitioned into financial audit practice but decided to leave for private.
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First step: get out of EY. It largely depends on what you wanna do. You've told us zero interests.