Which direction should I go in if I want to get out of public accounting?

Are you Big4 or smaller firm?

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H&R Block

You get to work with mingo and you can eat all the Walmart chicken fingers you want

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Any ideas on where I should try to go with my career?

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bartender at Beck's

Head for whichever direction leads to the front door.


Ever thought about getting on with a local or corporate bank?

CFO for private industry. Less stress. Decent pay.

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Take a manager or controller job at a small company. Then with some experience there start applying for CFO jobs

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This.

I'd think with this job market finding a controller type of job for a midsize company would be very doable right now. And move up changing companies until you land somewhere you like.

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Take a manager or controller job at a small company. Then with some experience there start applying for CFO jobs

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Yes to this. Are you in audit, tax, or because it's a smaller firm do you do both? Which do you like better? If audit, single out the industries you've done the most work with and apply for Accounting Manager or Controller jobs in that industry. Get experience and then go for CFO. Not always less hours than public, but your busy season is more budget, year end, audit time, and a little a month end. As a CFO, lots more meetings.

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