Here a question you probably heard before. What should I do with my career?
I am currently enrolled in an MBA program and I have exhausted my non concentration courses, so I need to make a decision. Â I hope some of you can provide some light of your experiences and help me out.
I have about 10 years experience in Financial Planning (mostly individuals/retirement), and I currently work at a Big 4 on the operations side dealing with mostly plan administration (little bit of Financial Analysis, HR Generalist, retirement plan administration, and payroll), I’ve been doing this for almost 5 years. Still a little bit related to personal finance/retirement planning, but not quite.
Things that I think I like doing:
- I like taxes (I’ve actually done mostly-low-income personal income tax with my father’s business for about 10 years)
- I like forensic accounting (finding mistakes, reconciling, solving puzzles)
- I like talking to people (but I don’t like selling, I like more giving advice)
- I am passionate about personal finance and small business development. So much that my dream job is to be like a Dave Ramsey.
- I would prefer a flexible schedule so I can travel and be with my kids.
Things I don’t like doing:
- I don’t like routine… if I do the same for more than one year, I get sloppy. I need to keep moving.
- I don’t like selling (or at least the feeling of soliciting); I love to provide great customer service, and solutions to my clients, but I do not like to solicit (hence I can’t be a Personal Financial Planner in that sense)
Does anyone have a clue what should I do with my life? I was thinking MBA in Taxation or Accounting + CPA …. or MBA in Finance and find a way to teach.
Also, can someone really explain what people do in Auditing? vs FSO? vs Transacion Services? etc. Â not the cookie cutter stuff.. .like your day to day….
Sorry for the rant.