Have y'all covered the transition from Assurance to Transaction Services in GC?
Network your ass off — This is straightforward and goes along with the previous point. Work your magic with your performance manager and mentor(s), the HR professionals responsible for experience hiring for TS, and anyone in TS that you can come to interact with. This is where attending office functions like campus recruiting events can pay off. Don’t be aggressive with expressing your interest, but don’t be shy about it either. The most important thing to be is patient. This stuff takes time.
Look outside your firm — Pain attention – this should not be overlooked. The easiest way to avoid office politics is to look outside your firm and test the waters at a rival. Every Big 4 firm posts their TS jobs to their websites. Here: EY, PwC, KPMG, Deloitte
- Auditing sucks. Getting away from the long hours and thankless work will make you feel valued! PRO
- By getting away from the thankless audit work, you mean traveling to Lord Only Knows, Kansas to perform thankless research. CON
- Your audit engagements provide you with zero reasons to travel on the company’s dime. TS = travel!!! PRO
- Getting an email on Sunday about travel plans for 6am Monday morning is a major buzzkill for your Sunday Funday. CON
- Travel = per diem. PRO
- Making EBITDA your bitch. PRO
- But sometimes EBITDA will bitch slap you and show you who is really in charge. CON
- The CPA is not a hurdle for your career path. PRO
- You could be a senior associate for YEARS anyway since TS does not follow the strict promotional timeline like audit. CON
- Your mother might think you’re on the same level as the consultants at McKinsey. PRO
- Reality = not even close. CON
- Hitting on someone at the bar and not having to explain what an auditor actually does. PRO
- The feeling of adding actual value to a client’s bottom line, potentially even having a hand in a successful deal. PRO
- The shit-ton of administrative work that no one tells you about. CON
- The opportunity to wear more suits. PRO