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Hello All. I finished all four exams in early 2018. Finished them very quickly – 3 parts in late 2017 (roughly 10 days per section). Gave myself several months of break, took and finished the last one during tax season 2018. And luckily, all on first attempt.
I finished my master’s degree in May 2017. Jumped right into public accounting after graduation (my current employer). Within my current position, I am responsible for providing a wide range of financial services such as: bookkeeping, tax prep, tax resolution, and insurance. I am pretty much taking the full charge over the financial services side of the business. But, the company is really small and no one in the firm is a CPA. I am trying to see if I can make into Big four after this tax season.
The question is, what position should I apply? All the positions I have applied so far are either “experienced business tax” or “experienced tax private company services (or high net-worth individual).” I did talk to KPMG couple days ago. KPMG asked for a initial phone screen a week after I applied. It went pretty good. Quickly went over my background and experiences, and then jumped right into locations and openings. The recruiter did mention tho that business tax team is usually looking for someone with provision-type tax returns experiences (Public Traded Company).
I am okay with both tax and audit, or advisory. I know for sure if I want to get into audit or advisory, I might have to apply for associate level (college hire); whereas, I may apply for experienced positions if I am okay with tax.
Any suggestions? Should I just go for associate? Big four are my targets. I am totally okay with long hours and all that. Really looking for a position that I can utilize my capabilities.
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