[Anonymous]

I’ll keep it short.

1. I love working there and the people are great. Been there 2 years.
2. It’s a small firm with tons of growth.
3. We just hired a new person and boss decide to split her work between me n the new guy instead of giving me her old responsibilities.
4. Im on 60k total in the Iowa area.

Shld I leave if I’m able to get CPA this year? I’m feeling like they aren’t even slightly mindful that I want to move up etc

[turo9992000]

Let them know that you want to do more. Ask for an evaluation, ask for goals. Start bringing clients in. Train the new person.

[Anonymous]

I had an evaluation and told them I wanted the current controllers day to day. His response was “grass is always greener“. My raise was disappointing also. My plan is hopefully CPA by September then start looking around

[Missy]

I'd look to see what else is out there, I realize its frustrating when you want a bigger role because I've been there but honestly there is no way I would have been truly experienced enough to take on a controller role 2 years into my career, there's a lot more to it than you realize until you've got one.

Licensed Massachusetts Non Reporting CPA since 2012
Finance/Admin/HR Manager

[cantpassagain1]

I would try and focus on the exam. I am at a B4 and have a really sour taste in my mouth from my whole situation because of the group I got stuck in. Long story short, its my first real job out of grad school but I just got word that I passed the exam on the last release date. I started looking around in industry (switching from B4 tax to internal audit) and already have 2 interviews set up. I only have 3 months of experience in my group. Also, I am in the works of switching departments within my firm. It looks like it will pan out because the new department knows I passed the exam and they value that a lot, whereas my group now could care less. Youd be surprised how many opportunities just passing the exam can bring.

[Anonymous]

They are seemed excited when I passed FAR, I just want that to translate into actual numbers and responsibilities. I know I’m not ready to be a controller, but I’m definitely not gonna stay as a staff accountant if I pass my cpa. Especially with 3 years of experience

[turo9992000]

How did the evaluation go? Did they tell you what to work on? What is your personal goal for your career? Do you want to stay in public, or go private?

I agree that you should not be a staff person with 3 years experience with a CPA license. Ask some of your old classmates with similar experience and experience what they are making.

I suggest you pass the CPA, stick around until after tax season and then bring the issue up again. You'll also need to make yourself more valuable to them. Whether by helping the firm grow, or by outputting more and better quality work.

[Missy]

Just remember skill set is as important if not more important than years of experience and licensing. If you're a licensed CPA with three years of experience doing bank recs, depreciation, and cost analysis but an employer has a management position that requires sales and use tax filing, payroll oversight, etc it will be an issue.

Remember companies are looking for the “best” candidate, not someone who meets the requirements. For example I'm licensed and have 20 years experience and get laughed at if I apply for an accounting mgr position at a 100m company even though I've held that same title for YEARS at companies <30m. Whatever experience you can gain and add to a resume will do you as much good if not more than your license.

Licensed Massachusetts Non Reporting CPA since 2012
Finance/Admin/HR Manager

[Anonymous]

It’s a private firm and my evaluation was really good. just need to be more focused on detail and more suggestions on process improvement( was surprised by this, I had many good suggestions).

[Author]

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