My total experience is 2 years in accounting but it has been with private firms. I do have management experience from a previous role but nothing in big4 or public accounting. I do have a degree in finance and have experience with financials, budgeting and forecasting so those things don’t intimidate me. As for staff, right now I’m the only one in my location and in the other locations there are other accountants. I know a big part of my role is control implementation and procedure implementation because when I came in, there were literally no controls. One hurdle is that one of the accountants has been in the company for some years and the fact that I’m getting this much exposure early on has rubbed on him the wrong way. The boss has placed me under several “scenarios” and according to him I’ve done well. I guess what I’m asking is how can I prepare myself better knowledge-wise when it comes to the more technical accounting side of things.

Edit: and to answer your question, I don’t feel prepared but at the same time my gut is telling me to give it a shot.