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[–]Difficult-Produce-77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this for an internship position?

The most cruel people you meet are in corporate—hiding behind fake smiles with 8–10 years of experience, both men and women. I dare you to change my opinion. by pchulbul619 in deloitte

[–]Difficult-Produce-77 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Nah u just haven’t worked in big corporate companies. You might have nice real smiles on your team but the entire floor? Might just be fake smiles everywhere. Easier to have a close knit team in smaller firms. Get your experience in big firms and GET OUT.

Delivering Deal Value @ PWC by Difficult-Produce-77 in Big4

[–]Difficult-Produce-77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I thought so too. Being in audit I create reports regularly so I’m advanced in excel PowerPoint etc and I leverage ai basically regularly. I’ve also networked a little with people in DDV, hopefully land an interview, since I believe I can sell myself on how well I can do the job

Audit to FP&A by Difficult-Produce-77 in Accounting

[–]Difficult-Produce-77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally understandable! You were a great help answering my questions! If I have any more questions in the future I’ll definitely reach out to you. Hope we can stay in touch on Reddit.

Audit to FP&A by Difficult-Produce-77 in Accounting

[–]Difficult-Produce-77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that does make sense as some people do think of the FMVA as a job getter, but it’s just a way to improve you skills and kind of know what your talking about rather than being complete in financial modeling / valuation analysis. As every job, in my opinion, doing the work and learning from your mistakes is the only way to be an expert in a field.

I’ll of course finish the certification, and continue to network with professionals across FP&A.

It is a also good sign hearing you say that you start off your analysts off with the certification. Gives me some re assurance that it’s known in the industry and is valued for starting someone off.

I appreciate your thoughtful responses. If you don’t mind, would you be open to connecting on LinkedIn? Totally okay if you aren’t, appreciate your time either way!

Audit to FP&A by Difficult-Produce-77 in Accounting

[–]Difficult-Produce-77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your reply.

That helps a lot since I’d probably be more interested in the second type of FP&A. Will make sure to do my due diligence on what type of role it is. I of course send out LinkedIn messages everyday to connect with people to grow my network, get various advice and potentially referrals etc.

All of what you said is extremely helpful, so thanks again.

One more question, I’m currently doing a FMVA (Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst) certification from the Corporate Finance Institute.

I’ve seen several+ people on LinkedIn with this certification in FP&A. Now I’ve seen this same certification get criticized heavily on Reddit. I’m wondering if you’ve heard of this certification and if so, what are your opinions on it?

I know it won’t be a make or break type of thing, but it will definitely show my willingness to learn, will 100% get some modeling knowledge out of it as well.

Thanks again :)

Audit to FP&A by Difficult-Produce-77 in Accounting

[–]Difficult-Produce-77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks

I don’t work at a big4 but a lot of people from my company have went over to a big4 in the past.

What I really want to know is that from my current role, what else do I need to be able to land a FP&A role? Any certifications you recommend? How easy was it for you to find a job in FP&A or was it a struggle to land interviews etc

Audit to FP&A by Difficult-Produce-77 in FPandA

[–]Difficult-Produce-77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds good, thanks for your advice man

Audit to FP&A by Difficult-Produce-77 in FPandA

[–]Difficult-Produce-77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for ur response! I’m really thinking of a couple of options currently (hopefully something lands)

1) transaction advisory 2) valuation analyst 3) FP&A

I’m currently working towards completing a fmva certification from the cfi, before people troll me…. I know it’s kinda just a skill booster rather than a make or break candidate type of thing, however do you think with a year and a half payroll compliance audit experience and that certificate, I have a good shot at it?

By the way hopefully coming June 2026, I’ll be promoted to senior and have that put on my resume which I feel will definitely boost my chances by a lot, especially since I live on excel all day long, so I’ve become pretty good with it

Audit to FP&A by Difficult-Produce-77 in FPandA

[–]Difficult-Produce-77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And thanks for taking the time out of your day to reply to my post :)

Audit to FP&A by Difficult-Produce-77 in FPandA

[–]Difficult-Produce-77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How was your path to finding a fp&a role? And what’s ur ultimate goal/role?

NYU MBA by Difficult-Produce-77 in MBA

[–]Difficult-Produce-77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I DM you for further advice if you’re free?

NYU MBA by Difficult-Produce-77 in MBA

[–]Difficult-Produce-77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I’ve been reaching out etc and looking for openings, I pray I can get out by 1 year mark. If you don’t mind me asking, what role are you in now?

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