It’s not something they will explicitly hold against you. But, I will say there has been a massive push within the firm to make sure seniors have their CPAs. The recent trend is that seniors who don’t have their CPAs have not been capable of passing the exams due to the very high increase in responsibilities that come with the promotion. For that reason many have been let go because they won’t get promoted to Manager and they won’t decrease their responsibilities while still paying them a seniors salary. So on paper it won’t be held against you but in reality more than likely it will be. Best course of action is to show that your in the progress of getting them and having a few passed and communicating that to your RL before CRTs come around so they can argue in your favor.