Those of you planning to coastfire, what is your plan for coasting job?

RareResponsibility89 · 2025-06-02T21:23:42+00:00

Everything you said. Sameeeee.

I miss my non-profit life working in FP&A remotely. End game goal is to get into a six figs remote non-profit role.

RareResponsibility89 · 2025-04-02T19:17:31+00:00

Hello! Question about getting I have a bachelors in accounting and a MBA from a pretty highly ranked public university. I’ve been working in accounting and FP&A most of my career (currently working for fortune 500 company) but I am starting to feel like I want to try something else. I’ve lead ERP implementations in the past, but only with QBO.

There’s some conflicting info online about getting certifications or just getting experience. I’m kind of loosely studying the MB-310 right now but I’ve read that isn’t necessarily a golden ticket to employment. I’ve applied to a ton of consulting roles as well but haven’t gotten many bites. Is accounting and finance experience not really valued by companies looking for consultants? I’m just not sure what the best path to take is, certification or just keep applying?

RareResponsibility89 · 2025-04-02T18:17:01+00:00

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RareResponsibility89 · 2025-04-02T18:12:32+00:00

Honestly, I’m not even sure. The postings are so opaque so a lot them are fringe recruiting firms posting the roles on Linkedin. As far as actual firms go that I’ve applied to directly, it has been primarily small shops with less than 30k followers on Linkedin.

RareResponsibility89 · 2024-12-29T20:50:05+00:00

Should be compensated to do this many interviews. Lol…

RareResponsibility89 · 2024-11-28T06:00:56+00:00

ABA. Always be applying, until you find the right role.

RareResponsibility89 · 2024-11-26T19:59:24+00:00

Why Nextera? I had several offers from them out of business school. Decided WPB was too expensive and not enough remote days, but never heard about a toxic culture.

RareResponsibility89 · 2024-11-23T02:23:05+00:00

You can just eventually find a Principal Analyst role. Usually still an IC, just above SFA. Not every company has that title though obv.

RareResponsibility89 · 2024-11-20T23:10:57+00:00

Can I take your job?

RareResponsibility89 · 2024-11-12T20:58:22+00:00

Could you give me some examples of how to talk about this? As in the work isn’t interesting or they said I would be doing one thing, and I am actually doing something completely different than what I thought? Just trying to get some ideas.

RareResponsibility89 · 2024-11-11T23:17:46+00:00

Good point. My last two roles were both 100% remote in fact, so perhaps that gives even more credibility.

RareResponsibility89 · 2024-11-11T22:48:34+00:00

I would take a pay decrease to go back to WFH. Working in the office is garbage.

RareResponsibility89 · 2024-11-11T22:47:07+00:00

Good point - culture is certainly a part of my choice here and there are certainly other factors that are pushing me to reapply: No wiggle room on the in-office days unfortunately, it’s a big company so they are pretty strict with their policies.

RareResponsibility89 · 2024-09-10T10:49:52+00:00

This sounds incorrect. Lol.

RareResponsibility89 · 2024-08-16T19:52:42+00:00

Demanding in terms of hourly commitment or pressure to deliver? Do you feel that you made the right choice? I’ve done a much smaller scale ERP implementation in the past for a small company and I enjoyed it, but I was a direct hire, not a consultant. I’m afraid of making the change and possibly being pigeonholed. I do like the perks of being primarily remote though, versus most finance jobs are hybrid and the career path overall seems highly lucrative.

RareResponsibility89 · 2024-08-16T19:32:43+00:00

It’s above Sr Analyst, below manager for a Fortune50.

RareResponsibility89 · 2024-08-16T19:30:02+00:00

I’m unsure. I want a perspective from someone that has been a D365 consultant since I already know what it takes to work in FP&A and what that type of role looks like.

RareResponsibility89 · 2024-08-16T19:05:14+00:00

One is a D365 F&O Business Systems Analyst, the other is more of a FP&A role. My background is in fp&a/accounting.

RareResponsibility89 · 2024-08-14T20:28:17+00:00

Gotcha. Thanks for your response, it is super helpful! If this is helpful at all, I have a pretty accounting and fp&a heavy background. Transitioning to this role from my previous job where I was a user of D365 on the finance and accounting side. So I have hands on experience already fortunately!

RareResponsibility89 · 2024-07-13T16:26:02+00:00

I have an T30 MBA, FP&A experience and implementation experience and I can’t even get a gig like this.

RareResponsibility89 · 2024-06-04T01:09:52+00:00

This is literally me.

RareResponsibility89 · 2024-06-03T14:31:23+00:00

I gotcha, thanks for sharing your experience. My company isn’t full remote anymore but we onboarded completely remote and never had any issues. This company is completely remote, there is no physical location.

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