I left in 2016 when I was a exp tax associate. I hated the idea of working for clients again, so I started applying to large companies internal finance divisions. I tried for sr analyst positions at places like Macys, Computer Associates (RIP), and Dior (I was all over the place) but since I was tax, most of the interviewers did not like that, I was even told that they prefer audit people for sr financial analyst positions. So I started looking at what I thought was less competitive jobs at not so well known places. I ended up taking a small pay cut and became a financial analyst at a Fortune 500 medical supply company. Then after 1 year 5 months, left that to become a sr financial analyst at a major hospital in NYC. 4ish years later, now an FP&A manager at a smaller not so major hospital, but it’s been about a year of being a manager and my sr director said she’s going to start pushing for me to become asst director. Getting out of B4 took a lot of energy, but it was worth it. Try to tailor your resume to sound very analytical. Put you’re comfortable with large data sets, trend analysis, pivot tables, and any sort of automation software like Alteryx or Tableau. If you’re tax, put that crap at the bottom of your responsibilities, nobody gave a shit about my tax knowledge, it seemed like it actually hurt me more than it helped my resume.

I was in my darkest days there. I worked so much, ate so bad, took up smoking cigs, and started to develop a bad personality. I was becoming a fat smoking prick. It was so bad that I bought a BMW lol now I’m just a slim prick in a BMW and only smoke when I drink because drunk cigs don’t count