20 сент. 2023 г. · Possible? Sure, but you're going to need a stepping stone of something like controller or external audit experience thrown in there.

7 дек. 2021 г. · You have a much higher chance of becoming a CFO from a banking/M&A background than an accounting one. Don't do audit just to learn basic ...

22 июн. 2019 г. · Has anyone here gone from public accounting (in audit) to CFO/Controller of a large company? What's your story?

8 нояб. 2018 г. · The most reliable path is getting a CPA then joining a big 4 accounting firm for 5-10 years. From there you can jump ship and join a smaller company as a ...

30 мая 2021 г. · There's many levels of cfo in industry and I can see a high assurance manager or SM going straight to cfo in a smaller or lower middle market co ...

21 окт. 2024 г. · Audit is in the weeds learning and will introduce you to complex accounting matters. FDD is higher level big picture learning although you'll still spend time ...

10 окт. 2024 г. · CFOs nowadays have more of a finance background (think banking/PE, project finance, etc). They do understand accounting pretty well, but they're not experts.

12 окт. 2024 г. · 66% of the CFOs of FTSE100 companies have a big 4 background so trust me, you're on the right track. ... What do you work in? Audit? ... You'd be ...

11 нояб. 2024 г. · If my end goal is to be a CFO, what would be more valuable? Having a stronger audit background, or moving to FDD where I will have a bit of exposure to M&A?

23 мар. 2024 г. · Generally speaking, in audit the client you're serving is the chief accounting officer, however in advisory you're more likely to be serving the ...