Big4 experience vs CPA license, which is more valuable?
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I just found out that the $115k Senior Accountant offer I received uses a bonus structure based on company performance rather than individual KPIs. The HR rep tried to sell me on the fact that the company historically pays out at 100%, but legally, they could give me a $0 bonus check. Coming from public where the bonus is small but guaranteed based on your rating, this feels like sketchy. Do you guys negotiate for a higher base salary to offset a bonus clause like this, or is this just standard practice in corporate America?
I’ve reached the final round for a Corporate Accounting Manager role, and the recruiter just told me the salary band tops out exactly at my current Senior 3 public pay. I would love a 40-hour workweek, but I can't justify taking a flat lateral move when inflation is eating my savings account. I don’t know what my next move should be?
I need a sanity check on this offer: $95k base, fully remote Senior Accountant position at a non-profit health system. It’s a modest raise but a massive life upgrade on paper. Does anyone have experience with the accounting culture in massive hospital networks or non-profits? Is it just underfunded public accounting?
I’m about to decline an offer solely because they refused to put their flexible work-from-home policy in writing in the actual offer letter. During the interviews, the hiring manager promised me that everyone works from home on Mondays and Fridays, but HR refused to add that amendment to the employment contract, stating it's a discretionary policy. To me, if it isn't signed in ink on the contract, it can be deleted by a corporate memo on my second week of employment. Am I being entirely too paranoid?
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Big4. I had CPA, but it didn't open a door for me. So I went to big4. Then, I was able to get many opportunities. Anyone can apply and pass CPA at any time in his or her life. But big4 opportunity comes after you graduate from the college or build up good experience in other PA firms. Ideally, do both.
Strange to put them against each other but I would say Big 4 because I was a CPA in a local firm and it was hard to get hired in industry because my experience wasn’t technical enough for industry jobs (reviews,compilations, write ups etc.) You should aspire to have both because that’s the gold standard for industry hiring managers
Early in your career big 4 experience but later in your career CPA license.
You can only get so far without a CPA. Weird question, I’d say you “need” both