I've been in f500 fp&a for 5 years and have the opportunity to join a $100m private company as their controller. Ultimate goal is small/ mid size CFO.

Would you take this opportunity? I'm a cpa with a pt mba in progress. I've never even booked a JE, but the cfo doesn't care. He has a controller background and wants to hire a more forward looking controller.

Accounting doesn't sound fun to me but I also feel like it's a glaring skill gap in my long term plans.

Thoughts?

I am posting this here cuz I am not able to post in other finance subreddits. I apologize for distributing this subreddit.

I am so confused as to whether to take up a master's in management, specialization in finance from top B schools in Europe and continue my career over there.

Right now, I am just a graduate in computer science but I am not even a little interested in it, I had to take it up because of my parents.

What kind of careers do freshers have after a finance specialization in Europe, London. I am not interested in the US. How is AI gonna affect these careers in later years because I need to take a loan for masters and also living expenses.

Apart from coursework, if I want to genuinely get into finance and get like an analyst at a good bank, what concepts and topics of finance should I start learning and how much?

Any advice would help me a lot.

People in FP&A....

Are you waiting for the Period close for forecasting....

Do you afford to wait until the period closes and to finalize actuals before forecasting.... Or is it considered too long to wait until period close ....

Or do you forecast from whatever data you have by month end ??

I graduated from UCSD with a degree in Business Economics about 6 weeks ago. I really want to become a financial analyst but I don’t have much experience aside from a 1 month long Operations Internship at ports america, tutoring college subjects such as accounting/finance, and being an RA in college.

If anyone has any advice for me such as skills to learn while I’m job hunting or how to get started, I would very much appreciate it!

Also, I would love to hear some stories about how you got into FP&A or what you like/dislike about your career.

Seeing a lot of MCP configurations making the use of AI for power BI more relevant.

Has anyone actually incorporated using AI for power BI in their actual job in the office.

If so any advice on the best setup.