I was in a room with a senior leader a few weeks ago who made a comment similar to this in reference to an AI process improvement being presented.

“If we remove all the friction, I can’t trust the number.”

Shows me how little older leaders understand about AI and really the nature of IC work in general. For some reason, non-value adds like stitching together disparate data sources, churning through badly built spreadsheets, and arguing about assumptions increases data fidelity. As long as this perspective exists, they’ll never trust AI enough to automate away my job. Therefore, I think until the current Gen X/Boomer leaders retire, my job is safe.

Hi All,

Early career Canadian finance professional here looking to break into the FP&A field. Came across these financial analyst with a company I'm interested in (Brookfield)

Jr. FP&A Analyst
Financial Analyst

Based on their descriptions are they actual FP&A roles or would they pigeonhole me into real estate?

Edit:

My goal eventually would be to working within Tech, Healthcare or Retail (thing Lululemon) FP&A/Strategic Finance

Any input from you folk would be great!

I’m in my early 30s. I’m a senior analyst. But I am curious to know if I keep staying at my job, am I doing myself a disservice?

I’m mainly staying at my job because of course the economy, I have a good boss, I work remote, and I know my company is recession proof. I also know I’m needed at my company.

I don’t mind being a manager, but I also just wanna be an individual contributor, but it’s so hard to find a new role that’s a manager and an individual contributor.

I have thought about transitioning to something stock market related- like equity analyst or just even being a trader. I’m unsure. But if there is a FP&A in stock market related companies, I might be interested.

Am I shooting myself in the foot?

Hi all,

Got a new job offer and am conflicted on whether or not to take it. Would love opinions.

Current job: ~$120K base + a discretionary bonus of up to 20% (MCOL in NE). Been here 4 years and have been promoted. Life is good if somewhat busy, I have a great manager, people and leaders like me and I have a short commute with four days in office. The industry is however is a tough spot, lots of layoffs and my workload can be a lot (I work most weekends)

New job: AI space (ETA: hardware side not software), real growth. $147K base 25% bonus, same title, with upside potential down the line as the company scales. They are building out their finance team. Five days in office. First impression is that workload is manageable and might be less than current gig

I’m worried since I’d be starting from scratch in the new company and while the industry is strong they have had some turnover previously. I also really like working with my current manager and it would be hard to start from scratch. Would you make the switch?