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Hello all -
Looking for some opinions on a unique job offer.
My background: Currently a senior at a Big 4 accounting firm in a smaller city (i.e not NYC or Houston or another major hub). I also am an adjunct accounting professor at a major university. I have a good quality of life here - busy season we leave by 9 every night. Busy season lasts just during January and February. I like everyone I work with. My complaints about the job: I'm so bored and I feel like a fake accountant sometimes - there are so many things I don't know (i.e tax). I hate controls (i know everyone does) but the thought of spending my life reviewing controls and pretending to care about this stuff makes me want to scream.
My opportunity: There is a one man shop in the same city I live in looking to expand. He is an ex controller of a public company (an audit client actually). He is very sharp. He does tax, contract CFO work, and some general book keeping. He is at the point where he has to hire someone to grow anymore. He wants to expand into small business audits. The city is a growing city with lots of emerging small businesses that are priced out of big 4 audits, and even smaller "big six" type audits. He wants to hire me to expand the audit practice, and teach me tax work and the other areas of his business. Assuming things go well, I'd be an equal owner with him some day.
Thoughts??
Looking for some opinions on a unique job offer.
My background: Currently a senior at a Big 4 accounting firm in a smaller city (i.e not NYC or Houston or another major hub). I also am an adjunct accounting professor at a major university. I have a good quality of life here - busy season we leave by 9 every night. Busy season lasts just during January and February. I like everyone I work with. My complaints about the job: I'm so bored and I feel like a fake accountant sometimes - there are so many things I don't know (i.e tax). I hate controls (i know everyone does) but the thought of spending my life reviewing controls and pretending to care about this stuff makes me want to scream.
My opportunity: There is a one man shop in the same city I live in looking to expand. He is an ex controller of a public company (an audit client actually). He is very sharp. He does tax, contract CFO work, and some general book keeping. He is at the point where he has to hire someone to grow anymore. He wants to expand into small business audits. The city is a growing city with lots of emerging small businesses that are priced out of big 4 audits, and even smaller "big six" type audits. He wants to hire me to expand the audit practice, and teach me tax work and the other areas of his business. Assuming things go well, I'd be an equal owner with him some day.
Thoughts??