Leave Big 4 for Treasury position - Advice needed

I have just been offered a position at a large E&P in a 'corp. development & planning' group, which falls under treasury. It sounds interesting enough and the company has a great reputation around town - it is decently sized, so I would have the name recognition but it isn't so large that I would be stuck in this position for 5 years and not really learn much.

While I am tempted to take it seeing as how I am currently in Audit (going on 8 months) - I do not want to jump the gun and leave for a position I will regret - it seems a lot of people do this.

The only thing really keeping me in Big 4 is the fact that I have a rotation into one of their advisory M&A positions (5 weeks), which will be very interesting (compared to audit) and usually leads to a full-time offer following the next busy season - so I would be starting full time April 2013.

One problem with staying at Big 4 firm is they generally want to see you complete at least one year as a senior before rotation into group (rare I am even being given the opportunity to do this rotation) so part of me is going to be absolutely furious if I pass up a good job like this one in treasury then get told that I need to 'do another year in audit' and come back and talk to the advisory group after.

There are only 3 other associates in this group in our entire region (east, south, west - they are very large multi-state regions)

My ultimate goal is to either get go to b-school in 2-3 years or continue to look for a more finance related job in the event I turn this one down and get rejected by advisory group.

Any adivce would be greatly appreciate. Post-MBA plans would be to get involved in private equity or get on with a O&G company in some type of corporate development gig.

Thanks in advance.

 

I would wait it out and definitely go for the advisory rotation. It also may raise a few red flags on your resume if you left big 4 after only 8 months. Typically the longer you stay in big 4 audit the better you are off when you lateral. If they are recruiting you this early on in your career there - no offense - but it's likely that you will top out relatively early.

 
Soros:
I would wait it out and definitely go for the advisory rotation. It also may raise a few red flags on your resume if you left big 4 after only 8 months. Typically the longer you stay in big 4 audit the better you are off when you lateral. If they are recruiting you this early on in your career there - no offense - but it's likely that you will top out relatively early.

Thanks for the tip - I am thining I am leaning toward staying.

You mean top out with the company I would be transferring to?

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