HF Middle Office Product Control vs PE Fund Accounting

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Got 2 offers on hand. Come from Big 4 Accounting with a little less than 1 yr of experience. 1. Global HF (40b AUM) - middle Office product control team (help PM’s resolve P&L issues on a daily basis) All in 100k first yr, heavy on base salary but a little low on bonus.

  1. Global PE Fund/FoF (40b AUM) - Fund accounting role, 90k all in first year but lots of room to grow in terms of bonus. Bonus percentage is about double compared to the HF opportunity.

Long term goal is to either become Controller/CFO at a fund or transition to a front-office role after a few years through networking internally. (I know this is a long-shot).

Curious if Product Control on the buy side will be more helpful than Fund Accounting when it comes to possibly transitioning to a Front Office role on the buy side or if it’s a dying industry (getting shifted to places like SLC $ Dallas).

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