Transition from Big 4 Tax to PE or CF

I am currently working in a Big 4 firm's tax practice and want to move into finance. I have been working in tax for about 1.5 years (straight out of college). I have been told it is extremely hard to move from tax to finance so I am trying to get a jump start on my options. Any advice on how to break into the finance world from the tax world?

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