u/Abject_Project3527

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FP&A is not for me

I recently completed tier 2 MBA in India and got into an FP&A role. Its mostly creating dashboards on powerbi, submitting accruals/reclasses, forecasting and ad hoc tasks to gain more visbility. Most days it is just me alone working with a LOT of data. My manager comes back with the tiniest for tweaks in a dashboard and it drives me nuts.

3 months in, I am not sure if I can do this for the long haul. I don't want to become a VP in deciding what to reports will be presented management. I think I am better when I speak to people on a regular basis, have more ownership and more strategic work. I am better at excel & data than most people in my MBA, but I don't want to work solely on it. Especially after doing an MBA, where I learned so much about management.

What can be pivots for me?

Edit 1: I am 24 of age.

Edit 2: I feel my role is a data role, I just handle financial data I think. It could very easily be replaced with Sales or ops data.

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