u/TheoryPale3896

For managers who get to review applicants first or alongside HR, who the heck are these hundreds of applicants that apply within the first few hours or days, especially for remote and SFA roles?

Are half of them qualified? A tenth of them? Are they dozens of international students who are unemployed or don’t live here? (You can assume the countries I’m referring to). Unemployed people from different lines of work who have to work remote for whatever reason so they spam any remote job?

Who really are these candidates? It’s discouraging to even apply anymore…

A little bit of background: 3 YOE starting in BU FP&A in industrial manufacturing and pivoted to corp treasury. Recently, I took another treasury job because I was commuting 3 hours daily, and it is fully remote, however I am very siloed in this role doing AR work essentially, with 0 exposure to modeling/cap markets and senior leadership. In my last treasury role, I managed daily liquidity, monitored debt, worked on risk projects, etc. In my new role, I am just coding bank transactions and my manager wants to monitor every single transaction that comes in and out of the company - there are thousands weekly.

I’m hanging onto a thread of hope after the AT called me the other day randomly and expressed he wants me to work on more strategic projects and set recurring meetings with me (although biweekly). I feel as if it is an attempt at trying to retain me and may see me as a flight risk doing the work I’m doing.

I recently received an offer to go back to FP&A in manufacturing environment, and am heavily considering it due to fear of losing core financial skills in my current role

Current Job: Treasury Analyst, 90k, remote

Pros:
- Fully remote
- Decently nice team
- Solid WLB
- allows me to drop off and pick up my toddler from daycare each day/spend time with family
- potential opportunities to do more strategic work (although have not been given timeline or actual analysis projects yet)

Cons:
- doing AR work (not even managing KPIs like DSO, but literally coding bank transactions for accounting)
- manager is old school and not very technically savvy, distrustful of excessive automation, AI, analysis, etc.
- completely siloed from capital markets side of our treasury department
- haven’t met a single banker 4 months into treasury role
- not passionate/aligned with the industry

New job offer: Financial Analyst, 95k, 5 days on site (25 min drive) with occasional remote flexibility

Pros:
-immediate financial analysis (forecasting, budgeting, strategic projects)
- handle entire P&L and balance sheet for $300M business unit
- manager has expressed interest in mentoring me and would target a transition for me to become multi site controller in 2 years

Cons:
- fully on site
- 3 weeks pto, including sick time
- BU culture described as being “intense” at times although manager deviates from this and strives for team WLB
- heavier hours as I settle into the role, meaning potentially less time with family

Do I stay with cushy remote treasury job with thin hopes that I get to work on capital markets projects and not be just a reconciliation monkey or do I just kill myself the next 5 years gunning for BU controller? Pls help

A little bit of background: 3 YOE starting in BU FP&A in industrial manufacturing and pivoted to corp treasury. Recently, I took another treasury job because I was commuting 3 hours daily, and it is fully remote, however I am very siloed in this role doing AR work essentially, with 0 exposure to modeling/cap markets and senior leadership. In my last treasury role, I managed daily liquidity, monitored debt, worked on risk projects, etc. In my new role, I am just coding bank transactions and my manager wants to monitor every single transaction that comes in and out of the company - there are thousands weekly.

I’m hanging onto a thread of hope after the AT called me the other day randomly and expressed he wants me to work on more strategic projects and set recurring meetings with me (although biweekly). I feel as if it is an attempt at trying to retain me and may see me as a flight risk doing the work I’m doing.

I recently received an offer to go back to FP&A in manufacturing environment, and am heavily considering it due to fear of losing core financial skills in my current role

Current Job: Treasury Analyst, 90k, remote

Pros:
\- Fully remote
\- Decently nice team
\- Solid WLB
\- allows me to drop off and pick up my toddler from daycare each day/spend time with family
\- potential opportunities to do more strategic work (although have not been given timeline or actual analysis projects yet)

Cons:
\- doing AR work (not even managing KPIs like DSO, but literally coding bank transactions for accounting)
\- manager is old school and not very technically savvy, distrustful of excessive automation, AI, analysis, etc.
\- completely siloed from capital markets side of our treasury department
\- haven’t met a single banker 4 months into treasury role
\- not passionate/aligned with the industry

New job offer: Financial Analyst, 95k, 5 days on site (25 min drive) with occasional remote flexibility

Pros:
\-immediate financial analysis (forecasting, budgeting, strategic projects)
\- handle entire P&L and balance sheet for $300M business unit
\- manager has expressed interest in mentoring me and would target a transition for me to become multi site controller in 2 years

Cons:
\- fully on site
\- 3 weeks pto, including sick time
\- BU culture described as being “intense” at times although manager deviates from this and strives for team WLB
\- heavier hours as I settle into the role, meaning potentially less time with family

Do I stay with cushy remote treasury job with thin hopes that I get to work on capital markets projects and not be just a reconciliation monkey or do I just kill myself the next 5 years gunning for BU controller? Pls help

A little bit of background: 3 YOE starting in BU FP&A in industrial manufacturing and pivoted to corp treasury. Recently, I took another treasury job because I was commuting 3 hours daily, and it is fully remote, however I am very siloed in this role doing AR work essentially, with 0 exposure to modeling/cap markets and senior leadership. In my last treasury role, I managed daily liquidity, monitored debt, worked on risk projects, etc. In my new role, I am just coding bank transactions and my manager wants to monitor every single transaction that comes in and out of the company - there are thousands weekly.

I’m hanging onto a thread of hope after the AT called me the other day randomly and expressed he wants me to work on more strategic projects and set recurring meetings with me (although biweekly). I feel as if it is an attempt at trying to retain me and may see me as a flight risk doing the work I’m doing.

I recently received an offer to go back to FP&A in manufacturing environment, and am heavily considering it due to fear of losing core financial skills in my current role

Current Job: Treasury Analyst, 90k, remote

Pros:
- Fully remote
- Decently nice team
- Solid WLB
- allows me to drop off and pick up my toddler from daycare each day/spend time with family
- potential opportunities to do more strategic work (although have not been given timeline or actual analysis projects yet)

Cons:
- doing AR work (not even managing KPIs like DSO, but literally coding bank transactions for accounting)
- manager is old school and not very technically savvy, distrustful of excessive automation, AI, analysis, etc.
- completely siloed from capital markets side of our treasury department
- haven’t met a single banker 4 months into treasury role
- not passionate/aligned with the industry

New job offer: Financial Analyst, 95k, 5 days on site (25 min drive) with occasional remote flexibility

Pros:
-immediate financial analysis (forecasting, budgeting, strategic projects)
- handle entire P&L and balance sheet for $300M business unit
- manager has expressed interest in mentoring me and would target a transition for me to become multi site controller in 2 years

Cons:
- fully on site
- 3 weeks pto, including sick time
- BU culture described as being “intense” at times although manager deviates from this and strives for team WLB
- heavier hours as I settle into the role, meaning potentially less time with family

Do I stay with cushy remote treasury job with thin hopes that I get to work on capital markets projects and not be just a reconciliation monkey or do I just kill myself the next 5 years gunning for BU controller? Pls help

Woke up late this morning and forgot to take my trash can to the curb. What are my options? One-time private services available? I live right in the city..

I’m not really referring to a baristafire-type plan. I know this isn’t always feasible or attainable for everybody either.

I work in FP&A and I know I don’t want to do this forever. There’s something to be said about doing a good job in whatever you do. But also, to me, it’s all meaningless BS in the grand scheme of things. I think by the time I am 30 or whenever I reach 350k in investments (whichever comes first), I’m going to make a serious attempt to pivot careers.

I will not become a barista or go work at the local hardware store, but try to pivot my career in a different direction. Maybe that’s teaching, maybe it’s local government, maybe something else, idk. Yes, I’d probably take a hit to my fire plan, but maybe it would be worth it. Anyone have a similar plan or care to offer perspective that maybe deviates from the normal viewpoint you often see here, which is to maximize NW/income and then to just retire completely? For context, I still would want to fire by the age of 50.