Look up any firms that do Fairness Opinions and/or Business Valuation, they're basically appraising small market public companies or large holdings of high net worth individuals. Stout Risius Ross, McFarland Grossman, Gulf Star Group would all be decent places to look. Also, you could probably roll out of bed and fall into a Gas Scheduling or P/L - Product Control - Commodity Risk Analyst roll if you interview well and have decent Dodd Frank and Access/VBA/SQL skills. Hit up Optimus Commodities, R.J. Ross (Christopher Ross specifically), The Z Group, Michael Page, Karen Fishkind at Energy Search Associates, Pat Siefert at Energy Recruiters Inc for any opportunities before trying out any of the bigger search firms or applying anywhere directly.
Energy Transfer has most of their old pipelines and now they got the Transco Tower and firm capacity to Manhattan. Once they liquefy all their redundant treasury, commercial ops and front line IT staff they'll need some accountants for the two or three dozen rate cases every year.
An accounting background can be a good base for further career development. A huge number of folks I work with have accounting backgrounds, but work in IT, Financial Design, Functional Architecture, Business Solutions, Data/Master Data roles, etc. Why not look for a role that utilized your experience, but isn't actual accounting?
I was going to say the same. Accounting pairs great with a lot of professional degrees. MBA with an accounting background is great. JD with an accounting background is great.
If you are an accounting clerk for 10 years, yea, that **** be boring. I was in audit for 5 years, now internal controls for 1 year, and I am doing something new everyday.
I worked at KPMG for 3 years and eventually went on to do my MBA. Now I do FP&A in oilfield services. It keeps me on my toes but you have to be able to stare in front of an excel screen all day.
What this guy said. Law is probably the second best post-graduate degree, in terms of opening up your horizons and payoff, you can get after an MBA. Lots of law firms want specialists in-house.
Try working in HR while turnover is low and your company's employees are all healthy and on their best behavior. Joking, that never happens...
Stay the course, cut your expenses and start working on a business plan: dry cleaning, donut shop or flipping houses will all still be profitable in H-town 10-15 years from now.
