Tax Accounting to Forensic Accounting?

College Majors Business Major
1

<p>Hi everyone,</p>

<p>I am a senior in college who was recently given an offer to work in the tax department of PwC. I am mostly interested in forensic accounting, but I applied for tax because I was told by my academic adviser that most firms won't hire you to work in forensic accounting straight out of undergrad.</p>

<p>Now I'm curious as to how I might make the transfer in the future. I'm really worried that I'm going to be pigeon-holed into doing taxes (especially since the offer was in their International Assignment Services section, which doesn't seem too transferable to industry), and if anyone has advice on how to avoid that, I'd really appreciate it.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

2

<p>You are right that tax will pigeonhole you. Try to get an offer in audit instead and make the switch to forensics.</p>

3

<p>From what I understand, forensics is basically a form of auditing. So it’d probably be better to look for career opportunities in that area instead. And why not apply for forensics if that’s what you want to do? You never know.</p>