The Accountant Who Wanted to Build Things
Eight years in finance, technically excellent, quietly bored by the close-the-books rhythm of the role.
BEFORE
Eight years in finance, technically excellent, quietly bored by the close-the-books rhythm of the role.
QUESTION
What if the part I actually enjoy is fixing broken systems, not the numbers themselves?
EXPERIMENT
Volunteered to rebuild the month-end reporting process for their own team.
DISCOVERY
The process work felt energising in a way the accounting itself hadn't in years.
DECISION
Moved internally into an operations-adjacent finance role, then applied externally to operations roles a year later.
NEXT
The skill you're known for and the skill you enjoy using aren't always the same thing — test the second one quietly before betting on it.
THE USEFUL PART
The skill you're known for and the skill you enjoy using aren't always the same thing — test the second one quietly before betting on it.