I've known several accountants who later regretted going into accounting and wanted to change careers, it was very difficult for them to get away from accounting. On the other hand, I've known several management consultants and they like their jobs and have transitioned to other jobs much easier. Forget being a CFO, you can become a CEO as a consultant.

Thanks for the input.
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That's BS. Once you get a CPA or CA degree, you can do whatever you want. A professional accounting degree opens alot of doors. You could become a CFO at a large company after.

Management consulting provides more career opportunities, better compensation and is more interesting. Most consulting firms hire undergrads.

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Once an accountant, always an accountant. Stay away from Accounting as a profession, you'll never get out. Management consulting, esp at a top tier firm, will lead to better opportunities.

Elect to study and enter the Accounting profession. It is a technical field and is very much in demand. The consulting field is something that you can always "back into" with your Accounting knowledge, and even do both with the large Accounting firms.