The Accidental Accountant: Navigating Undefined Roles & Finding Your Strategic Niche

Carrie is a practicing CPA who just received a doctorate in business administration. Despite her new job in operations, she keeps being asked to fill in as a CPA and wants to know how to segue into her new role.

How do you define an undefined role and make yourself indispensable to your company?

 In this episode, Tessa explains how to create a strategic role that aligns with the needs of your company.

Creating a Strategic Role:

• Define the problems that need to be solved. Ask decision makers what projects would make the biggest difference in 3-6 months and why they hired you.
• Find a way to quantify your contributions and progress to send regular updates via email. Showing progress will help you gain momentum in the role.
• Utilize a dashboard. 
• Storytelling. Use face to face time with executives to focus on forward initiatives.  Aim for 80% strategic and 20% tactical. 

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