career advice please - random current job something, background, recently, services, current

cfalevel2011

Greetings
Its friday night in NYC, so whats a recently passed LII-er supposed to do, but wax anxious about career paths and moneys!?

here is the deal. i have kind of a random background. a few years as pension actuary (consulting), few years in exec comp of all places.
was working for a financial services firm when I started the CFA madness, am now at a fortune 100. plugging away. at exec comp.

whats a girl to do?!

i was thinking if maybe I could do something exec comp and banking related. no such thing, you say? i wasnt sure, but i attended a thingy where a guy from JP spoke, and he was at some kind of M&A AND exec comp function, where (i think) he was involved in helping to negotiate exec settlements / transitions in M&A situations. that sure does sound interesting!

i kinda think I'm in a fish-or-cut-bait situation. I can either stick with what I do (pay is quite decent) or I can attempt to jump to a mid-office role, maybe. maybe audit? maybe control? maybe corp finance?

any thoughts / suggestions would be appreciated.