All,
An old colleague of mine reached out and said he an old colleague of his was looking for a data nerd mixed with Finance background. Said it was a director role but he will work with right guy. So I reached out and had a 40 minute conversation with the hiring manager.
29 yo old, 7 years experience in CPG industry, sales financey type roles. Bounced around after 18-24 months to get my base up.
Current:
$120K + 15% bonus
2 weeks PTO (terrible, I hate it)
Family owned, doing extremely well.
No travel (nice)
About 20 months on the job. Hit the point to where I am in a nice groove to where the work is pretty easy now. Find myself pretty bored some days and some days crazy busy. Boss is most likely retiring in a few months. No upward mobility. No direct reports. Most I could probably squeeze out is a Sr Mgr role (currently Mgr)
New role:
Sr Mgr/Director Sales Finance
$150K + 25% Bonus
PTO 3 Weeks (pretty sure)
Private Equity owned for last 3 years
Unknown on travel
Big Data software (Tableau/Alteryx, excited, but makes me nervous)
Growth opportunities available in future Director, Sr Dir, etc)
Opportunity to have direct reports
I've never had to take a real big "leap of faith" job move before. This seems like a whole lot of job and the pay comes with it. It's pretty sophisticated software packages and learning it would be stressful but doable, working for Private Equity makes me uneasy, but it seems like it would be great on my resume and for my career. My current job I could probably cruise control for another 3-5 years, but it wouldn't be fun and I would feel like I'm peaking. It's a big role, I don't want to bite off more than I can chew.
Just want to get some perspective from others. Is it right to move on when the good is going good? Is it right to get into cruise control mode after a certain period of time? Current job works very well in my current lifestyle, I generally like the work, love the no travel, hate that we only get 2 weeks off, pays me well and like the people I work with.