[Anonymous]

Hi, Peeps: Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying their summer. It has been sometime since I written my concerns on this forum–yes, I am still studying and I will take FAR on 8/8/15.

Well, here is the situation at work. I am the Sr. Staff Accountant and we have had a change in leadership i.e., new VP, Controller, AR and AP clerks. That said, the Controllers keeps on shifting responsibility and her job responsibilities on to me. For example, if there is a College wide project (Inventory Appraisal) I am held accountable for everything and if there is an issue, the Controllers turns to me and says “Take care of it”. This person always washes her hands and at times has shifted blame on me for something that was out of my control!! For example, the new AR clerk posted cash receipts into the wrong account (and continues to do so), and I was blamed for her error. Financial Aid did not notify the accounting department (Controller) to draw down (withdraw) Federal moines for Pell Grants and Direct Loan awards for students. I was blamed for the lack of communication. Lastly, she likes to form clicks with others and at times I am not invited to lunch with them. This is a glimpsed of how I am treated–there are other instances of poor managing skills on the Controller’s part.

All that being said, I have had enough of this blame game! This “Controller” knows nothing about our AIS; does not have the interest in learning how to run a Budget to Actual report– I get phoned by her to do it all the time. The Controller is clueless! Why does she use me as a scape goat/sacrifice?! All I see is her chatting a storm on the iphone and get P’Od if I ask her for help or if she printed a document out. Gave me attitude last week for this.

For those of you that have a more professional experience than I have (I possess 3 years of accounting experience)–have you encountered/ dealt with this type of work environment? I would opine that I dislike showing up for work–there was a time where I liked my job.

Lastly, keeps giving me grief about not passing this exam; has stated to me numerous times that it is MUCH, MUCH, easier that when she took it…..something must be wrong.

Is this a sign for me to move on?

Thank you for your input!

[1koolcat]

I think it is time to start looking for sure. You are not going to change her and whoever hired her is not going to admit they made a bad choice. In the meantime, make sure you keep good records, so when Controller says you didn't do something, you can say, “here it is, I sent you the email Tuesday at 3 pm. Also, try to stay out of her way and don't burn any bridges with the rest of the staff. Be as nice as possible and don't say she's the reason you are leaving. Make sure you tie up all loose ends before leaving, so they can't say you left the place in shambles. When you are gone, they will realize that the Emperor has no clothes.

AUD - 77
REG - 73, 80
FAR - 69, 73, 79 and DONE!
BEC - 82

[Pork Flavored Bacon]

It sounds like it is time to move on. No sense staying there if you are unhappy. Everything 1koolcat said is good advice.

On a side note, many have been in your situation with less experience than you so I am unsure what having three years of accounting experience has anything to do with anything.

FAR - 75 | REG - 87 | AUD - 82 | LAW - 81

[Megatron]

The title just drew me in. OMG, my boss, the CEO, seems completely incompetent and clueless. She only has the job cause she's been there for 40 years and the Board is too stupid to get rid of her. At times when I vent my frustrations I refer to her as Michael Scott, from The Office, cause we have pointless meetings that when you leave you feel dumber. Sorry to vent, back to you, if I were you I would start looking around for another job. The ONLY reason I'm not looking around is cause she is retiring in like 3 years, hoping to take her job. If not, I think I may move on.

AUD - 89
BEC - 77
FAR - 77
REG - 85

-Megatron

FAR - 77
BEC - 77
AUD - 89
REG - 85

[JUDOT]

In a situation like that I would advise you to take this opportunity as a learning experience and do her job. This way you would be able to gain the experience. Put it on your resume and in a couple of years when you feel comfortable apply for her job or any other job that requires the task.

Jodut

NINJA EFFORT!!!

[Anonymous]

I think this is common. I have found this myself. I only have three years of experience but 5 different bosses. This company has struggled to find a controller they like. I have had two of the controllers tell me (both of which passed the cpa exam) They don't know how to do a simple journal entry anymore. It seems to me as you move up the people skills and soft skills are more important. You need the technical skills to move up but once you move up the soft skills are more important. It wouldn't surprise me if your boss has very good people skills when it comes to talking to her superiors but seems to lack them when communicating with you.

I think the most important thing I can tell you is don't let anyone make fun of or demean you for not passing the exam. I don't care when they passed it. I failed so many times but my certificate doesn't show all the fails.

I would move on if I was you. In fact I feel like I'm in a very similar situation as you. I'm looking for a position where hopefully I will manage AP and AR clerks in hopes of gaining some of those soft skills.

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