Accounting Role @ P&G

Jim is looking to get out of marketing at P&G and into a Finance role. While I have no idea why anyone in their right mind would enjoy the job he’s applied for, he is very excited about a position where the main responsibility is doing the SEC reports for Procter. Yesterday he got a call from the hiring manager who said that Jim is their top candidate for the role and that there are a few odds and ends to clear up before he makes a formal offer.

At this point in the conversation they started talking about periods that are real “crunch times” for their group. Ironically, the biggest one of these is the end of July because end of year earnings announcements are made on August 1. Jim’s question to the guy “so I guess July 22 – 29th would be a bad time to be out?” Manager (John) response: “Yes, that would be the worst time of the whole year.”

Too bad that’s when our Alaska trip is scheduled. : P

Fortunately for me, Jim was very upfront about it and told them that there was no way he could not attend the cruise. John’s checking in with the person who currently holds the role to see if there is any way around this but forewarned Jim that it’s not likely there is.

Fingers crossed for this to work out or for something even better to come along. Hopefully we’ll hear something today/tomorrow…