Hello Guys.

I am looking for some advice.

I decided to take advantage of the very generous tuition reimbursement that my company provides which makes me pursing an MBA with a dual concentration in Accounting and Finance close to free.

I am wondering whether I should put a pause to my MBA studies to pursue the CPA. I was considering perhaps after I take all my accounting courses to pause the mba and bang out the CPA. Only issue is that I don't know how long I will be with my company and I would like to prefer taking full advantage of the tuition reimbursement offered (with no requirement to stay after completing it).

Should I complete the MBA first, or pause it to complete the CPA? Do you think the MBA accounting classes will help me in passing the exam?

A little more background on me:

I have enrolled at the local university for part time MBA with a double concentration in Accounting and Finance. It is an okay but not top school (Rutgers University).

I have a undergrad with a double major in Accounting and Finance. I work doing Financial Reporting in the 10Q and 10K at a fortune 500 company. I've been doing this for about a year and a half. Before that I was floundering looking for an accounting/finance position beeing a 2009 graduate from a school with no good career services and campus recruiting and me not having any network having always been moving around and no family. Would have preferred working at an accounting firm to get that experience but didn't happen even though I had outstanding grades in my accounting classes and thorough understanding of the material.