I'm a qualified CA but from a country abroad.
Essentially, I haven't worked for 6 years but have kept my CPD up. Have been keeping one eye on the job market for the last couple of months in the hope that something would come up.
Nothing has turned up that would have worked and I was going to give up looking till January because from now onwards, dh is very busy at work and will be travelling loads (meaning I'd end up sorting out all the childcare + starting a new job and I thought the conditions would therefore be less than ideal, even though we could really do with the money!).
And then all of a sudden, I've had 2 offers and now I'm panicking a bit .
One is in a sector I've worked loads in but is at FD level. All my post qualification experience is in auditing and fraud - I've never done straight accounting. I told this to the company but they were still keen because I'm qualified in the country where their head office is based and because they work in the sector where I have the most experience (and also, the current FD has had to go due to a minor fraud, hence their being drawn to my control driven background). The job sounds perfect (in terms of conditions, it's a bit of a long commute though) but I am utterly utterly utterly terrified that I would not have the expertise to do the job (I just cannot tell how much of this fear is plain fear of going back to work or rational fear because I don't have the expertise to do it iyswim).
aaaaaaaaaargggggggggghhhhhh
you see, I think the old me would have jumped at this challenge and would have relished it. The new-far-too-used-to-being-with-the-kids-me is worried that I'll be sitting in a board meeting and getting asked complicated questions about accounting treatments and all I'll be able to recall are the ingredients for a victoria sponge.