Re: need help- Job change advice
Your new employer may not necessaruily contact your current employer, as long as you tell them. Just be honest. You are not alone. A lot of ppl don't want perspective employers to be calling on their current employer. Its fairly common.
What level of position are you looking for? Do you have any experience in public accounting? Staff, Senior, Manager, what?
With some years of experience your school grades don't matter as much. Depends on how far off you are from school now, for employers to focus more on your current skill set.
If you want to make a switch, may as well make it sooner rather than later.