Believe It or Not, Deloitte and EY Have Some Prestige In the Banking World
It’s a given every year that the Big 4 firms will end up in Vault’s rankings of the best and the most prestigious accounting and consulting firms to work for. But banking? Yeah, last year I found out that’s a thing, for Deloitte and EY anyway. In Vault’s 2020 Banking 50, Deloitte Corporate Finance was […]
Deloitte Consultant Not Charged In the Death of a Pittsburgh Man Following an Altercation In Hawaii
[Updated on April 2 with additional information.] A consultant with Deloitte was released from jail and not charged with a crime following an altercation that turned deadly between roommates at a vacation rental complex in Hawaii earlier this week. Benjamin Fleming, 37, of Pittsburgh was charged with manslaughter on March 30 in the death of […]
Another Big 4 Firm Sticks It to Women
[Updated on March 25 with information on the leading CEO candidate at Deloitte Australia.] You can cross EY Oceania off the list of potential landing spots for a woman CEO of a Big 4 firm, as David Larocca, currently the managing partner of EY Oceania’s Strategy and Transactions business, will take the reins from CEO […]
Bonus Watch ’21: At Least Deloitte U.K. Gave Its Employees Money As a Thank You Gift Instead of a Lame Pizza Party
For some reason Big 4 partners think buying their capital market servants pizza will make everything all better. Here, have a free slice of pepperoni or two as a token of our appreciation for working those 80-plus hours last week. Your employees are adults, not elementary school children. But some of my favorite public accounting-related […]
If You Asked Unemployed Californians Their Favorite Big 4 Firm It Definitely Isn’t Deloitte
In case you’ve been out of the loop — which we hope you are since it likely means you’ve managed to stay gainfully employed throughout this past dumpster fire of a year — Deloitte has gotten quite a bit of hate of late over their handling of certain state unemployment systems. The most notorious has […]
It’s Bonus Bonanza Time at Deloitte and PwC In India
Nearly a week after Deloitte in India said it would give all employees either a bonus or a straightforward increase in salary this month as the firm bounces back from a pandemic-related malaise, PwC leaders in India are also sharing the wealth with employees as a “token of appreciation” for hanging in there during the […]
Deloitte Australia CEO Resigns, Says Leading Firm Through Pandemic ‘Has Come At Some Personal Cost’
In an announcement that reportedly stunned Deloitte Australia partners and staff, CEO Richard Deutsch resigned today after spending two and a half years on the job, the Australian Financial Review reported. “After a difficult and unprecedented year and following much personal reflection, today I announced my resignation as CEO,” Mr Deutsch told partners and staff […]
Dysfunctional Couple Deloitte and the State of Florida Share a Victory In Court
On the same day Deloitte Consulting executives were taking haymakers from Florida senators during a hearing on the recent failures of the state’s unemployment system that the firm built, Deloitte and the state of Florida scored a win in the courtroom as a circuit judge threw out a class-action lawsuit against the toxic couple over […]
Guy Suing Deloitte Australia Can’t Believe Everyone At the Firm Is Giving Him the Cold Shoulder
“[This is] in circumstances where my client is finding it very difficult to remain in the partnership and has lost the trust of his partners.” — Paul Moorhouse, the lawyer representing Deloitte Australia partner Colin Brown, said in federal court on March 5. Brown, an audit partner, is accusing Deloitte of age discrimination by unfairly […]
Some Florida Lawmakers Do Not Want Deloitte Consulting Hanging Around No More
While a circuit judge in Leon County in Florida still has to decide whether a potential class-action lawsuit against the state’s Department of Economic Opportunity and Deloitte Consulting over the shoddy and problematic unemployment benefits system D-town built and installed will continue, Florida senators are pushing forward a bill that would penalize companies (cough, Deloitte, […]
Deloitte Is Doing a Much Better Job Lately of Not Screwing Up Audits
While PwC waits with bated breath for the PCAOB to release the firm’s 2020 inspection report so it can presumably take an audit quality victory lap around the other Big 4 firms, Deloitte can at least say it has had the lowest audit failure rates among the Big 4 the past three years. For the […]
EY Poaches Someone From Deloitte and Issues a Press Release, Part I
If there’s one way to describe the hiring practices at Big 4 firms it would be “turnabout is fair play.” For example, when one former KPMGer strolls through the doors to start his or her new job at PwC, there’s always another person who just left P. Dubs for a new role at the Radio […]
Promotion Watch ’20: Deloitte Australia Adds 43 to Partnership
That’s right, 26 men and 17 women now have a seat at the big kids table at Deloitte Australia. The lucky Green Dotters are: Andrea Abusah, Consulting Tom Alstein, Consulting Heidi Armin-Grimm, Tax & Legal Michael Barone, Tax & Legal Luke Bates, Financial Advisory Nick Bright, Financial Advisory Nicholas Brischetto, Risk Advisory Susan Brown, Consulting Brandon […]
You Know It’s a Slow Time of Year When Life at Deloitte Is Tweeting Out Recipes
Now your home can smell all greasy like the Deloitte University cafeteria all year long. Many of you asked for it and here it is – the recipe for #DeloitteU’s hash brown cheese casserole! This simple dish is sure to make your holiday mornings special. We’re wishing you a joyous holiday season and a prosperous […]
Don’t Worry Everyone, Deloitte Says Everything Is Fine After SolarWinds Hack
From the Wall Street Journal on Dec. 21: Deloitte, infected in late June according to the Journal’s analysis, said in a statement it “has taken steps to address” the malware but hasn’t “observed indications of unauthorized access to our systems at this time.” Along with Deloitte, a WSJ analysis revealed that the suspected Russian hackers […]
Bonus Watch ’20: Oh Right, Deloitte U.S. Employees Got a Bonus Before the Holidays Too
Yesterday we posted a short article about the holiday bonuses that were recently bestowed on employees of EY U.S. EY Canada, which was either $750 or $1,500 depending on rank. (Although EY U.S. employees found out earlier today they are getting mid-year raises. More on that here.) Our lone commenter thus far on the EY […]
Layoff Watch ’20: What In the World Is Happening at Deloitte Canada? (NEW UPDATE)
[Updated on Dec. 14 with additional information.] Heard through the grapevine recently that a third round of job cuts happened at Deloitte Canada in October. A source told us: They did it on a rolling basis in the entire month across service lines. They probably did this in advance of the new hires starting in […]
Deloitte U.S. Delivery Center Employees Should Get the Same Parental Leave Perks As Everyone Else
I am an employee of the Deloitte U.S. firm. I am part of the consulting practice through their U.S. Delivery Center (USDC) model. We work closely with core consultants for Deloitte, often on the same project teams operating at the same level. USDC practitioners have travel capped at 20-30% and our three offices are located […]
Deloitte Consultants Are Wannabe Nerds Who Aren’t Sexy, Says Woman
“Hot and nice nerds have always been sexy, this does not elevate Deloitte consultants who think they’re nerds because they studied poly sci at Upenn.” — Katrina Schmidt, a resident of Washington, DC, when asked her thoughts on MSNBC political analyst and election night “map guy” Steve Kornacki being named one of People’s Sexiest Men […]
Deloitte Australia Secures Bragging Rights As ‘First Big 4 Firm Not to Totally F*ck Staff Cuz Rona or Something’
In a Wednesday message to staff, Deloitte Australia CEO Richard Deutsch shared the good news that although the firm had instituted pay cuts earlier in the year when no one really knew how bad things might get, they’re pulling a Mike Ehrmantraut and making their guys (and gals) whole. Financial Review reports: Big four consulting […]
RSM Poaches Someone From Deloitte and Issues a Press Release, Part I
Welp, after 19 years of monotony working at Deloitte, Ryan Haggerty will now be doing the same ol’ tedious stuff at the Philly office of RSM US. We’re just kidding, Ryan. You’re probably having much more fun being on Zoom calls for RSM than for Deloitte: RSM US LLP has further strengthened its health care […]
Deloitte Rules the Windy City Once Again
There are a few things those of us who live in and around Chicago can count on every single year: bad Chicago Bears quarterbacks, the Chicago River dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day, a new lineup of Goose Island Bourbon County stouts on Black Friday, and Deloitte being Chicago’s largest accounting firm. The Green Dot […]
The Financial Reporting Council Felt the Need to Give Deloitte U.K. a Fine For Bad Audit Quality Control
Did you know there is a giant wheel with the names of the six largest accounting firms in Britain—PwC, Deloitte, EY, KPMG, BDO, and Grant Thornton—in a hidden room at the Financial Reporting Council’s office? When the mood strikes them, FRC employees will gather round the big wheel and place bets as the wheel is […]
Deloitte Will Owe a Group of Female Workers In Tennessee $275,000 to Get the DOL Off Its Back
Deloitte has spent a lot of time lately fending off legal claims from former employees. But today, Big D threw in the towel and settled claims of wage discrimination at a Deloitte Services office in the Nashville area by agreeing to pay $275,000 in back wages and interest to 34 female employees. According to the […]
BDO Poaches Someone From Deloitte and Issues a Press Release, Parts III and IV
BDO of the Australian variety recently snagged a couple of partners from the Green Dot. First, former BDO audit partner John Bresolin got his old job back following a two-year stint as a partner at Deloitte in Sydney. BDO Sydney Managing Partner Grant Saxon said Bresolin started his career with BDO as a cadet in […]
Life at Deloitte Is Obviously Sick of DoorDash and Pining For DU Cafeteria Food
Damn you, ’Rona! One of the things our people remember about the #DeloitteU experience is the amazing food. What’s your favorite food at DU? pic.twitter.com/4nrfkryuC6 — Life at Deloitte US (@lifeatdeloitte) October 27, 2020 Related article: Brisket, Blueberries Some of the Best Fare at Deloitte University: Sources
Promotion Watch ’20: Deloitte Adds 195 New Managing Directors
Let’s pass out the cupcakes and green Kool-Aid, and celebrate Deloitte’s new class of managing directors for FY 2021: Bhawna Agarwal, Tax, Deloitte Tax LLP, Jersey City Jon Allred, Audit & Assurance, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Salt Lake City Aaron B. Bairani, Tax, Deloitte Tax LLP, Chicago Melissa Balmer, General Counsel, Deloitte LLP, Stamford Megan […]
Florida Gives Deloitte Consulting a Happy Ending
The saga between Florida and Deloitte Consulting—a relationship bizarre enough to be reported by TMZ or covered by Perez Hilton—keeps on keeping on, as the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration is going ahead with Big D on a potential $135 million contract to overhaul Florida’s Medicaid data system, according to the Tampa Bay Times. […]
Number of the Day: 1,114
That’s how many consultants Deloitte UK has deployed to work on a coronavirus contact tracing project for the UK government. Some other notable numbers: The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has engaged the services of other consultants from McKinsey, BCG, PWC, KPMG and EY as well however the number of consultants from all […]
Let’s All Shed a Tear For Deloitte Partners In the U.K.
Sadly, Deloitte partners are probably going to have to put off buying that new McLaren 720S or Mercedes-Benz S-Class until next year. The Times reported today: Partners at Deloitte are in line for a 17 per cent pay cut after revenue growth slowed during the Covid-19 pandemic. The 709 equity partners of Deloitte’s British arm […]
Deloitte Consulting Is Irresponsible, Lacks Integrity, and Is Unreliable, Says Accenture
“[The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration] ignored information that, by its nature, would be expected to have a strong bearing on whether the intended awardee is ‘responsible,’ that is, whether it has the capability in all respects to fully perform the contract requirements and the integrity and reliability that will assure good faith performance.” […]
Congrats to Deloitte U.K. for Getting the Largest Fine Ever Handed Out by the Financial Reporting Council
PwC is no longer the answer to the trivia question: “Which Big 4 firm in the U.K. received the largest fine from the Financial Reporting Council?” That distinction now belongs to Deloitte. The Queen’s Deloitte was fined £15 million by the U.K.’s audit cops, as well as ordered to pay an additional £5.6 million to […]
Deloitte’s 3.9% Increase In FY 2020 Global Revenue Is the Smallest Growth In About 5 Years
After perusing Deloitte’s FY 2020 global revenue announcement and impact report today, I thought I’d highlight some of the good news and some of the bad news over the past 12 months for D-towners everywhere. First, the good: For the fifth consecutive year, Deloitte has won the Big 4 revenue dick-measuring contest by reporting $47.6 […]
Promotion Watch ’20: Deloitte Adds 125 New Partners and Principals In the U.S.
The names of the newest Deloitte partners and principals for FY 2021 has finally made its way online, but before we recognize this band of overachieving Green Dotters, let’s take a look at the latest class by the numbers: 59: The number of new partners and principals in consulting, the most of any service line, […]
Deloitte Digital Needs to See a Dermatologist
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Promotion Watch ’20: Deloitte Canada Admits 125 New Partners
We hope you guys aren’t tethered to your desks today and are enjoying your Labor Day. Today is also Labor Labour Day in Canada, and we hope our friends to the north are also enjoying a relaxing day away from the grind. We’re pretty certain the newest partners at Deloitte Canada aren’t cracking open their […]
Deloitte Sued by Ex-Manager for Discrimination Over ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ Family Leave Policy
Lawsuits against the Big 4 firms are a dime a dozen, but discrimination lawsuits make the most headlines. Like the two older CPAs who sued PwC for age discrimination (and WON!) and gender discrimination lawsuits against KPMG and EY, which either didn’t go or hasn’t gone according to plan for the plaintiffs. Now it’s Deloitte’s […]
Pandemic Pay Cuts Didn’t Sit Well with One Deloitte Employee In Australia
Yesterday Adrienne wrote an excellent post about winners and losers in accounting during the coronavirus pandemic. I’ve got one to add to the losers side: Deloitte Australia employees. Why? Not only have most Australian Green Dotters taken a 20% cut in pay since May (which CEO Richard Deutsch said was “the least worst option” to […]
Deloitte’s Winning Bid Amount for $135 Million Medicaid Contract Is Being Kept Secret by Florida for Some Reason
How much did Deloitte Consulting lowball Accenture, IBM, and a couple other bidders to win Florida’s $135 million contract to modernize the state’s Medicaid system? No one is saying, even though state law says bids become public information upon the state announcing the winning bidder, the Tampa Bay Times reported on Aug 24. So according […]
Deloitte Consulting Winning Florida’s $135 Million Medicaid Contract Has Left Accenture and IBM Feeling a Bit Pissy
This blurb was buried in today’s Politico Florida Playbook column: A $135 million Medicaid contract Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration awarded to Deloitte earlier this month is officially being protested by two competitors who say the process was flawed, state records show. IBM and Accenture, who also bid on the lucrative contract, filed documents with the Agency for […]
Deloitte Poaches Someone From EY and Issues a Press Release, Part II
For today’s edition of “Big 4-on-Big 4 Poaching From Around the World,” we’re heading to Paris where Monitor Deloitte (Green Dotters who specialize in strategery) landed a new partner from its black and yellow rivals. Fabien Delon, 49, graduated from Sciences Po Paris and holds a DEA in Finance from the same school. He has 25 years […]
Awarding Deloitte a New State Contract Just Goes to Show That Florida’s Leadership Is Dumb
Remember those Bud Light Real American Heroes/Real Men of Genius TV and radio ads that were popular 20 years ago? You know, the ones that featured Survivor lead singer Dave Bickler and saluted such folks as “Mr. Giant Foam Finger Maker,” “Mr. Footlong Hot Dog Inventor,” and “Mr. Male Football Cheerleader”? My favorite one was […]
This Deloitte Veteran Made a One-Pager of His Career Highlights on His Way Out the Door
Over the years, we’ve shared countless firm farewells with you. From viral rants about Beyonce and fake auditors to sappy, totally unnecessary prose about how much they’ll miss the firm, farewell emails are as varied as the soon-to-be-former grunts who write them. Sometimes, they’re just awful, like the tax associate who wrote this actual garbage […]
Deloitte Sucked the Least In Latest Batch of U.K. Audit Quality Inspection Reports
A couple weeks ago the Financial Reporting Council in the U.K. released the results of its latest inspections of the Big 4 firms plus Grant Thornton, BDO, and Mazars, and it was the same ol’ story: audit quality is still really bad. How bad? Like one-third of the 88 audits reviewed during the 2019-20 inspection […]
Deloitte Australia Has This Corporate Bullying Thing Down Pat
“It’s using COVID as a lever to change their working conditions. They have no choice — if they say no to the pay cut, they may lose their job, if they say yes, they might lose their job anyway. “Most would have accepted a pay cut because they thought it would save jobs. “In their […]
Apparently the Shocking Thing About Ivy Leaguer Fired by Deloitte For Her TikTok Rant Is That an Ivy Leaguer Would Want to Work at Deloitte
Surely by now you’ve all heard of the Harvard grad fired by Deloitte before she even served a single day for the firm after a politically-charged TikTok video of hers went viral. It seems Deloitte doesn’t like it when their incoming consultants threaten to stab people, even if said threat is really just “an analogy” […]
Layoff Watch ’20: Deloitte’s Purging Continues, This Time In Australia
Deloitte, which couldn’t help patting itself on the back last week for forecasting a record-breaking $48 billion in global revenue for FY 2020, has just sent hundreds of more employees to the chopping block. First, the firm sent between 300 and 400 Canadian employees packing in May, then more than 5,000 U.S. employees have received […]
Auditor Swap: General Electric and KPMG Officially Call It Quits
A love affair that spanned more than 110 years is coming to an end. General Electric announced today that it and KPMG are going their separate ways after this year. And GE’s new external auditing paramour is Deloitte. Here’s the statement GE released on Monday morning: GE (NYSE:GE) announced today that, following a thorough and […]
Deloitte Is Already Bragging About How Great Its Global Revenues Are For FY 2020
PwC, EY, and KPMG are still looking at Deloitte’s tail lights. For the fifth straight year, Deloitte will win the Big 4 dick-measuring contest in terms of annual global revenue, according to an Australian Financial Review report. Deloitte expects a strong finish to the 2020 financial year despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and […]
Layoff Watch ’20: Deloitte Has Begun Handing Out Thousands Of Pink Slips (UPDATE)
[Updated on June 12 with some additional information.] We’ve got some new info to share today, at least from the Deloitte & Touche side of things. A tipster told us the following things were said by D&T CEO Lara Abrash this morning during a call with her audit and assurance peeps: She confirmed what we […]
Does Punit Renjen Not Realize Deloitte U.S. Is Laying Off Thousands of People During a Pandemic?
While I’m sure he had good intentions, the timing of this tweet by Deloitte Global CEO Punit Renjen is a little questionable given that Deloitte U.S. is currently getting rid of roughly 5,000 or so employees and furloughing many more during the COVID-19 crisis. How’s that helping these people thrive during the worst pandemic in […]
Deloitte’s 2018 PCAOB Inspection Report Shows They’ve Gotten a Lot Better At This Thing Called Auditing
So the PCAOB did a thing today. Everyone’s favorite audit regulator released the 2018 inspection reports for the Big 4, Grant Thornton, and BDO USA this morning in a “new user-friendly format.” And they’re actually pretty sleek-looking and informative. A couple years ago, Caleb called PCAOB inspection reports “beach reads” because executive summaries had been […]
PwC Poaches Someone From Deloitte and Issues a Press Release, Part I
Last week we told you guys about Deloitte Ireland helping a longtime PwC tax director achieve his dream of becoming a Big 4 partner. In today’s edition of “Big 4-on-Big 4 Poaching From Around the World,” we head to Switzerland, where a PwCer-turned-Deloitter is coming back home to Papa Whiskey Charlie. Richard Geldart rejoined PwC […]
Deloitte Poaches Someone From PwC and Issues a Press Release, Part I
Today’s edition of “Big 4-on-Big 4 Poaching From Around the World” takes us to lovely Dublin IRL, where a longtime tax director at PwC Ireland has gone to the Green Side. Deloitte is pleased to announce that Ronan Ferry has been appointed a partner in its tax practice. Ronan will lead the Tax Management Consulting (TMC) team […]
Deloitte Sued By Unemployed Ohioans Who Are Unhappy Their SSNs and Addresses Were Visible For All to See
Welp, that didn’t take long: Deloitte Consulting LLP was hit with two suits by people who claim their personal information was exposed on state websites the firm built to administer supplemental coronavirus unemployment benefits. A group of Ohio residents sued Deloitte late Thursday in Manhattan federal court, after officials in that state, Illinois and Colorado disclosed […]
Deloitte Is Giving Unemployed Gig Workers In Some States Something Extra to Worry About
Imagine being an out-of-work independent contractor living in Ohio during this pandemic, anxious and unsure of when you’re actually going to get some financial assistance from the state because Ohio’s unemployment systems are being blown up with regular unemployment claims. Finally you get word that you can now file for unemployment benefits through the new […]
Please Don’t Call Deloitte If Your House Is On Fire
“Hiring Deloitte [to manage PPE procurement] was a funny thing to do. If there is a fire, you don’t call the auditor, you call the fire service.” — said an anonymous clothing manufacturer based in northern England, who said Deloitte has ignored his company’s offers to make medical gowns for healthcare workers on the front […]
BDO Poaches Someone From Deloitte and Issues a Press Release, Part II
People who know, know BDO … just L-O-V-E-S poaching the Big 4, especially in Canada. It makes Bravo Delta Oscar feel all puffy-chested. Lately, Deloitte Canada has been a partner training ground for future BDOers, as weird as that sounds. In early March, Erica McCurdy joined BDO as a partner after a 10-year career at […]
Florida Governor Is Not Impressed with Deloitte’s Handiwork
“It was designed with all these different things, basically to fail, I think. This thing was a clunker, there’s no doubt about it.” — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said about the state’s unemployment claims website, CONNECT, which was built by Deloitte Consulting in 2013 when Rick Scott was Florida governor. The system has pretty much […]
Deloitte Poaches Someone From EY and Issues a Press Release, Part I
Unless it’s buried in the archive somewhere, it’s hard to believe that in the almost 11-year history of this website we’ve never done a post about Deloitte poaching someone from EY (although we have pointed out that EY has lurked in Deloitte’s LinkedIn group looking for new warm bodies), but here we are. Because there […]
Deloitte Australia COO Begs Partners to Stay Billable
“Please, please, please partners. Bill now. We need another billing month like March if we are to continue [the upward cashflow trend].” — Andrew Griffiths, chief operating officer of Deloitte Australia, during a Zoom meeting with partners on April 15. The firm’s overall utilization rate dropped from about 71% in the last week of March […]
Congrats to EY and Deloitte For Making … the Vault Banking 50?
The other night I was bored to tears while my wife and my 13-year-old daughter were watching The Vampire Diaries on Netflix. So I poured myself a beer and hopped on to Vault’s website to see if they released their newest Accounting 50 rankings yet, as they usually do in April. They had not. It’ll […]
Deloitte CEO Eventually Sent Out the Mandatory Work-From-Home Email
First it was EY, then it was PwC, now Deloitte has told its U.S. staff not to bother coming to the office for a while because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But unlike EY and PwC, which will be full-on remote work beginning tomorrow, Green Dotters will have to wait until Wednesday. Thanks to a tipster, […]
BDO Poaches Someone From Deloitte and Issues a Press Release, Part I
So around 12:30 this morning, as I checked BDO Canada’s website for any kind of update on the BDO employee in Toronto who has COVID-19, I noticed that the firm recently hired a new assurance partner for its office in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her name is Erica McCurdy, and she left Deloitte Canada to join […]
Ex-Deloitte Global CEO Jim Quigley Has Plenty of Time Now to Chill In the Galápagos
It’s been quite a while since former Deloitte Global CEO Jim Quigley graced the hallowed pages of Going Concern, not since 2015 when Quigs was quoted in the Wall Street Journal for saying how much he absolutely loves being on an audit committee. Let’s refresh your memory: Some directors remain unfazed by the heavy workload […]
Deloitte Philippines Confirms Case of COVID-19
Another Deloitte employee has tested positive for coronavirus, this time in the Philippines, the firm said on Saturday. Deloitte released this statement earlier today: We can confirm that a colleague in our Deloitte Philippines office has tested positive for COVID-19. The colleague is currently in hospital receiving treatment and further tests, and Deloitte is supporting the […]
Former Deloitte CEO Disses Men and Their Spreadsheets
Does Cathy Engelbert have a point here, ladies? As the first female CEO of a major professional services firm, Cathy Engelbert learned a valuable lesson: Never trust a spreadsheet made by men. “No spreadsheet ever yielded a great result for women,” says Engelbert, who recently became commissioner of the WNBA after a 33-year career at […]
Deloitte U.K. CEO Says Employee Has Coronavirus
In an email to staff on March 3, Deloitte U.K. CEO Richard Houston said one of the firm’s London employees who recently vacationed in Asia has been hospitalized after testing positive for coronavirus, the Financial Times reported. Deloitte said it was “deep cleaning” one floor of its offices in London but hadn’t quarantined its New […]
The Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For: Deloitte #45 (2020)
Bringing up the rear among the Big 4 in the 2020 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list is Deloitte, the largest public accounting firm in the U.S. in terms of number of employees and revenue. But while we’re talking about Deloitte and “largest,” the Green Dot had the largest drop in the ranking […]
Sometimes Life at Deloitte Includes Learning How to Bend Over Backwards for Clients
Or learning how to contort your body like a pretzel for clients? Or how to breakdance for clients? I’m not quite sure what’s going on here. But supposedly there’s some talent involved. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Life at Deloitte US (@lifeatdeloitteus)
Deloitte U.K. Screw-Up Results In £1 Million Fine From the ICAEW
A Big 4 firm was fined by a regulator across the pond today, and for once, it wasn’t because of its lack of auditing prowess. BUT! It did involve running afoul of independence rules. The Financial Times reported: The administrators to collapsed electricals retailer Comet Group have been handed a record UK insolvency fine of […]
Life at Deloitte Sometimes Involves Drawing Overworked Superheroes
So let me get this straight: The ideal “Super Leader” is a woman who has bloodshot eyes, probably because she barely got four hours of sleep last night due to either being an auditor or a tax professional at Deloitte during busy season. Got it. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Life […]
Playing Candy Crush Is More Interesting Than Life at Deloitte
Dude in the back can’t put his phone down because he’s on Level 971, you guys. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Life at Deloitte US (@lifeatdeloitteus)
KPMG Poaches Someone From Deloitte and Issues a Press Release, Part II
Let’s start this week with a little Big 4-on-Big 4 poaching action, shall we? Yes, we shall. And once again, KPMG is raiding its Green Dot rivals. Joseph Fisher is the latest Big 4 partner to switch his colors from green to blue, leaving Deloitte & Touche’s Investment Management Audit & Assurance practice, which he […]
Guess Which Big 4 Firm Was Named Official Professional Services Provider of the WNBA?
Was there any doubt it wouldn’t be Deloitte? I mean, look who the WNBA commissioner is. What I find odd is that Cathy Engelbert’s name is nowhere to be found in this press release, which looks like it came from GreenDotville (via PR Newswire): Deloitte and the Women’s National Basketball Association today [Jan. 14] announced […]
Fired Deloitte Switzerland Partner Owes Deloitte Some Money After Defeat In Court
David Joseph might be regretting taking Deloitte to court over his firing. The Financial Times reported yesterday: A high-profile banking consultant sacked by Deloitte over alleged bullying and large expenses claims has been ordered to pay £125,000 to the Big Four accounting firm. David Joseph, who was among the highest fee-earners at Deloitte Switzerland, was […]
Accountants Behaving Badly: Deloitte Malaysia Partner Fined, Guilty Plea In $1.2M Scam, Jailed for Xmas
Plus, several tax preparers have run afoul of the law. SC fines Deloitte’s partner for non-compliance [The Malaysian Reserve] Huang Khean Yeong, a partner at Deloitte PLT, was fined RM63,000 by the Securities Commission Malaysia’s Audit Oversight Board on Dec. 26 for failing to comply with the international standards on auditing when performing an audit of […]
Deloitte Is Finally Finished with That Whole Aequitas Investors Lawsuit Thing
That’s because the $234.6 million settlement Deloitte, EisnerAmper, and five other companies reached with investors of the now-defunct Oregon investment company Aequitas last July was approved in Oregon federal court on Dec. 16. According to Law360, the judge also approved nearly $58 million in attorneys fees and costs. Deloitte, EisnerAmper, law firm Sidley Austin, securities […]
Judge and Ex-Deloitte Switzerland Partner Weren’t on the Same Page Apparently
Remember that lawsuit we told you about last week filed by a now-former Deloitte Switzerland partner who thought he was wronged by the Big 4 firm for breaching his partnership contract and being labeled as manipulative, toxic, and a bully? Well, it’s already over. Judge Philippa Whipple said in a London High Court ruling on […]
Ex-Deloitte CEO to Get Free Big Macs For Life
OK, we don’t know if that’s actually true, or if Cathy Engelbert even likes McDonald’s signature “two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun” sandwich, but the former Deloitte CEO and current commissioner of the WNBA is the newest director on Mickey D’s board. The Golden Arches announced today: […]
Lawsuit: Ex-Deloitte Switzerland Partner Accused of Bullying Seeks Vengeance In Court
While David Joseph isn’t seeking vengeance in the same way as, say, Frank Castle (aka The Punisher), who single-handedly wiped out anyone who was remotely involved in the deaths of his wife and children, the former Deloitte Switzerland partner is taking his former employer to court, claiming a formal Deloitte investigation that resulted in him […]
KPMG Poaches Someone From Deloitte and Issues a Press Release, Part I
Competitive poaching of PPMDs among midtier accounting firms has been rampant lately, whether they are taking people away from the Big 4 or from other midtier firms. Even the FASB isn’t immune from being poached. While watching the hiring games these firms are playing is fun and all, we’ve been patiently waiting for some Big […]
BKD Poaches Someone From Deloitte and Issues a Press Release, Part I
Longtime Deloitte Financial Advisory Services employee Jim Jordon is now teammates with Kate and Ben at BKD. Jordon was recently brought onboard as a managing director in BKD’s Forensics & Valuation Services division. He will be based in Houston. In his new role at the House of Dickman, Jordon will focus on assisting BKD’s energy […]
Grant Thornton Poaches Someone From Deloitte and Issues a Press Release, Part II
It’s been more than four years since Going Concern has reported on someone changing their team colors from green to purple, but that happened recently as Grant Thornton nabbed a former managing partner at Deloitte Consulting to join its Public Sector Healthcare practice. David B. Weir, Jr. has joined Grant Thornton LLP’s Public Sector Healthcare […]
Memo to Audit Firms: Altering Workpapers Is Still Frowned Upon
Amid all the drama and turmoil going on at the PCAOB right now, one thing hasn’t changed: PCAOB inspectors really love busting auditors for improperly altering workpapers. Eight auditors—two at Deloitte Korea and six at BDO Mexico—found this out the hard way recently. Because these auditors ignored the memo that altering audit workpapers is never […]
Another Deloitte U.K. Partner Fined Over Bad Serco Geografix Audits
Ross Howard has joined fellow Deloitte partner Helen George as having received a “severe” slap on the wrist from the U.K.’s Financial Reporting Council for his role in the shoddy auditing of Serco Geografix Ltd., a subsidiary of outsourcing firm Serco Group PLC. Reuters reported: Britain’s accounting regulator said on Tuesday it had fined Deloitte’s […]
Hiring Watch ’19: Deloitte Is Taking Applications In Gilbert, AZ
The latest Big 4 job creation news comes from Deloitte, which will be adding hundreds of jobs in Gilbert, AZ, as part of a major expansion at that location. Phoenix Business Journal reported: Deloitte is doubling its footprint in Gilbert and preparing to hire 900 more people. The global business consulting group announced last year it […]
Promotion Watch ’19: Let’s Congratulate Deloitte’s 386 New PPMDs for FY 2020
It’s been quite a while since we’ve done a post on new partner promotions at Deloitte, so we wanted to give some kudos to not only the 65 new partners in the class of 2020, but also the 236 managing directors and 85 principals who were recognized by Ucuzoglu & Co. for a job well […]
Layoff Watch ’19: Looks Like a Few People Got Disconnected From Deloitte Digital
Fresh from the rumor mill (and by the rumor mill we mean Fishbowl) comes word that 90 people got the chop at Deloitte Digital. We haven’t gotten any official confirmation on this so if anyone would care to confirm, feel free to give us a shout using the contact information at the bottom of this […]
With $46.2 Billion In Fiscal 2019 Global Revenue, Deloitte Should Continue to Rule the Big 4
Unless PwC’s global revenue for fiscal year 2019 increases 11.9% from last year, which likely won’t happen, Deloitte will remain No. 1 among the Big 4 firms in revenue for the fourth consecutive year. Deloitte announced today that revenue for FY 2019 was $46.2 billion, a 9.4% increase using the magical “local currency” terms and […]
Andersen Poaches Someone From Deloitte and Issues a Press Release, Part I
Did you guys see that Andersen has rebranded? Yep, the firm dropped “Tax” from its name and is just going by Andersen from now on, or until Mark Vorsatz tries to sneak in an “A.” so the firm becomes A. Andersen. And did the press release just say, “Hearkening the legacy and values of the […]
Rhode Island Is Still Holding a Grudge Against Deloitte
A better title might be, “Rhode Island Tells Feds to Send All Fines Related to State’s Shitty Benefits Computer System to Deloitte.” From the Associated Press: The federal government is fining Rhode Island about $2 million for problems with the state’s benefits system. WPRI-TV reports the problems stem from the botched rollout of a computer system for […]
It’s Good Being a Deloitte U.K. Equity Partner These Days
The big news out of the Queen’s Big 4 yesterday wasn’t that Deloitte U.K.’s 2019 revenue (which also includes income from Switzerland) increased 10.9% from £3.58 billion in 2018 to £3.97 billion. Nope. The big news (or good news if you’re an equity partner at Deloitte) was: Hundreds of partners at the UK arm of […]
Will Deloitte’s Work With Customs and Border Patrol Drive Employees From the Firm?
Our friends over at Fishbowl recently surveyed their users to find out if Green Dotters might be driven away due to Deloitte’s work on behalf of Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and we’d like to share it with you. First, let’s get you caught up on the sitch if you’re out of the loop. As […]
Cathy Engelbert’s Best (and Worst) Moments as Deloitte CEO, Ranked
A couple weeks ago we acknowledged exiting EY Chairman and CEO Mark Weinberger with a look back on some of his best moments as Benevolent Overlord of the Black and Yellow. Not sure if you heard but former Deloitte CEO Cathy Engelbert starts her new gig as WNBA commissioner today, giving us the perfect opportunity […]
Deloitte, EisnerAmper, 5 Others to Pay $235 Million to Settle Aequitas Investors’ Lawsuit
Why go through a lengthy, expensive trial, not knowing whether you’ll win or lose, when you can pay a shit-ton of money to make it all go away? That’s what the seven defendants, including Deloitte and EisnerAmper, did to settle a class-action lawsuit filed three years ago by investors of Aequitas accusing the accounting firms, […]
Deloitte U.K. Hit with Large Fine Over Its Incompetent Auditing of Serco Geografix
It was Deloitte’s turn on the Financial Reporting Council’s dunk tank today, as the U.K. regulator fined the firm and one of its partners over the audits of the 2011 and 2012 financial statements of Serco Geografix Ltd., a subsidiary of outsourcing firm Serco Group PLC, which were found to be complete rubbish. The FRC […]
What Do Deloitte and Robbie Van Winkle Have In Common?
Ice, ICE, baby. Professional services and consulting giants Deloitte and Booz Allen Hamilton have collectively started $66,721,241 worth in contracts with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) since President Donald Trump took office, according to the U.S. government’s federal spending website. According to the U.S. spending database, Deloitte has started $51,017,363 worth of […]
The Lovefest For Ex-Deloitte CEO Cathy Engelbert Continues
Former Deloitte CEO Cathy Engelbert has been getting a lot of love lately. Last week, Glassdoor released its 2019 ranking of the top 100 CEOs in the U.S. based on anonymous employee reviews, and Engelbert was ranked 15th—the highest among the Big 4 CEOs and the second highest among women chief executives. This week, career […]
Gambling Addict Accountant Who Expensed Fake Uber Receipts Thought He Could Pull a Fast One on Deloitte
A former Deloitte accountant in the U.K. pulled a Houdini and somehow escaped prison time after he tried to screw the firm out of £95,540 ($121,202) by expensing bogus ride-share receipts over a three-year period to fund a secret gambling addiction. Gurgyan Singh Kaley pleaded guilty to two charges of fraud by abuse of position. […]