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Tag: Big 4
How to Choose Between Two Big 4 Offers When You Have No Clue What Either Involves
In this week’s accounting conundrum, a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed accounting student is mustering up the […]
Why Referrals Mean Nothing If You’re a Nothing
Ed. note: There's another new face around here and though his name might make you […]
Someone With Lots of Spare Time Has Doodled Big 4 Stereotypes
Like 'em or not, stereotypes exist for a reason. For example, guys like Colin are […]
Deloitte Is the Biggest Accounting Firm in the World Again (No Thanks to Its Audit Business)
If you recall, Chez Salzberg put up a good number, $32.4 billion in global revenues […]
EY Confused on Meaning of “Competitive” as All Four Big 4 Make Working Mother Best List
The interesting part in PwC, EY, KPMG and Deloitte making the 2013 Working Mother 100 […]
Why Aren’t Big 4 Firms Aggressively Marketing Their CPA Exam Policies?
While the firms are busy trampling each other to recruit top talent with a salary/benefit/work-life […]
Let’s Discuss: Switching From Your Firm’s Audit Practice to the Advisory Practice
Last week during Caleb’s pseudo office hours, someone threw out the following question:
Have y'all covered the transition from Assurance to Transaction Services in GC?
Ahh, audit to advisory. The Holy Grail of internal transfers.
The Big 4’s Stranglehold on the Audit Market Is Worse Than You Thought
In a speech entitled "Accountability: Protecting Investors, the Public Interest and Prosperity," PCAOB member Jeanette […]
Ernst & Young Hired Some People
We like to call attention the competitive poaching that goes on behalf of accounting firms because they do such a good job of bombarding the world with that knowledge. It probably got started when we noticed that PwC was using KPMG as its farm team, but more so lately, we've noticed that Ernst & Young aggressively shouting about all the BSDs that are joining the Black and Yellow.
Paternity Leave at Accounting Firms Better Than Getting a Tie for Father’s Day
Sunday is Father's Day, so our friends at Vault have shared the results from their […]
Mid-tier Accounting Firms Have Much Brighter Futures Than the Big 4
One of the more interesting Vault rankings is the "Best to Work For: Business Outlook" […]