Armanino Adds Marketing to the List of Services on Offer
Article image is a still from Armanino’s 2019 recruiting video ‘The Perfect Taco’. Armanino is getting into the marketing business. In recent years, there’s been a push for CPA firms to serve as one-stop shops for more than just tax expertise and audits. And why not? Deloitte Digital has been doing it (and exceptionally well […]
Deloitte Sets Its Sights on the Final Frontier
A few weeks back we wrote up EY Australia’s Space Hub and its impressive new ex-NASA hire. This week, we’ve learned that Deloitte has its own big plans for space. In an April 4 press release, Deloitte announced a formal space practice “to connect organizations in rapidly growing global space ecosystem.” That’s obviously a direct […]
Do Professional Examinations Have to Be Hard to Be Valuable?
The other day, a reader sent us this Bloomberg Opinion piece on the CFA exam with a quick note attached: Imagine the original article where “CFA” is replaced with “CPA” The article’s title? Wall Street’s CFA Program Is a Colossal Waste of Time It starts off by informing us that the “notoriously difficult” Chartered Financial […]
Deloitte, Please Stop Trying to Be the Walmart of Professional Services
Folks, we need to talk about something important this afternoon. We would like to talk about the professional services firm Deloitte and its big, bloated, dumb, directionless business strategy. Honestly, this is a firm that has spent the last few years trying to be everything to every business that needs any imaginable service that can […]
Audit is a Cornerstone of Their Work, Says Big 4 Firm Kicking Ass in Consulting
Just saw this beauty pop up on the ole Twitter timeline: Audit plays critical role in building trust in public + capital markets – is a cornerstone of Deloitte’s work http://t.co/ZGzzwc1BKn — Deloitte (@Deloitte) September 26, 2014 Funny you say that, guys, because when we looked at your big, pretty revenue announcement earlier this […]
Dennis Nally Would Like Everyone to Remember That Auditing Is Still Important to PwC
They say those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. For accounting firms, it's more like condemned only if the regulators catch on. As we all know, the trend toward combining audit, tax, and consulting services was totes kosher up until the E-word happened, when consultauditors went scattering like cockroaches in the […]