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Friend of mine wants to build a next-generation film finance company
Hi guys, so this is my second post so far, and I'm thoroughly enjoying the feedback I've been getting from ya'll (especially from @DickFuld"). This particular subject involves entrepreneurship, so I decided that posting this in the VC section would be best. So I've come to ask your opinion about a...
Big 4 transferring offices (audit)
Let me start this off by saying I'm not sure if I selected the right "forum" topic, so if anyone can direct me let me know. About me: So I interned this past busy season at a Big 4 accounting firm in the south east (I won't say the exact city for privacy reasons). The office is in the gulf coast...
Applying for IB jobs while interning this summer
Background: Currently interning this summer in audit/tax for a big 4 firm. Had an internship last summer with VC firm as " summer analyst " and had fair amount of deal experience. Non-target. Decent GPA. Graduated this past spring. Been back and forth for a while between Big4/ IB but am now...
Q&A: Big 4 Audit Senior
I'm a big 4 audit senior who has been active in the campus and experienced hire recruiting process. I have experience with 2 of the big 4 firms. Ask about meet the firms, follow up emails/calls, exit opportunities, interviews ect.
Big 4 Background Check - Credit Check
This is a fairly specific question related to the background check for a full-time offer with a Big 4 firm ( KPMG ) in tax. I interned last summer with the firm, received a full-time offer, and will be starting FT this fall. My concern is that during the background check the firm may have noticed my...
Best Time to Leave Big 4 Audit Experience
I'm finishing up my first year as an audit senior and going through the ‘should I stay (until manager) or should I go’ dilemma. I know I don't want to do internal audit or financial reporting and I think my target future job would be VP, Finance or Finance Director, or would love some M&A...
Do clients matter at B4 audit?
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Big 4 vs. Banks for Finance Graduate?
I am a recent Finance graduate in Canada and am torn between pursuing career in Big 4 on the Deals side or international banks (HSBC, citibank etc.) I currently have an offer from commercial banking but would like to hear the pros and cons of pursuing the banking path vs. Big 4. Planning to pursue...
MM IB vs. Big 4 Infrastructure
Hey everyone, I've been a long-time lurker of WSO and finally mustered the courage to start my own thread. Fresh grad from Australia, don't have a great GPA (we go by % and I'm sitting at high 70%), but currently returned home to Malaysia to begin my career. Have always aimed for BB IBs in Singapore...
Accounting vs Finance: Part 4 – The work
To wrap up this 4 part series, I want to go into a little about the actual work itself and what you will be doing. Per usual, I will compare some typical roles in accounting with the typical roles in finance or banking. Accounting Audit In audit, your goal is ultimately to issue an opinion on a set...
I want to transit from one Big4 to another - how to explain it on interview?
Hello everybody, I'm currently working in Big4 and for some reason want to quit my firm and transit to another Big4 - to same department, same grade, same city. Obviously on the interview I'll be asked why. Don't want to disclose the true reason, so I will have to bullshit through it. If i say I...
lying about graduation to get an internship
Hi, a lot of you may think I'm an idiot just for asking this, but I think it may be a good idea. I have not being able to get an IB SA internship. This is my last summer, and I was thinking about saying I was gonna delay my graduation by one semester in order to secure an internship in a Big 4 acct...
Big 4 Consulting Offer
So I just got an offer for a senior associate position with a big 4 type consulting firm. This role is based off a major city in Texas and the group is specialized in financial services (banks, originators, etc.). I am supposed to respond within a couple days and would really appreciate any insights...
Info about PwC FDnA (Financial Decision and Analysis) ?
Hello Everyone, Could anyone tell me about the Financial Decision and Analysis Team in PwCTransaction Services? There is very little information about them online. I understand that there are into hardcore financial modelling, but it seems that they also do a fair bit of post transaction modelling...
MSF vs Entry level finance posistion
Quick back ground, I'm currently in audit and am leaving after this busy season. The university I went to is small and not prestigious at all, getting into the Big 4 is an accomplishment where I went, I did get a masters in accounting though. This is only my second year with the big 4 in smaller...
Big 4 Transaction Services/Mergers and Acquisitions
First WSO post, currently an undergraduate at a mid-target school with a high gpa. Looking to eventually gain entry to an top 15 business school. Considering going audit at a big 4 (preferably Deloitte ) as my school has an extremely high placement rate, but curious about the S&T / M&A option. Are...
Big 4 Transaction Services - How much does the city matter?
Hi everyone, I have a question regarding Big 4 transaction services that I haven't seen asked on this forum. I'm currently a first year senior in a Big 4 due diligence group in Philadelphia. Before joining TS, I was in the financial services audit group, also in Philly. My girlfriend attends grad...
Boutique Valuation Firm or Big Four Financial Due Diligence?
Any thoughts in career, exit opportunities and etc.? 1 year of experience at assurance, ready to jump as soon as possible Boutique valuation firm pays pretty well at 65k + 20-30% bonus Big 4 FDD - what is the salary/bonus situation? Thanks for the input
Transferring office locations - tips on making the move?
Hey all, Incoming consultant here to big 4 firm. I will be working out of an East Coast based office, but I'm hoping to transfer to a West Coast based office at some point - has anyone done this and if so, any tips? Thanks.
Internship Offer Rescind?
Recently got an advisory internship offer in the Big 4. GPA was a 3.5 at time of application. Looks like I will be failing one class (with As in everything else), dropping my GPA to a 3.4. I know the drop isn't as big, but will the F cause them to rescind the offer? I will be retaking it before the...
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PwC Interview- HELP PLEASE
I recently completed a phone interview with a campus recruiter at PwC. The interview ended quicker than I thought leading me to believe that I might have got rejected. I am not an accounting backgroud so I will not have enough credits to sit for cpa upon my graduation but I'm willing to achieve it...
Transaction Support vs Restructing at EY (for IB/PE skills & exit opps)
Which of these two programmes provides a better grounding and skill set development for IB / PE in the future?
KPMG Consulting
Wondering if anyone has any idea of the health of KPMG Consulting? From an outside perspective it would look like they are aren't being as aggressive on inorganic growth compared to the other Big 4 ( Deloitte acquiring Monitor , PwC acquiring Booz, and E&Y with Pantheon(smaller scale but still)) but...
Why would you go to a Big 4 Advisory ?
Hey all, I have historically been looking at other areas, but through a connection got an interview with a Big 4 Management Consulting team out of the blue - in a location where I do not speak the country's language (they know this...). The field is extremely interesting, I just have not had a lot...
Started at Big 4 Corp Fin M&A - what work should i be looking for to move to BB?
Hello all I just started working at Big 4 M&A department - Western Europe (not UK). We're doing deals worth 100-500 USDm, so like low tier MM IB . Currently I'm looking up random stuff in random databases and filling out PPT templates. Its not rocket science - nothing really is - but i'm learning...
Big 4 - audior of JP Morgan Or Goldman Sachs NY OR Big4 transaction services
Hi everyone, I am a senior auditor at PwC - specialising Financial Services. I am now got options to move from audit to Transaction Valuation Team or stay in audit for another year andmove to NY to join the audit team of JP Morgan or Goldman Sachs on a 2 years secondment (still audit, not...
Big 4 restructuring vs. banking restructuring (and exit ops)
Hey guys, 1. What are the main differences between Big 4 restructuring and restructuring at a bank? I have heard of one Big 4 Restructuring group doing doing distressed M&A deals, but do all of them do this? 2. Does anyone have any insight into exit ops from Big 4 restructuring? Do some exit into...
Big 4 TAS Interview Questions
I just scored an interview for a full-time entry level position in the TAS group of a Big 4 accounting firm (valuation group). This was sort of a back up plan and I've spent the last 4 years of college gunning for ER . Anyone know what I can expect to be asked by HR during the initial phone...
KPMG Strategy & Operations (Strategy & Growth Associate)
Hey everyone, I am new to the board. I have a job offer from an F100 as an industrial engineer ($80k), but my real passion is business strategy. I wasn't able to lock down anything at MBB or Deloitte , but I did get an offer from KPMG for their strategy team. Does anyone have any feedback on this...
Hello from WA state
Hello, I lived in Korea for a few years and came back to the States. Now I have a final round interview with EY TAS (Valuations & Business Modeling) in the Bay area and would love some insight or prior experience.
BIg 4 worth it?
Hello everyone, been reading a lot about the Big 4 on this site and i am quite unsure how to proceed in my career. I am an accounting and finance major at a school in Atlanta where the big 4 recruits heavily. (Currently a junior) My plan is to start off in accounting and then move to a finance job...
Naive team player in the middle of a well oiled office political machine
Context: Acting as a senior associate at Big 4 accounting firm on BBB client engagement (et al, MS, JPM ) on fund of funds structured private equity partnership/ multi-tiered corporate tax returns. Each fund assigned has an associate, senior associate, manager which all gets funneled to and signed...
Big 4 TAS or Boutique Consulting Firm
Hi all, I'm a Big4 consultant with three years of experience, and am currently weighing my options between moving to another Big4 with their TAS group, or a boutique consulting firm. I'm a little older and not looking go back for an MBA or try to lateral into an MBB , but would like to hear thoughts...
Breaking in Investment Banking as a Big 4 Auditor - Can I do it?
I will preface this by saying yes I've read TONS of threads on this question. I am hoping for some more advice for my specific situation from the WSO community. I'm currently a Big 4 auditor in a major market and want to make the switch into Investment Banking like many Big 4 people would love to....
Career Advice for Non-Trad w/ Master's in Accounting?
I am about to begin my last year of my Master's in Accounting program, and I currently work for a small "part-time CFO" firm, where we do everything accounting/finance related aside from taxes for small to medium sized companies. I'm a non-traditional student. 28 years old, with a liberal arts...
Head of sales in small manufacturing company vs. Associate at Deloitte Financial Advisory
Hi all, I am an economics graduate with one year of EY Advisory experience mainly in project management of large international projects (got an IPMA-D sertificate). During my study years I was quite interested in finance (scored 590 on Bloomberg Assessment Test - this puts me among top 10%...
Big 4 TAS M&A Advisory Intern - Is what I am doing basically the same as IBD?
I am a rising sophomore halfway through an internship with the M&A Advisory Group in a Big 4 firm's "Transaction Advisory Services". It's all a bunch of weird ass names and subdivisions, and I guess I'm not sure if Big 4 can call a spade a spade, which is why I'm confused half the time. Is what I am...
Advice: Becoming a Big 4 Partner/Sr. Partner
It has been my goal since my senior year in high school to become a senior partner at a Big 4. I am now a rising sophomore in The McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas. I am in the Master of Professional Accounting Program and will be graduating in 2017 with my Bachelors and Masters...
A Big 4 audit vs tax thread, with a (hopefully) unique twist
I'm an intern this summer with a Big 4 firm in audit. Started the first few days of June. I basically chose audit because of better exit opps (into something perhaps less strictly accounting), team environment, and everyone seemingly hating tax. This was all before I had taken a tax or auditing...
Big 4 transaction services hours for associate
I was reading an article on TS in a Scandinavian country. The article says hours are 50-60 week. Would this as well as pay be similar in the U.S.? Anyone with specific knowledge on the jobs hours/work life balance would be greatly appreciated.
9-5 exit options
Hi, I am going to be a senior in college and trying to find career options. I know a lot of people on this forum are super ambitious about their career and dont mind working 60-80 hour weeks throughout their entire career in order to make a ridiculous amount of money. However, I am looking to jump...
Equity Research vs big 4
Hello, I am currently a college student looking for ideas on where to start my career. I am an accounting major at a good business school and have a great GPA. I have been doing a lot of searching of what would be a good career path for me. I have been noticing that many finance job exit options...
Big 4 Tax Questions
I feel like tax is the other road of the other road. But something I think I would enjoy immensely: always wanted some analysis (legal type) and just love the corporate structure. I have just been accepted and starting my M.S. in Acct this coming Fall. Plans on getting tax internship next summer...
Resume help - Audit to Valuation
Hey guys, Working on my move from Audit to Valuation and was wondering if I can get some tips/suggestions on resume. My resume follows the standard college senior resume that we see here in WSO (Education/Experience/Leadership/Interests). I have been in Audit for 8 months and haven't really changed...
Big 4 first day interning - Business Casual or Suit?
I'm interning with a big 4 firm and tomorrow is my first day. For attire it says that business casual is appropriate, but I can't decide on whether to go business casual or to go with a suit. I don't want to be "that guy" wearing a suit while every one else is in business casual, was thinking dress...
Leaving Big 4 for Insurance Finance Rotation
Hi all, I'm currently at a Big 4 ( PwC , Deloitte ) and shockingly hate it. I've recently been offered a opportunity to join a Finance rotation at a large insurance company (sub of a F500). I've heard the insurance industry is not one that is good but I'd like to get into a finance rotation. To be...
Unexpected Dilemma!
3 months ago I was losing hope on getting placed before my undergrad is over. I thought my finals will end in May and I'll be on a job hunt at least till August or so ! Well ... how things can change. I have not 1 but 2 offer letters currently and my last exam is on the 23rd, i.e on Friday! Anyway ,...
Starting in Audit at BIG 4, Help Guide Me
I will be starting in audit at a Big 4 this summer. I was wondering how the process works when getting placed into an industry/company/etc. Do we get to pick what companies (large/small) or industry we audit? How do they determine what teams we are placed on? (had better connections with some...
MSF or Big 4?
I need guidance from my fellow monkeys! My objective is to work in the IBD (CF, valuation) of a Big 4 company or in a decent boutique bank (BB is clearly out of my league, pre-MBA at least). Unfortunately, my background was too weak to secure an internship at those companies, let alone a FT...
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