Working in Big 4 Accounting Firm (1 Viewer)

[Meads]

lol. thats very accurate actually

meads:
nah, i wouldnt know... but an offer i got from a big4 stated "no less than 46"
so itll jump to the 50s by the time we start ay?...i really hope youre right

I apologise, I was referring to tax.

Audit grads get paid considerably less I am afraid.

 

[~Yoko~]

Hi ,

So is there anyone who currently working for Big 4? Anyone interested to refer someone to Big 4 as I know most of them have the referral scheme? I used to work for one of the Big 4 in Hong Kong for 2 years. Please send me a email at qyoko88@hotmail.com if you are interested to refer me . I'm currently in Melbourne. Thanks !

Yoko


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3. In my experience at two Big4 firms, the people were always very friendly and helpful. Based on what I've seen and heard, all the Big4 are great to work at and each has their own advantages/perks over the others; but really, which one you go for comes down to personal preference/which one makes you feel comfortable. For example, I've always seen KPMG to be a much sportier firm than the others. Also, the different firms (both Big4 and non-Big4) can sometimes have more specialist divisions than others both within Assurance (eg. One firm may have the best Financial Services clients; whilst another might have more Growth clients from the Middle Market) and outside Assurance (eg. Tax, Transaction Services/M&A, etc..)

4. You may need to do a bridging course of some sort to be eligible for CA; but in general, Big4 do employ non-Accounting students (just not so many of them). It also depends what kind of job you want to have; but based on your post, it seems as if you want to work in Accounting? From the top of my head I can think of someone who did Engineering and someone who did Journalism who both ended up in Assurance.

As for people who actually work in Big4 on BoS; there's quite a few of them (including moderators) who hang out more on the other parts of the site. Check out the Commerce-Business board if you're interested- http://community.boredofstudies.org/462/commerce-business

Finally I'd like to add; Big4 isn't everything.[/quote]

 

[gibbo67]

I apologise, I was referring to tax.

Audit grads get paid considerably less I am afraid.

True that - audit and corporate recovery is looking at about the 46k mark (incl super) for an opening position w/ no prior experience.

You'll also find that the wages differential between the big 4 and the mid tier firms will be near non-existent, partly because everyone wants to go for the big 4 and the smaller firms need to be able to attract workers. But if a small firm has to pay more than the market rate to attract workers, it may be indicative of a lousy company that no-one wants to work for or a lousy job that no-one wants to work