Partners in Accounting

Income partner here at a mid sized firm. Anyone else been stuck at IP for longer than you'd like? My firm has very little clarity around what it takes to level up to equity partner besides showing… more

Any partner in Canada? I am having my year-end review next week and will be learning about my new compensation. Last year was not really great and I am planning to leave the firm if I don’t get someth… more

Any partners switch firms at the partner level? Anyone regret it? I have a firm aggressively me and the comp package is getting difficult to pass up.

How much does partner compensation typically increase each year? Are there more significant increases early on? How quickly do new partners get to median partner comp?

Do all big 4 firms do “fixed” earnings per unit for the first few years?

Can any partner give insight into first year audit partner comp in new York area. Appreciate it.

UK - non London partner distribution in audit at top 10 firm. I know depends but looking for ball park. US partner looking to relocate and want ball park before investing time in this.

I’m struggling with motivation to keep selling more work. Revenue growth averages 20% every year since making partner an and now carrying 5m in annual revenue. Pay is not tied to sales or revenue and … more

Don’t mean any disrespect to all audit partners, but why do many of them treat tax partners as if they are incompetent idiots always checking in on our work, deciding that tax fees are too high, criti… more

How many partner evaluation categories does your firm have and what are they? Our firm is currently revamping ours and I feel like we may be headed down a road of having too many. (8 to 10) This will … more

Hi Partners

Seeking some help. This may be good for you or someone you know.

Seeking a HNW Tax Expert to make a Lateral Partner move.

- Lead the firm's HNW practice
- Possible OMP role in a smaller location
- Step into full book of business from a soon to… more

Any recommendations for sales training specific to public accounting - courses, books, or coaching?

Any insight/general feedback from Baker Tilly partners on PE acquisition?

Any firms out there that offer a reduced workload for partners?

You know you’re getting old when you take pleasure in giving clients bad news due to their mistakes and oversights.

Considering expanding our family and curious what others experience has been with taking a maternity leave as a partner. Did you get adequate time away from work to spend with the baby? How was your w… more

Being asked to relocate by my firm from LCOL to HCOL. We just moved personally and have put a lot of money into renovating the home we purchased. More than I’ll be able to get in the short term. Also … more

Never a shortage of things to do but anyone else just say screw it and not do anything for a day or two? Really feeling burnt out and with holidays, motivation is in the toilet.

What is the avg pay for a tax partner in deloitte?

Top 10 firms - how many years after buying in the firm were you able to buy additional shares/units and what did it take to get past the initial “level”.

Being recruited by a top 10 firm, accounting advisory practice in NYC. Im a 4th year partner, early 40s in age (18 years of experience post college) at a smaller firm. What should I expect my salary to be? Any insight … more

Small Firm, $25m in billing with 10 equity partners. 3 of these partners are over 55 and own about 50% of the firm. Each of the three has been very open about not wanting to work past 60. We have n… more

Any experience with leaving your firm mid year? Understand it may create additional complexities for taxes and create a lag in cash flow. Anything else to consider?

I have active partner roles I’m considering that we’re established from LinkedIn outreach at other firms but if I’m going to make a move I want to make sure I evaluate all options, how best do you do … more

General tax partners in a tax account leader type role or equivalent : approx what % of your book of business are you actually being paid? I get maybe 10-15% of the BOB and generating significant cros… more

Curious…What metrics are utilized to evaluate your partner performance/comp and what is weighted the most? Your book, charge hours, intro of other firm services/cross-sell, team performance?

Curious how many billable/non-billable hours (not including PTO) most tax partners work each year? Top 20 firm, feel like each year it keeps getting higher and higher due to not having enough staff, w… more

Who else feels like every partner meeting, primarily on a local or regional level, is just a monthly or quarterly beat down and that everyone sucks at everything for one reason or another. Of course … more

How does one go about getting board positions post retirement

Can we chat about public co audits? How many firms or individual audit partners are reducing books or avoiding public company audit work altogether?

Thoughts on the news of BDO converting to a corporation? Will be interesting to see how partner compensation converts from partner to employee.

Is this a midlife crisis or is this industry finally taking its toll? For the first time in my career, I don’t have a goal that motivates me nor do I feel any purpose behind the work we do. Pressures … more

My mentor is retiring (as a Partner in my firm) on May 31 and would like to organize something to celebrate his work and show him gratitude for everything he has done for me. Any idea of what I can do… more

Anyone aware of a Chief Accounting Officer position at a public company in US...seasoned Big4 partner with over 20 years experience

MD at big 4 firm contemplating partner opportunity at what I’d say is top 20 firm in NYC. I get the impression comp can vary VERY significantly based on book etc but not had specifics yet. Any idea wh… more

Any of you working or have worked in audit national office QC roles? I’m curious how others are coping these days and/or any interesting career pivots others have explored after these types of roles. … more