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FTI Consulting MICO (Mergers Integrations Carve Outs) has a case study during the interview process for a Senior Associate role. What is the casing like? Is it like MBB? Any insight? Any tricks? Willi… more

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How much of FDD and ODD will be brought in-house (within industry) due to AI over the next 3 years?

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Peace out FDD it's been real. ✌️

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Been getting hit up for a ton of contract FDD roles. Yall that busy?

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If anyone is interested in making a transition to a valuation role at a PE shop, message me for details. My team is growing and has an open role.

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Leaving EY FAAS right now - have five offers. Which one is better? Kinda want to leave accounting / CPA land.

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Anyone hear of ALKU before? Got a recruiting message from them.

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Anyone have any good resources for learning QoE you have found outside your firm? I am a tax person wanting to learn the basics for SMB sized businesses? Would pay for good content/templates.

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EY folks that have successfully transferred from audit internally into SaT - what is the success rate of receiving an offer to transfer after completing a rotation? Was accepted into the EYP rotations… more

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has anyone left FDD and regretted it ?

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Currently evaluating a job opportunity and soliciting advice or feedback. Currently an SM in B4 FDD. Received an offer for a CFO role at a family office. Base comp and benefits appear similar to curre… more

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Worth joining a Value Creation team (within Deal Advisory) at a mid tier firm (BDO/GT/RSM)?
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What would the base salary expectations be for an S1 (maybe S2 because I have rotation experience in FDD at my current firm) at KPMG? I was looking to negotiate for $120-$130k range. Looking at the DC… more

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KPMG M&A tax - what are salaries like at SA or M? Can’t find any info online

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Rookie question: we see ton of instances where comapnies are putting personal expenses like travel, meals etc under business expenses for tax purposes. Are they not subject to an audit and is it not w… more

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When the side hustle starts to pay off and the taste of freedom makes you unemployable. How do you get your mind to continue working it’s been so hard to want to work a W2 job with someone breathing d… more

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From the outside looking in, why does everyone in FDD seem much unhappier than M&A tax?

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What's the story with BDO losing major LA FDD partner to CLA? What's going on over there?!

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Stupid idea to join a LMM FDD firm? Currently in audit at RSM/BDO/GT. Seems like Big 4 and the MM firms I mentioned don't really hire anyone into deals in my region but there are a few small shops… more

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Managers in M&A tax at PwC, or any other B4, how many hours a week are you generally working? Is there a lot of weekend work or frequent late nights?

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5 years of FDD experience and I’m officially ready to throw in the towel and take a normal 9-5. It’s been a (relatively) good run. Have not scoped the job market yet.

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If you moved from MM to Big 4, especially when you had a generally good team/WLB at MM, would you mind sharing why? My comp is below market but I wonder if that should be the only deciding factor and … more

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Has anyone seen any companies successfully reduce costs due to AI, resulting in any sort of addback? We’re working on a company that is showing exactly that, and it’s a first for me. It looks like it … more

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Who makes more on average, big 4 audit partner or MM FDD partner?

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Thoughts on BRG FDD? Recruiter reaching to me and never really heard of this firm. Currently in audit and looking to jump to FDD

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If a recruiter from A&M TAG reaches out to me but I’m more interested in joining PEPI, should I bring that up during the conversation or is that usually a deal breaker? Would they put me in contac… more

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Does anyone know the current base range for KPMG FDD S1 in NYC?

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HCOL city, 4 YOE. What is good total comp?

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does pwc FDD seniors get staffed on more than one deal at a time ? also how’s your off shore team, are they good ?

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For PE Ops roles - what are signs to look for that show it’s a good/true ops role? For example, talking with a firm on their ops/value creation team, and it sounds like it’s a lot of interim and techn… more

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How is the TAS practice at CFGI?

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I’m sure it’s been asked before but what are average weekly hours like for M&A tax? How many weeks are you working over 50?

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What is partner compensation potential? I own a few small businesses and franchises that are netting 400k now and wondering if I should keep expanding or keep pushing on the partnership route. Current… more

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Does anyone have insight into CohnReznick TAS practice? In the last round of interviews.

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Alvarez & Marsal Does Alvarez & Marsal have a policy that allows employees to work from another country for a certain amount of time (outside the US) for non business purposes?

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