Fields Howell Discussions

What type of advisory has good pay, decent work life balance, rarely requires travel, and allows fully wfh options. I have 1.5 years audit experience and am a CPA. Please advice me 🙏

Fishies—does anyone know of a way to convert a deposition transcript to remove all page:line numbers? I’d like to use text-to-speech to listen to transcripts but I can’t in the normal format.

Had 2 hours of billable work today 💀

How do people feel about Gordon Rees? Anyone currently working there? I’d be doing commercial litigation/employment as a 2nd - 3rd year.

is it hard switching from EY FSO Audit to Core?

Are you looking to transfer into Deal Advisory - Financial Due Diligence? PwC is hiring qualified candidates at all levels. DM me if you’re a qualified candidate (at least two busy seasons in audit or prior FDD experience) from a top 10 accounting firm (plenty of open positions nationwide looking to get filled ASAP) and I’ll try my best to help you. Please do your research into FDD prior to reaching out.

So my home office is in city A and I got assigned to a job in city B. Would EY reimburse the flight if I’m flying from city C to city B?

Is anyone aware of a tax software (e.g., TurboTax) for preparing a form 706? For personal use, so cannot be a commercial license only product.

Can you share first year salary for midsize firms? I'm in NJ, but curious to hear other markets. Also billable targets? Thanks!

Pros and cons of working at a family office?

When switching firms, what are things you can do to start on the right foot with those coworkers that have been there for years?

Thinking having a 24’ HD and a 28’ 4K monitor setup. Is 4K for excel not necessary? How about 28’ monitors?

honest question: why does everyone hate Lewis Brisbois?

I've been a government attorney for nearly three years now and have worked in the same office/division since I passed the bar. I've yet to receive a promotion other than two cost of living increases (in sum, a pay increase of 6k over 3 years). I know this is meager, but I'm mostly ok with it, I just want to see some recognition. On the other hand, it's hard for me to imagine negotiating because (given my inexperience), I don't feel I'd be able to do better anywhere else. Any advice?

Does PwC have any free access to learning sites such as Udacity, Coursera or Udemy to complete courses with certificate? I know EY has free access to many courses on Udemy!

How do I train my critical thinking skills? Any book recommendations?

Anyone know how hard it is to switch from Risk Assurance to Strategy consulting?

Illinois Scores are up! I finally passed REG just need to pass the ethics exam and I’m done for good 😭

How can I move from audit to a financial analyst role? Most recruiters say I should look for an accounting/finance hybrid role.

Anyone here transitioned into a staff accountant role (reconciling differences, end of month balances, JE, etc). Is it better than tax in terms of work/life balance and how is the work?

How much exp do i need to be apply for bi senior 2 in ey gds? What can be the expected best offer?

is there any AML KYC or Financial crime or Fraud investigation roles open for Team Lead level in JPMC? can someone refer me with one? issue is if they are accepting Team Lead experience without it being on papers..

Does anyone mind looking over my resume and giving some feedback?

Anybody have workout shirt recs that are longer? I’m tired of shirts fitting at the shoulders and being too short … 6’1” 200lb

How do people get interview call from Accenture Strategy & Consulting? I am an MBA from tier 2, 5 YoE post MBA in Financial Risk. Currently working with a Big 4.

Today i got my variable bonus of 10k, i get 59k inhand every month in which 2k gets deducted as tax, today along with the bonus of 10k I got 67k inhand and tax deducted is 4.5k. I'm kinda lost. Can someone pls explain y this?

Plus what is the starting salary for entry levels associate under group m like xaxis, mindshare,etc

I got offer from PWC AC Bangalore as a senior associate 2 (OIC technical) 20L per.anm is it good to take the offer.?

Is temenos a good company to work for?

Hi Folks, salary credited?

How do you phase out screen time when you have to be connected all the time? I like the idea of digital minimalism after work hours, but I don't truly have any after work hours.

Moving to GTA, any suggestions for good residential areas with good school and activities for kids?

Hi All,

Can you like my post so that I can use the this platform?

Thanks in advance!!

Thomas J. Watson (IBM) said "the way to succeed is to double your failure rate" and that's always stuck with me

2 years out of UG & new to industry recruiting, true that most firms/companies stop interview cohorts during holiday season (End Nov/Dec), or just a myth? 🙄

Hello ,
I am btech fresher recently got placement but i got a domain where no coding is required and more of functional work is there . So i want to switch to JAVA . Can you please tell me how should i proceed , in what order and what should i learn and any resources?? I have good knowledge of Core Java and DSA.