Ahhhhh... ☕️ There is no better feeling than waking up and knowing you don’t work in public accounting/corporate world anymore and have your entire life back.

Incredibly positive change of lifestyle and with just a little luck and effort, have found more rewarding and much higher pay work.

Kpmg could not offer 100k signing bonus to return. The level of peace and significantly lower stress is priceless.
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Does anyone have a good example of a federal resume format that scans well by the computer and reads well for a human?

Any good Chinese food around/near Arlington? I’m looking for stuff like lo mein, Singapore rice noodles, etc. not sketchy hole in the wall, but decent hole in the wall

Confirmed 1st BFP after almost 1yr TTC. Scheduled the prenatal visit for Sept. Anything I should do (or not do) in the early weeks / Anything that might be surprising but is normal? TIA!

People not on vision insurance, where do y’all buy contact lenses?

MM PE vs MF PE - which would you (do you) prefer and why?

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Hello everyone! I am looking for referrals in Scotiabank (specifically Research Consultant). Any leads will be appreciated. Thanks in advance

Can community managers call themselves copywriters?

What is success? To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends...

People working in consulting - how did you find out if your side hustle infringes on your current employment? Want to make sure I don’t get in trouble

Anyone cram for FAR?

Anyone want to sell me their CFE books ?

To those at V25 firms, how do you view your London office in terms of the quality of work we get and overall importance to the firm? Like is there a perception of us being a step down or ancillary to the big leagues of NYC or not? There’s generally a perception here that L&W and K&E are the only US firms where London can even begin to compete with stateside in terms of generating l work organically but would be interesting to know what you all think? Be brutally honest.

Hii looking for job as accountant in gurgaon location in one have any reference please help me with this. I have 5 years of experience in same field.

In how many days, BDO rise give reply to your interview 2nd round? Anyone here from BDO rise here?

Can anyone explain the grades in HSBC ?
What is GCB-5?

Passed the CIA. 🍾 I'm rolling deep in the letters... CPA, CFE too. What should I do next?

Hoping for help w/ studying. TRANSACTION CYCLES?? I see inconsistent lists online and in books: (Revenue, Purchasing, Inventory, Payroll) vs (Sales, Purchasing, Payroll, Financing) vs....

It's refreshing to see RBC's committment to no 2020 layoffs. Anyone know if any other banks are following suit?

Anyone want to sell me their CFE books ?

Which offer should I accept? Currently staff 2 at big 4 in Tax with CPA license. I want to leave tax ASAP. Both are public companies +1B in revenue and same salary. Offer 1 - staff revenue accountant so reading contracts, speaking with the sales team and legal team, a lot of work at the end of the months to close books and reconcile transactions to make sure we are ASC 606 compliant. This track usually leads to director of revenue. Offer 2 - internal audit staff so SOX and compliance projects.

Do a lot of seniors in the advisory groups work weekends? I am coming from a group that has busy seasons sometimes we don't get a day off for a few weeks before the deadline. 80-100 hour weeks for me.

Anyone have their CCIFP certification? If so, how difficult and time consuming is the process of getting certified?

How long did it take before you learned to just embrace the craziness?

Hey guys!!! I have an interview with BDO for an audit role in the DC area. Any suggestions/ advice/ things to work on specifically? Wish me luck!

When negotiating salary, what would be a good ask for tax Asset Management SM salary + signing bonus MCOL?

The partner in charge of my office had a nearly hour long conversation Tuesday with our new hire, behind closed doors. I didn’t hear yelling, but the bits I heard weren’t good. Will he be fired?

Would love referral for B4 or PA in Chicago? Industry and Internal Audit exp here, CPA.

Anyone have any good book recommendations around building passive income sources/building wealth?

I see most people posting from well known firms, how many people work for small firms. Like less than 100 people. Looking to connect to see how it differs from big four.

Deloitte or dixon hughes goodman? Considering accounting advisory at one of the two. Deloitte has a better brand name but based on the talk here it seems like the pay and hours are dogshit. Thoughts anyone

Team is already talking about eating hours. My utilization is down cause I was in unassigned for a month in Dec/Jan. What's worse pissing off the partner or having a low utilization? -staff 1

Estimated tax payment question:
I converted $30k of rollover 401k into a Roth IRA and have $26k of realized ST Capital Gains this year (Roth conversion in end of Q1 and most capital gains in Q2).
My total federal withholding tax last year was approximately $12k and this year I will have 40% more in reported income on my employer W2 and anticipate higher that $12k federal withholding for my new job. Given this, what is the best way to go about making est. tax payments for the income (continued.)

I always bill 100% of my time and for my entire career in public accounting I have never heard anything negative until recently.. I was told to watch my time as the client doesn’t like to pay these fees, and the partner is unhappy because it looks like I have high hours. Is the message that I should eat my time? Or is it that They think I’m inefficient?