Any experienced senior managers that have moved between Big 4 firms? Can you speak towards your experience, any struggles, and opportunities in terms of partner promotion? Frankly, EY path to partner seems to be too clouded (long pipeline, no clear direction/path, uncertainty on promotion cycles, etc.) at the moment and I would like to visit all options. Appreciate the input.

Advice for studying for CISA? I’ve purchased the CRM, QAE, and Hemang Doshi’s book. So far I’m having trouble reading through the CRM because it’s so detailed that everything seems important and difficult to retain. I’m an incoming new hire so I think I should read the book even though I know people who have passed with only QAE (they were previous b4 interns)

CFA or CAIA?

Product manager at Splunk or Program manager at Amazon? What would you pick?

Feel like I missed the boat years back to get into Director of Product role. Back in the day there was only Senior in between a Director role, now there’s Lead and Group levels, so much hierarchy now.

What designation i can expect iat Capgemini of joining as a Lateral?

I have total 11.5 YoE

Any advice on how to switch from big 4 to tier 1 consulting firms like BCG and MCK?

Hi friends
I have been working with Oracle since four years in a sales role my total experience is six years
I am keen to change my career and move out of sales can someone suggest what all options are available after having been selling IT solutions
Your suggestions and advices or highly appreciated

Does anyone have advice in how to transition into a corporate job from a small company?

What are some of the best consulting firms for a software engineer? Is MBB still considered elite in this area too?

Looking to learn coding. Any thoughts on learning code through a website like Udemy, CodeAcadeny, etc.?

I'll switch to a startup as the only data engineer and will closely work with all the Head ofs + the CTO.

Any advice/books/... on stakeholder management at that level? Especially when things fail/discussing budgets/new hires etc.

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

Hi all - just joining and looking for some guidance! I am currently in an IT internship position (making pretty solid money considering) and following this summer I will stay on part time during my senior year (discussing a full-time job offer after already). I’m getting my computer science degree, so I would like to do something more technical in the workplace when I graduate. How do I advocate myself for that to my manager without sounding unappreciative of the position I’m in?

In search of business Analyst job in Mumbai . I know SQL and python. I have PGDBM in information technology and systems management please help

Is CIPD a valuable certification? Is it appreciated in Europe only or US too? I have an opportunity to get it but not sure if knowledge is really up to date and worth time spent.

Hello! Has anyone pivoted to a legal operations position? Do you like it and why?

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Whats the criteria to get promoted from CL 9 to CL 8?
it takes min how many year?
Whats the hike percentage one can exoect while this promotion?

How is EY-Parthenon perceived for life science / pharma work? My understanding is that they do primarily due diligence work, but do people from there have good exits into pharma?

What should be average salary for Scrum master 3years exp and overall 7 years exp?

Hey everyone, how are we all doing? 🏳️‍🌈🦄🧜🏾‍♀️

Where is everyone located?

Any idea why certain of the larger biglaw firms do not allow descriptive associate website bios unlike the more middle v100 firms?

Anyone applying for LGO? How in depth are y’all going with your proposal essays?

Ive accepted an offer going from a SM role to M role at EY in the CCas team , London office. Can anyone confirm how often one needs to come into the office, as my commute is from Hampshire . In my current role I rarely go to the office, i.e once every few months (also in London) and am considering backing out due to the additional commuting cost and less flexible work life balance.

I heard that California had a WBS to cover Internet bills during WFH. Is there such a WBS for Colorado? Thank you!

Current place I'm at wants to extend me. Thing is I had already (verbally) agreed to another place. But other place is less $, less time, though more "prestige". Stay or go?

The raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence... What are some realistic consequences that could come out of it?

Any pathologists here?
How do you feel about the use of AI in Pathology, and Digital Pathology?

Any best tips/ step by step practices to grooming a product roadmap? I inherited one and it’s been difficult grooming it. Also a new PM. Do I start by looking at epics’ urgency and then dependencies? I know what needs to be done.. I just haven’t gotten down a good system to do it. Any advice helps!

What app do you guys use to buy? Seems like Coinbase only has 3 cryptos, RH only 2. Is there a single app that has all or a large selection to choose from ?

Does anyone have any good mortgage broker recommendations that will help find a way to not pay PMI?

Is EY firm leadership based in New York.

Thoughts on the VC Royal Eagle? Seems crazy undervalued, you can get it for less than a DateJust! What am I missing here?

Which one will be good for Testing profile ( Career growth, job security, Appraisal, salary hike, New Skill).

1. Deloitte
2. PTC

Note : Both are offering almost same package.

Any suggestions for mentioned profile?

Thanks in advance!

What margins and font size are you all using for your resume?

Where do professionals 30+ meet people these days besides dating apps?!

A production I worked on is $250k in the hole and owes a bunch of crew members money including myself. Looks like they just missed a big deadline to keep from going belly up. What should we do?

Is this the main sm bowl, just seems a bit dead compared to Mgr bowl

I have hit my wall. I cannot do public accounting any longer. I cannot deal with the constant focus on compliance, billable hour and the general unproductive behaviors/mindsets. I remember a day when we were here to help clients. Now I just feel like we are here to bill clients. I want to go help someone build something.
Now I just need to figure out how a director with a tax background can have transferable skills to something else...

What is the expected change in compensation over a 10 yr period for Managing Directors in Business or Tech Consulting? Is their salary in line with a CIO or SVP in IT?

How common is it to make 200k+ as SM?

I am looking for any referrals in audit/ advisory firms. I have worked in 3 of the big four audit firms and currently working in Canada in the financial services industry (head office in Boston).
I have 15 years experience in the financial services industry and worked in various countries.
Looking to move to USA. I am Canadian citizen and holds CIA (USA), CPA Canada, ACCA UK.

What is dinner allowance policy for SM?

Got an offer I am thinking of accepting and waiting for the official letter. Sooooo checked out mentally and cannot wait to break the news to the firm. I am so over it (cont.)

Anyone have experience between choosing between an Industry position or making the final push (manager/SM level) for partner? How did you finally decide to go one way or the other and do you have any regrets?

I think I want to try someone new but am having a bit of paralysis in making the move knowing the income/ partner lifestyle that I could be passing up…

Open to any thoughts and advice.

If anyone is interested in a referral to EY, I can help.

How was your tax season?

I have a new manager working with me who is surprisingly not great at the role. We’re in industry and she’s worked at the company for a long time but in a different capacity. (Cont)

Has anyone invested in a franchise? Is it worth the time as a side gig potentially turning into a path for business ownership?

Any one make a move from fund admin after big 4 assurance and then was able to make a pivot to a PE fund accounting team? I am considering moving to a fund admin now. Have 9+ years of big four experience. Worried that I can get stuck in fund admin. But I have interviewed at several big name pe shops and make a few rounds on interviews but then get the same feedback that they are worried about my lack of operational experience.

What are the good exits for Senior Managers? I keep hearing how people leave for 2x their salary.

What makes you stay in public accounting? I like my boss and the teams I am on, but the hours are hard and i think I should look into private sometimes.

What is the base pay for SM in TAX, in Texas? Any clue would be appreciated!

How much time do you spend after regular working hours on learning and improving technicals? I feel the most challenging part for this job is not just to complete the client work but also endless learning which requires a lot commitments after work hours.

How does base compensation vary across the accounting advisory roles in big 4? PWC CMAAS, EY FAAS, KPMG AAS, DT advisory. Specifically for senior managers.

Considering a change from audit (SM) to an advisory role - looking at a Director position within Strategy, Finance and Accounting M&A. [Insert typical “should I make the jump” question here]. I’m 3+ years to audit partner and weighing options and exhausted by omnipresent inspection risk and how this impacts day to day (and presume it will continue to get worse). Considering the advisory role 1) job security, 2) exit ops, 3) partnership ops. Anyone recently make a similar jump and could share?