Comparing Deloitte- ARA, KPMG - AAS, Pwc - CMAAS, EY - FAAS. Are all four great places to be for a career? Or is it clear that some are better areas than others? Really would like to join one of the big four teams!

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PwC has best pay. KPMG has best culture and benefits. Deloitte has best tech and variety of work. EY has…unlimited PTO.

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Coming from Deloitte, I say the culture at EY is definitely much much better.

I’m in accounting advisory at a boutique but was at a big 4 for a long time. I’ve found that most people who have done the best for themselves in accounting advisory have started after at least 4-5 years of audit experience. It is an accelerant for your knowledge, skills, and abilities, and given the extensive work hours tends to let you move up more quickly. Based on your title, wondering how much experience you have and whether it might make sense for stick it out in audit longer. I am not an audit partner, so not trying to justify my own choices by telling you to stay in audit, just commenting on what I’ve observed.

Of course, YMMV - there are of course people who have gone to accounting advisory early in their career or have started out in it entirely, but most successful people I see have a decent (if not significant) amount of audit experience.

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Commenting late - but AAS better prepares you for AAS than audit. Audit transfers always seemed to struggle.

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You get paid more at PwC CMAAS, and less at EY FAAS

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I agree

Experience wise - all seem to be great experiences for one’s career.

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