Could anyone provide a ranking of the Big 4 for who has the largest FDD presence in the San Fran/Silicon Valley area?

Hello folks,

Just landed as a PR in Canada a month back.
Been interviewing for front end dev - 5YOE. Had been with Deloitte USI as a Consultant back in India. Applying for big 4's and tech firms but seems like they have been taking forever to review the applications (2-3 weeks now for few since applied!)

Have one offer from CGI as Sr.Con for 105k. Does anyone know how good/not good is CGI in terms of work, culture, WLB, perks?

Would appreciate any help in getting referred as well! Thank you

Can anyone tell about informatica performance team?

Anyone have views on the sustainability team at KPMG? Been approached by a recruiter and from what I’ve seen KPMG don’t have a market presence. Happy to be proven wrong though

Novice investor looking to invest 100K. Do I DCA into ETFs / Mutual Funds?

In what increments (eg. $1,000) and cadence (eg. Monthly) should I DCA?

How should I spread out the increment across ETFs (eg. Equal percentage in each)?

ACN Strat or D S&A? Comp and level are more or less the same

Anyone from digital business services team?

Anyone on pros and cons of A&M PEPI group?

Hi all,
I'll be moving out to San Diego for a few months and wont have a car, can I get around downtown without one? Also, what areas within downtown are safe?

Will the B4 ever split off their consulting segment from their tax/assurance segment? It could finally free us from independence restrictions

Hello S& 🐠! I was just approached by a recruiter for a senior associate role on the TMT Corp and business strategy team. Wanted to get a sense of the team, company, culture, comp expectations. Really any candid insight would be great! (I’m 2.5 years out of undergrad, ex-EY Parthenon, current on a strategy team at a large tech company)
Thanks a ton in advance!

I’m a senior at KPMG interested in switching to another Big 4 firm and group. However, KPMG is currently paying for my masters which requires me to work an additional 3+ years at the firm in order for

Is KPMG, EY and PWC considerate about one not wanting to travel and chosing local projects in the IT Assurance practice? Please share your experiences. Thanks!

Senior Risk Consultant + CPA at big 4 (4 YOE) looking to break into IB with no Deals experience. Would appreciate any tips, tricks and resources for interview prep and beyond. I have an interview coming up with an MM bank in their Real Estate group. TIA

Anyone here broken into real estate private equity from big 4 consulting? What steps did you take to jump into RE PE? What gaps in knowledge did you have and how did you fill them? Outside of the knowledge gaps what other things do you think you needed in order to get into RE PE?

HI GUYS,
What Supervising Associate III role means in EY GDS p?is it correctly aligned to 7 YOE

Hi Fishes,

How is WLB in RBS account in Mphasis, can qnine share some input.

Men in your 30s and 40s - what is the number one quality you're looking for in a woman? I like to think I'm compassionate, intelligent and independent (as much as any other woman), but I'm still struggling to find dates. I would say I'm attractive, and I take care of myself pretty well. What am I doing wrong?

What’s going on at Engine? Seem to be losing a lot of good people including the CSO.

I got an offer for deloitte Pune doj 20 june ?? Anyone reporting there on 20th ? And are we having dlaunch event in Pune office idk what should I choose virtual onboarding or physical at Pune location? HR is also irresponsible she don’t even know bs bolri h office jana pdega and I’m hearing there is no space and she’s telling me they’re not gonna deliver laptop to home? Please rply

Anyone Boston next week?

Cisco

Pros:

- fairly decent place to work (from someone who worked with the Vancouver and San Jose offices). never met a blue badger (permanent employee) who had awful things to say.

- Ashley Goodall (their SVP, Methods & Intelligence) co-authored a brilliant book on leadership and people management called “Nine Lies About Work” that makes me believe they can be an awesome place to work

Cons:

- red badgers had low morale since they’re contract workers and can be terminated at any time

Recommendations for best ways to save for retirement after contributing to 401k up to match and maxing out Roth IRA?

What are your hours like as a clerk? I’m sure it varies a lot based on the judge but curious to hear people’s experiences

Anyone dealt with a Christian parent who has been backsliding since the pandemic? Is this common? And how did you deal with it?

How much does EY pay to ISB graduates?

Anyone know the CD salary range for American Express’ in-house agency, OnBrand?

I got dotnet lead oppertunity in luxoft banglore as remote from chennai,
Is luxoft has job safety? Anyone work there here?

NJ Personal Income tax question:
My wife and I file a joint return. We were part time residents in 2020z unfortunately, we both filed our joint tax return. My wife sent via paper and I sent electronically. Any idea what happens now? Can't get ahold of anyone.
To make matters worse - NJ doesn't have a paper part time resident return - so you file a resident and non resident separately. Ours net to a refund but the resident one shows a large amount due and the non resident shows a large cont...

Plan is to purchase some time after 2 years or so. Primarily to save up for a larger down payment.

Here’s my plan of attack:
- $30K saved right now ($20K in IBonds and $10K cash)
- $90K saved by July 2023
-$130K saved by 2023 and target a $800K home

Location: Suburbs of Boston, MA

I'm new to all this. Is it best to save 10% of my salary all in my company's 401k (with 20% match, increasing by 5% every year)... or saving 5% in 401k and 5% in a Roth IRA?

Hi.. has anyone applied for a Police Clearance Certificate for work visa? I need some help 🙏🏼

How hard is it to exit to the buy side from FDD?

Does anyone have experience/knowledge regarding whether the different B4 deal analytics teams 1) work remote 2) still travel? Looking to potentially make a switch but have heard different things across the board, including seeing that most of the job postings for senior roles in these groups are tagged to offices and don’t say remote.

Is it not even worth to applying for a position if you do not meet the minimum experience listed?

Are global sabbaticals possible in TAS (from US to UK)

Typical exit ops for M&A operational due diligence?

What kind of work do people in restructuring consulting do? What’s a typical day like?

M&A tax manager 1 salary in NYC ?

Has anyone left big 4 or other PA firms tax transaction service groups for industry (or know of anyone)? What was the role and salary bump, how are annual bonuses/raises in industry, what is a typical work week (hours) like? I don’t think I can take this always on just to stay afloat life much longer. For context I am considered a high performer, am near the top of the salary band at my level and have a great supporting network at Deloitte. It’s just not worth it to have zero personal life.

What’s your utilization right now?

Okay not going to lie — doing this rotation remote has been/is tough and I’m only a month in. I can’t keep up with the excel skills of you FDD people and pretty sure the director hates me 😭

Anyone recently had an interview at EY for experienced associate for FDD?

What firms have gone fully remote for FDD?

Why does everyone say the work in FDD is so much better than audit? I’ve been in the group for a few months now, and it seems to be just as bad if not worse.

Anyone in tax m&a left for industry? What role did you take and what was the pay like? JD here but interested in both JD and CPA’s experiences.

EY TARAS or EY GCR??? Between these 2 service lines which has better pay and opportunities??

Recommendations for websites or newsletters to subscribe to, to stay informed on anything finance related or deals related? Any podcasts too. Thank you

Anyone interested in entry level valuation roles at a mid-market bank, feel free to DM me.

Anyone at PwC or BDO looking to pick up some referral bonus cash?? Have 1.5 YOE in audit, NYC, looking for FDD roles. DM me!

Best books for U.S. Corporate Tax similar to Logic of Subchapter K for partnerships? I’ve historically worked extensively with partnerships and starting to branch out into more “Core” corporate M&A Tax and looking for a helpful resource to get up to speed.