Happy Tuesday 🐠!

New York folks:
Are you aware of the CPA exam credit extension to 2021 for NY CPA candidates impacted by COVID19? It’s on a person-by-person basis and you need to request the extension. Has anyone tried doing this yet? Can anyone shine more light on this? The extension would really help me, but I’m not sure what more to tell them in my email than the fact that I couldn’t sit for the exams this Spring/Summer due to test centers closing in NYC.

Deloitte Consulting fishes - what's the expected base and bonus for an SM1? I've seen glassdoor, but don't think can rely on it!

Any recommendations for a coach (or even therapist) to help work through some career issues?

Hi All, I’m thinking about getting certified in change management but not sure if I should go the Prosci route or CCMP route. CCMP is a lot cheaper compared to Prosci but would it measure up just the same?

I guess it would be similar to the discussion of the SHRM-SCP vs SPHR.

Following up on a similar post about NYC, for those in SF - salary and what do you pay in rent?

Hii.. what will be the timings for AYDE???

I want to become an art director with zero design skills. I’m going to have someone else comp everything up for me. The ideas might be solid. Who wants to hire me?

So, what happens if you miss your utilization/billable hour target by like 70-150 hours? Tons of "impactful" PRD work

Plz Fix. Thx.

Hello Anyone from the Database team available from HSBC pune location

What are your thoughts on the truce with Cersie? she's going to murder everyone the second she can and won't contribute shit to fighting the walkers... best to wipe out lanisters quickly and then fight in the North

Other than Airbnb, what is the best way to find month to month rental options?

Do MBA student clubs use Teams or Slack? Do they use just the free tier?

Will TCS change the work location before joining. What is the process

Can someone tell me about FDD? Is it intense work that doesn’t get paid well?

Anyone have good resources (online or book) to learn about the finance function?

Good book recommendations on the basics behind M&A deals and the DD process? Asking for a friend who is looking to start a search fund and has operational experience but no finance.

Any CDD / M&A Strategy fish willing to chat?

Ok, what does ‘F’ mean

Does experience in financial due diligence with Big4 ensure good future opportunities ? Also how good is it for an MBA finance considering the majority of crowd I have found being CA on LinkedIn..

TIA

ACCA and CPA qualifications. How useful are they in the line of consulting. I work in the M&A space focusing on FDD. Happy to have a chat to see what qualifications if any are actually useful in our line of work.

Looking to break into investment banking M&A as a lateral analyst. Been doing Valuations for almost a year (graduated spring 2018 from ug). I've practiced modeling and finance questions. Cont...

Recently left KPMG FDD for another FDD role at a growing firm and love it. PE focused. If you are interested in doing the same shoot me a DM.

Is deal flow starting to pick back up? Just started as an FDD analyst and would love to keep my job

Working in Risk Advisory-Internal Audit at EY. Looking to move into valuations. Have knowledge of valuations through FRM and CFA level 2 but no direct valuations experience. Anyone willing to help?

If I want to transition into M&A from audit, what are some basic things I should consider?

Any way of being in Ey s&o and being local? As in, is there a team that mostly does projects that are local (NYC)

General practice or specialized center of excellence (CoE)? KPMG Strategy has certain CoEs, one of which I am part of. The TMT general practice hints at wanting to bring me over. What are the pros associated with becoming more of a “generalist”? I’m current in the technology CoE. M level

Do you think M&A playbooks are needed for teams with a limited M&A capability?

Anyone have insight into Deloitte’s M&A strategy, diligence, and restructuring group? What kind of projects do you see the most and what’s the culture like?

Does anyone have recommendations for thought leaders/influencers in the M&A space? Looking for blogs, books, YouTube videos? Not currently in the space, trying to learn more as I’m thinking about a pivot after a few years in consulting/startups

What kind of questions can one expect in interviews with the A&M PEPI practice?