Hate audit, especially all those SOX/ detailed testing stuff. Wonder if FDD would be a good fit cause it is more analytical. However a lot of ppl say FDD is audit 2.0

Anyone ever heard of the digital foundry and operate practice at Deloitte? Is it a good practice?

How is work culture of KPMG IT Advisory

I just got an offer from PwC’s Asset Wealth Management Tax Team. Is it as bad as everyone is making it out to be? Would PwC Private or ITS be better if I want to start my own firm one day?

Anyone here switched to TS, M&A or Deals Advisory from Risk Assurance? How did you do it?

Just finished one year as an Associate in Risk Assurance. Looking for advice and tactics on how to best internally transfer.

EY FSO tax and the equivalents at other firms, let's start a chat!

What are hours like in FSO Tax Tech?

Insight into Jones Day L&E practice?

Hello Fishes, can someone tell me what is the payscale In Audit Data Analytics team in Big 4 for a 3 year of experience in core audit.

Any insight on digital solutions group at EY?

How is BDO Salt group in McLean?

Anyone in the Deloitte NTA group? Interested in a role and would appreciate hearing some specifics (amout of travel and WFH availability, in particular)

I’m an IP associate (focused mainly on trademarks) in an AMLaw 200 firm (slightly below NY market pay) and I’m curious to know what IP groups (mainly trademark related practices) at V50 firms are like. My practice is relatively chill. No major fires to put out - steady and predictable 8-9 billable hours a day. I can generally not work on weekends. Am I at a unicorn shop or is this normal for Trademark practices?

Does anyone have any insight into global mobility tax? are busy seasons predictable/less stressful than corporate tax? Previously worked in SALT and hated it but am intrigued by global mobility

How is the transactional corporate tax group at Akin different than M&A?

Can foodpanda employees share about their Cloud Kitchens & Concepts team? What’s the team culture? Attrition rate? Layoffs?

Anyone with insight into Allen & Overy Corporate/M&A? Curious about type/volume of deals, culture, hours, etc. Feel free to PM me too. Thanks!

Anyone willing to chat from the Platinion group at BCG?

Anyone have insight into EY’s financial transformation team? I got an offer, but it seems implementation heavy

Anyone from AArete willing to connect? Would love to learn more about their projects, WLB, interview tips, etc. Thanks!

How is that the Big 4 in the US offers eye watering salary? In London, a SM makes around £90-100k base ($110-122k) while in US (HCOL) it can be easily $180-$200k. Why is there such a huge discrepancy when the cost of living between London and HCOL cities in the US is similar.

This may be an elementary question, but my credit score just randomly dropped 20 points. I keep my utilization very low. Almost all of my financial transactions are on my credit card, and I pay everything off by each statement. One month I didn’t get a chance to pay everything off because there were some transactions made on my statement date that I was not able to pay off because they were listed as pending. This resulted in my utilization going up to 6%. My credit score did not change (cont).

Hi All! Just looking for some guidance.

I took a loan against my 401k and the repayment is drawn from my paycheck. Included in that payment is 6% interest.

I have enough money to repay the remaining balance of the loan. The question is: should I repay it now or just continue with the payment and pay off if I leave the company?

The money would go into savings / investments.

Thank you!

Hi, how do I obtain a referral? A job position at KPMG just opened up that is perfect for me. Would take any advice as well!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🥂

Do you bill while you wait for a meeting to start if someone is running late?

I love how this bowl has turned into sad love stories and really dark shit.

BUT HERES ANOTHER ONE: (cont’d).

Whats the grade pay at M3 level for someone having 7.5 YOE and automation testing ??

Are there any brands I should be taking advantage of when I tour Spain and Portugal this fall? I’d like to get a new purse and maybe shoes/belt and want to work the exchange rate and VAT

Pre-pandemic: did you ever visit the set when shooting a commercial? If so, how often and what kind of agency do you work at?

Hi Fishes, need help on understanding how life would be in Cisco. Yoe 5, salesforce developer. Can some one comment on how hikes will be in Cisco. I am given a grade 9, and I feel the fixed is little low, I was expecting it to be atleast 3 lpa higher. Should I try to negotiate?have to say they have given a better offer than the one I am holding and I kind of like have a soft offer with similar fixed range

How long is appropriate/normal before saying I love you? How long did you take to say it to your SO? Additional questions — how long before you moved in together? How long before you started to talk or think about a life together?

How is client 'Jefferies Bank' in Synechron ? What about job security in Synechron ?

I want to buy Lulu’s ABC and Commuter pants that are on sale. However only the 34 inch length is available. My pant size is 30 inch length, if I get the 4 inches reduced (using a tailor or DIY at home) would that look weird or spoil the material of the pants in anyway?

I was in a meeting, and there was a new attendee, a fellow Asian guy.

Senior member: “Hi [new attendee’s name], where are you from?”

New attendee: “from [city and state]”

Senior member: “No, where are you reeeeaaaallllyyy from?”

**awkward silence**

New attendee: “from God”

Well… 🫣

If you are an immigrant and people ask you where you are from, how do you usually respond?

I will be starting in Big 4 FDD as a campus hire. Is the promotional path similar to audit (A1 -> A2 -> S1…) after each year or so?

Advisory group? Level? Location? Salary?

Is it possible to switch from tax to FDD/TS? Wondering what skills are transferable

I got two offers from deloitte FDD and Kpmg AAS(focus on M&A). Compensation is about the same. Which one should I accept? My end goal is moving into finance or IB/ go back school for MBA. Thanks

Anyone work in TAS at CohnReznick? Looking for some advice and would like to pm

Hey guys, I am currently a second year analyst in FDD. Have some downtime if anyone has any questions about FDD, audit to FDD transition, WLB, etc.

Are bonuses (%) within FDD generally the same across Big4? Curious what standard % is for seniors and managers

A&M folks are you worried about attending the In person training in a couple of weeks given the rise in COVID cases? Any chance it gets postponed?

Hi I have an offer at Kroll as an experienced analyst in their Technical Accounting Group. Can anyone please give me insight on their culture and WLB?

What is the difference between financial due diligence (FDD) and delivering deal value (DDV) at PwC?

Should I take an offer from EY for an experienced staff role for FAAS? I’d be taking a pay cut since I currently make more doing the same job at a smaller firm. (RSM, BDO, GT).

Anyone that’s left FDD as a Senior or Manager to take an IB Associate role that would be willing to chat?

Is there generally a salary premium for people in M&A Tax compared to Core Tax, and is it substantial (10-20%+) at the Senior level or not until you get to manager and above?

How is the internal technology at RSM? Are the laptops the standard Lenovos?

Possible to go from deal analytics to FDD? I have audit background and CPA, but somehow ended up on the analytics side. Wanting to be more client facing

FDD folks: What was your biggest dumpster fire of a deal? Seems like things can go very wrong whilst moving at deal speed.

big differences in FDD groups between B4 and smaller firms like CohnRez? any insight would be appreciated!

Can anyone comment on Houlihan AFR (Accounting and Financial Reporting) vs the Big 4 practices? Have an upcoming phone interview but not sure if it’s an opportunity I would really take.