In your opinion, which top firms offer the most support for Black accountants?

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Wow, I was waiting to see if anyone said anything at all, but... Silence.

I'm interested to know what your idea of "support for Black accountants" is, OP. What does that look like for you?

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a place to support career growth (i.e. offers promotion and has good team structure) and opportunity to build a network...guess I'm describing an imaginary place

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We have this at CohnReznick. I would say the team structure depends on your office and practice line (tax, assurance, advisory), but we have a national employee resource group/network that started a year ago, CR BLAC. The board seems interested in connecting employees across offices and providing mentorship and career development to any accountant who requests a mentor within the group. Black people talking to other Black people.

At the top PwC but it depends on the office & group still.

It’s hard to say.. having worked at both KPMG and EY, I can’t say I’ve felt that they are different in how they promote and retain black talent, or any person of color. I would say that I’ve seen more black leaders (partners) at KPMG than I did at EY

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