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I think they will be offended that they were compared to the big 4
I don’t think so, I think they brand themselves as big 4 quality without the independence issues.
Their services don’t fully overlap with B4. Their restructuring group is very well respected. Also have a strong FDD arm with much higher pay vs. B4
Majority of big 4 is in audit and which A&M doesn’t do. Big 4 advisory *might know they exist if they are interested in quitting. I personally never heard of them until I was considering my exits.
That being said, after learning about their firm they are sort of like an elite boutique. They are smaller but their work seems to be top quality in the industry (especially in restructuring)
Who? Never heard of them.
Probably multiple times for some service lines when it gets really busy. They do have it figured out.
I knew a senior I worked with as an intern at EY who joined their Chicago office for M&A. Large specialty group with good reputation. Think it worked out well for him for a few years.
I’ve worked with them in FDD contexts, they’re fine. Competent at the basics, never been wow’d.
Yeah I feel like their report is more focused on getting you the key deliverables (qoe nwc ddl). Not as focused on deep diving for the critical drivers of the business which is typically not as easy as putting together a qoe. A good example of FDD commoditization. Pay is definitely better than big 4 for the same amount of hours.
Yes. Good quality work. I've been on several projects where A&M were brought in to restructure and set up their environments and then we were brought in after to set up control environments and design controls for audit worthiness so they could go public.
I’ve seen a couple A&M sell side reports and they are usually very good compared to the other B4s and mid level ones I’ve seen (BDO, etc). I’ve only heard good things.
Could you hop from A&M back to Big 4?
Agree, A&M has a great reputation in the market. Lots of well respected big 4 and industry people. They can do much more than the any big 4 can because of lack of independence issues and have much deeper connections to many PE than any big 4 I’ve seen.
Pay is also significantly higher given their comp structure. Their business model is brilliant. They have a natural hedge between their FDD and restructuring practice.