What accounting influencers do you all follow on LinkedIn?

How is PWC SDC external audit practice? I am Chartered Accountant with 2.5 YOE. Currently working with EY GDS as Senior and have offer letter from PWC SDC of 17.75 and offering Senior Associate 2. Any folks here from PWC SDC who can help me to decide please.

Is there another appraisal cycle sometime in November for PwC AC Bangalore ?PwC Pwc AC

What applications/process have you installed since the start of COVID-19 to electronically gather employee conifential information? My client is too small to have an HRIS or electronic document storage/collection. Thinking of using a shared Google Drive but worry about how confidential/locked down that will be. One item they are struggling with is getting I9 documentation since a lot of the office staff are remote. Any suggestions are welcomed!

How tf is that a no investigation on turn 7??????

Scrum Master with 3 YOE, 1yr in agile. Technical background. Secret clearance and working in Federal. Two in demand certs (SAFe SSM & SGP). Currently making 103.5k in DC. Realistically what is the highest I can negotiate for at competing firms?

Words to say, questions to ask, things to do when a client who moved their money to year exactly one year ago, blind sides you with ACATS out after you’ve made 13.7% because he is conservative? GO!

My students come to my class first every morning and are really hard to settle. They continue to carry on whatever they were doing on the bus. It takes about 20 min to get them settled down and doing the warm up and the class is only 45 min. Any tips?

What has been your greatest challenge this year and how have you overcome?

are you satisfied with your job? why?

Hi Folks,

I wanted to know about the work life balance at Bain and Company in the global people analytics department?
And what yearly appraisals one can expect?

Thanks

I started investing in January 2021 with a current portfolio of 40:60 across Mutual Funds ad stocks. The MF portfolio is giving my a current return of around 10% cumulative whereas the stocks are giving around 6% cumulative.

Not sure how to get the game right.
Views please friends.

If I invest 50k in NPS, I would save 7k this year as per my tax calculation. Is this a good deal? In general, I don't like such long term investment, maybe I'd start that when I'm 35 but not today.

Is it true that stocks bought and sold are visible in form16?

Nifty 50 index mutual fund vs Nifty ETF ? Which is better ?

December is typically slow due to EOY/holidays. How to maintain momentum when losing motivation and don’t want to stall until Jan?

I was released without cause today but my boss mentioned my battle with mental health and that I’m looking for other jobs before canning me. Should I address this with the board or leave it alone?

Hello all!

I have my final interview which is a 1-hour presentation this week for an AE role. Any tips please? Thanks!

Thoughts on the Keto diet?

Best advice I've heard to ensure you get through busy season: Don't get drunk at company outings.

If a train is delayed, how much is timeliness worth, for you? A $20 uber? More or less?

what is the average # of years of experience to make manager in ITAA , currently hold Sec+ and CISA. also what is the average M1 salary in ITAA (Risk Advisory).

how do you guys maintain energy during busy season? I feel like I am always tired and still have lots to do.

So many people are quitting. I understand why. We are underpaid, industry jobs offer more money and more work-life balance. Are these firms going to do anything to prevent this from continuing?

FAANG is now MAMAA (Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet)…Whoa Mama! As if there weren’t enough acronyms in our lives. Happy Friday All!!!

For overseas ACCA accountants who have relocated to the US and have become US CPA's, how do you compare the difficulty level of the ACCA exam versus the CPA exam ?

Shot in the dark- has anyone obtained their CFF? How did you study?

Is the CFE pretty easy?

What are the chances of PwC expanding retention bonuses across other struggling markets? After seeing the posts from my colleagues in the Northwest, I’m more incentivized to leave...

Please I need some insight... If I forgot everything I learned in college but have 10 months to focus just on the CPA is it doable?

Thoughts on joining the IRS?

My utilization is 90% but all of my clients are small jobs. Does that look worse than someone who works on the larger, higher revenue generating jobs with all else equal (utilization/performance)?

Anyone experience not working well with managers and up (due to micro-management, talk to you like a child, etc), but find them cool outside of work? Finding it hard to hang with them during HH now.

My wife recently put in her two weeks and half the people she worked with are just ignoring her messages. They asked to work longer but bc of her new company she cant. Shes moving for about 60% more pay from external audit to senior accounting. Shes extremely sad and im confused why these firms are so uptight about this. She is giving them an additional 4 days which she wanted to use on vacation. Did she do something wrong?

Hoping for help w/ studying. TRANSACTION CYCLES?? I see inconsistent lists online and in books: (Revenue, Purchasing, Inventory, Payroll) vs (Sales, Purchasing, Payroll, Financing) vs....

How many intervals do you have to bill time at? We’re at 15 minutes intervals for professionals and six minutes for admin.

Up for promotion this year to manager, it seems that EY and Deloitte already announced no bonus? Guess promotion freeze will be next?

No action in my job search.... Been applying, but no takers. Too seasoned?? Do I need a recruiter??? What's helped others?