Who are the big 4?

PricewaterhouseCoopers
PwC (officially PricewaterhouseCoopers) is a global professional services firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom.[2] It is the world's second-largest professional services firm (after Deloitte) and one of the 'Big Four' accountancy firms.[5]
It has offices in 757 cities across 151 countries and employs over 163,000 people.[4][6] It had total revenues of $26 billion in 2009, of which $13 billion was generated by its Assurance practice, $7 billion by its Tax practice and $6 billion by its Advisory practice.[4]
The firm was formed in 1998 by a merger between Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand.[1] The trading name was shortened to PwC in September 2010 as part of a major rebranding exercise.[7]
As of 2009 it was the eighth largest privately-owned organisation in the United States.[8]
PricewaterhouseCoopers Website


Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young (EY) is one of the largest professional services firms in the world and one of the Big Four auditors, along with Deloitte, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
Ernst & Young is a global organization of member firms in more than 140 countries. Its global headquarters are based in London, UK and the U.S. firm is headquartered at 5 Times Square, New York, New York.[3]
As of 2009, it is ranked by Forbes magazine the 10th largest private company in the United States.[4]


Deloitte
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (also branded as Deloitte) is the largest professional services organization in the world.[2] According to the organization's website as of 2010, Deloitte has approximately 170,000 staff at work in more than 150 countries, delivering audit, tax, consulting, enterprise risk, and financial advisory services through its member firms.
Its global headquarters is located in Paramount Plaza, Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York.[3]


KPMG
KPMG is one of the largest professional services firms in the world and one of the Big Four auditors, along with Deloitte, Ernst & Young (EY) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Its global headquarters are located in Amstelveen, Netherlands.[1]
KPMG employs 140,000 people[3] and has three lines of services: audit, tax, and advisory.


Firm / Revenues /Employees/Fiscal Year/Headquarters/Source
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu $26.578bn 170,000 2010 United States [1]
PwC (officially PricewaterhouseCoopers) $26.569bn 162,000 2010 United Kingdom [2]
Ernst & Young $21.255bn 141,000 2010 United Kingdom [3]
KPMG $20.11bn 135,000 2009 The Netherlands [4]

only 10k?

This post has been edited by limshenghong: Dec 24 2010, 03:04 AM

Virtualization Engineer with 6 years experience at senior level can gain 15K plus monthly average...

Heh, no one ever said it was a financially rewarding job. That is just an impression our parents have because 20 years ago it was better than what they had. It's a totally different ball game now.

anyone being sponsored by the big4 to do acca?

and senior manager rm10k only with 8-10years of experience? hmmm

Which focus area of virtualization? Server or desktop or both? 15K is probably equivalent to a 4 years experience in Sgp so it is not much.

I'm not sure about the other Big4 but EY does sponsor ACCA for its employees. The draw back is you must attend classes at Sunway College on the weekends and you have a bond. Applicants should clarify with the propesctive firm what they sponsor and what are the conditions.

For EY, do you know when the bond will officially starts? Let say 4 years bond, so the bond starts when the ACCA classes start?

Thanks..

anyone here from KPMG? i would like to pm to ask something....

Why need to PM to ask?

because it involve some contact number, is it ok to post it here?


Edited:

I was called by KPMG for tax assistant position, may i know the procedures of the interview? I had gone through the KPMG assessment and interview for audit position, are they same with tax position assessment and interview procedures?

This post has been edited by devil86: Dec 9 2010, 10:22 AM

No idea, sorry.

i have a friend who interview in kpmg tax department based on her statement the interview procerdure were as follow : ask u write an essay,give u 10min to calculate math question without calculator and ask some technical question that all.

My friend had to do essay questions and tax computation. Then interview...this is Penang branch though.

How's all the other firms coming along in terms of staffing? PwC Assurance is suffering massive staff shortages presently, with all the resignees timing their resignation just before the superpeak starts.

Does anyone know what type of health issues KPMG is looking out for from the pre-emplyment health screening? What would make them not offer you the job?

Some stress related syndromes, I think? But as far as I know they have not rejected anyone due to health screenings.

How short is your shortage? I thought due to the Singapore pull factor, the firm will be doing massive recruitment of new staff

They just want to see whether your BMI fits the 'acceptable' criteria and also see whether your have the physical power to work late everyday

Jokes aside, severe cases such as being colour blind, partial disability in limbs could hinder your chances of joining the firm.

How does colour blind affect someone's ability to do work? You mean can't drive around to clients' offices?

Can't differentiate green ticks and red ticks