from wat i heard..PWC has got a few of the local bank under their belt...not so sure bout kpmg.

Ah sorry I meant the KPMG audits majority of the foreign banks.

KPMG
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Local bank = Public Bank
Foreign bank = HSBC, StanChart, Citibank, OCBC, Bank of Nova Scotia, etc

PwC
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Local bank = CIMB Group, Hong Leong Financial Group

EY
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Local bank = Maybank
Foreign bank = UOB

So do the audit staff from KL get to travel across the country to audit branches of the same bank in other states?

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Added on December 30, 2011, 3:48 pmAlso, is KPMG penang independent of KPMG KL?

This post has been edited by Debuantu: Dec 30 2011, 03:48 PM

KPMG does have big banks and other big none banks as well. Normally, the team does get to travel and does in rope in help of the branches as well. However, one does get to travel oversea for some other jobs/assignments.

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Added on January 6, 2012, 10:19 pmBig 4 definitely!! Been in both. Big big difference!

This post has been edited by Headhunter75: Jan 6 2012, 10:19 PM

My friend took ACCA after STPM and just sat for his F9 exam last December. After that, he'll complete his ACCA part 2. He actually took about 2 years (which is a bit longer than usual) to complete his ACCA part2 so he's now thinking of study the last level of ACCA while working. Everyone wants to get into big4 so I just want to ask is there any chance for my friend to get into big 4 in Kuching area with only ACCA part-qualified?

Does anyone know exactly how much Deloitte pays their fresh grad consultants? I went for an interview with them not too long ago and I was surprised when the interviewer told me that they pay their fresh grad consultants RM2300. Now thats even lower than what their auditors are getting.

I thought normally consultants get paid more than auditors.

Did anyone here being employed by big 4? Normally how long they will contact u after u send in your resume if u're shortlisted?

PwC pays RM3,600 for fresh grad advisory so RM2,300 is way way below market rate.

yea, I know PWC and EY are paying above RM3k for fresh grad advisory. I'm wondering if the interviewer was trying to take advantage because my current pay is RM2300 , well actually it got revised to RM2500 this year.

KL branch? If not then that's the market price for the other states i think. Big4 in Sabah pay fresh audit associates RM1700, that's even low.

RM1,700 is not low. It's slavery.

as far as i know, only PwC pay is standardized across the country. thus, try to get into PwC if you're applying at places outside KL.

yup, KL branch

Good lord my intern is so blur sotong I wanna strangle them.. Damn them CFAB interns.

Hi everyone,

Please share your opinion on which one you think is better in terms of career prospects and pay increments/bonuses: Ernst and Young advisory or CIMB management trainee?

Thanks so much!

CIMB Management Trainee....its the fastest track to climb up the corporate ladder

ey advisory is like normal ey job...standard career development..which is quite fast too considering the turnover

Would like to ask, anyone here having internship for CFAB/ICAEW, or an ICAEW graduate?
How's the programme actually?
how do u think on ACCA vs ICAEW?

I have no issues with the ICAEW programme, and in my personal opinion they are a more prestigious programme compared to ACCA.

But I have a huge HUGE HUUUUGEEEE problem with the CFAB - > ICAEW interns, based on the few interns that I've come across in my life in PwC.

1. Most have HORRIBLE Microsoft excel skills.
2. Most have no idea what the hell is going on. (don't even have a decent idea how an invoice looks like ><)
3. Most don't really have any 'heart' to really learn, or to build up their knowledge of the working world.
4. Most are super young (18/19 years old) and frankly, at that age, you're just an immature kid, despite what you may think of yourself.

Whereas compared to my other interns who are.. 22/23 y/o from USM/UM/UUM or TAR etc.. those are much better adjusted and show better knack of what's going on.

SO yeah.