hello people. my peak hours for tax is coming soon

stressss

Hahaha...take comfort that it won't be as bad as audit

this is a common knowledge in the corporate and investment community... but just to share here:


A simple search on Google and Bursa Malaysia reveals all.
Which Billion Ringgit PLC Clients the Big 6 are auditing (external/financial audit)?


1. PwC - CIMB, RHB, Hong Leong Group, Sime Darby, TM and Axiata, Maxis and ASTRO, Tenaga Nasional, Genting Group, UEM Group and MRCB, PLUS Highway, Proton, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, Shell Malaysia, British American Tobacco, MMC Group, YTL Group (excluding YTL Corp), IJM Group, IGB Group, Alliance Financial Group, Media Prima (TV3, 8TV, etc), and many more...

2. Ernst & Young - Petronas Group of Companies such as MISC Group, Petronas Chemicals, Malaysia Marine & Heavy Engineering and KLCC Property, Maybank, AmGroup and AmBank, DRB HICOM, Bursa Malaysia, Berjaya Group, UMW Group (including Perodua), Boustead Group, Sunway Group, Gamuda Group, Digi Communications, Malaysia Airports, Multi Purpose Group and Magnum, Top Glove, Sapura Group and SapuraCrest, F&N Group, Amway Malaysia, Cahya Mata Sarawak Group ("Pek Moh's companies"), WCT Group, and about 400 other PLC companies...

3. KPMG - Petronas Group, Public Bank, Nestle, Kuala Lumpur-Kepong Group, Johor Corp + Kulim and KFC Holdings, AEON Co, KNM Group, Carlsberg, Guinness Anchor, Dutch Lady, Tan Chong Motors Group, Bank Islam, and many more including foreign banks such as HSBC, Citibank, OCBC, Standard Chartered, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Deutsche Bank...

4. BDO - IOI Group, The Star Publications Group, Tradewinds Group

5. Crowe Horwath - approx 80 PLC clients, top IPO auditor in Malaysia as per http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?f...45&sec=business

6. Mazars - PPB Group (Robert Kuok's Group of Companies), SP Setia

7. Deloitte - Lafarge, part of Lion Group, JT International, Mah Sing Group

This post has been edited by accetera: May 2 2011, 08:34 AM

LOL, that's what you think XD

Well, the tax peak season is about 2 months compared to audit's 3-6months...I say that's not so bad. Or maybe I'm just too naive

... no update about life?

or even auditors trying to manage work-life-study balance?

Hey all I just wanna ask for your opinion about which firm is better in terms of experience between pwc and kpmg as an audit associate?

KPMG.....you work like cr*p everyday including weekends and public holiday. So yeah, your learning curve is super fast if you are willing to do it

but we need to brainstorm on the tax treatment part. which is a real challenge!

the new public rulings? the normal legal&prof and advertising/promotion stuff is not hard...

Hey, I am going for the EY interview the next Monday for the job application of audit associate. Can anybody tell me what to prepare for the interview? (eg. what they usually ask during the interview? what do i need to bring along? who is the interviewer normally? can i negotiate the date when I am going to start the work?)

Besides, I have applied PWC online too, but there is no reply after one week. How long usually do i need to wait for the call?

Thanks.

=o I think its expected at the other firms as well right? HAHAHAHa I just attended the PWC interview today~ hope it was alright~ I was interviewed by a director @.@

Many of the questions regarding bout employment and application in Big4 can be boiled down to the basic economic concept: demand and supply.

How long it usually takes to reply your application?
Depends on their quantity demand of labourers, and depends on the quantity supply of labourers to them.

What's the criteria of being employed by Big4? CGPA 3.66 can ah?
Depends on the demand and supply. If they don't need any demand, why must they hire you? If there are plenty of people who are higher than you, why must they hire you?

Is CGPA 2.5 considered too low to join Big4?
Depends on their demand and supply. If they need any Tom, d*** & Harry who are willing to work, no problem. Timing must be right to see whether their demand meets your supply.

Are the interviewer's questions hard? How should I answer them?
It boils down to demand and supply. If they need people, no matter how hard the questions are, and no matter how lousy you answer is, so long your supply meets their demand, no problem. That's why HR doesn't really tell you how you performed during your interview or whatever just-for-show test.

I think everything boils down to "demand and supply". Don't bother what those HR said. They crap out of a reason just like how we write our analytical review.

This post has been edited by semivalue: May 20 2011, 12:59 AM

Well said. So, stop asking and start applying. Asking won't land u a job, but applying does.

1. Prepare some common interview questions, google it. EY's interview is not hard, usually the People Team Manager will interview you(People Team = Human Resource), however, sometimes Assurance department manager will interview candidates as well.

2. Bring along what they asked you to be brought along.

3. Start date, not sure, usually is about 2 weeks after notification by them?

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Added on May 20, 2011, 4:20 pm"They crap out of a reason just like how we write our analytical review", nice one!

This post has been edited by -YS-: May 20 2011, 04:20 PM

how long did u send ur application to get the reply from ernst & young btw?

Hey, thanks

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Added on May 21, 2011, 5:09 pmone week or so...

This post has been edited by cheryl16: May 21 2011, 05:09 PM

Got a question here, is it common for an engineering graduate to join Big 4?

Well, the other firms pay slightly higher for the same cr*p, so yeah, you feel a little better (just a tiny wee bit ). Good luck in getting the job, the director must be too free!

its quite normal for new joiners to be interviewed by SMs/EDs, as long as u have carried yourself well....e.g. taking the effort to find out your director's name, starting off with a good morning/afternoon and ending with a thank you after the interview. these are little insignificant things but they help determine if u make the cut or not

not really, KPMG is paying much more well than PwC for a start...even at the SA2->SA1 ranking, so yeah. Impressions are such but realitywise can be very different. btw, the interview's most likely to be 1/2 hour, if your director is THAT BUSY till he/she cant spend 1/2 hour just for the firm/staff well-being, no point being a director, no? more to being LLB?