hahha advisory is fine throughout the year

wow..cool..fresh grad enter directly into advisory.. If you don;t mind, can you tell me which firm u are in and your qualifications? Want to use it as a rough guidance to assess my chance of entering advisory directly

Audit manager in 6 years is the norm.  Some make it in 4 or 5 depending on how well you perform.  This is contributed partly by the high turnover of the staff as well as the learning curve.  If you are in tax, the progression is slower.  Reason being, audit manager don't sign off accounts (that is partner's responsibility).  Tax manager usually sign off.

I don't think its hard for audit managers to find work in the commercial finance line.  I work in the finance department of a bank and more than half the management team here have had some audit background.  Its all perception.

I'm currently in Advisory. There are no real defined peaks. Really depends on job deadline, as well as if the firm suddenly has an influx of jobs. Also really depends, coz some ppl start really hectic with alot of work. You kind of build 'rep' in Advisory, so the more hardworking/fast learners get picked for jobs quicker.

One time the partner was walking around during a slow period and asked if ppl were utilizing their Annual Leave. XD

First 2 hours RM6, Rm3 per hour after that standard KL parking charges. I hit RM40 before during one peak period last time due to memory lost. 

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Added on January 26, 2011, 5:53 am

Big4 will still accept if you hold the qualification but of course if you never failed it does help speed up the interview process. If they only accept straight passers, the assurance team will be heavily understaffed. Results aren't everything when comes to work.

You're in advisory, ya? Talk to the person in charge of HR staffing for the dept. She's helping us all a big favour by buying tickets in wholesale amounts and then breaking them down to sell to the staff. So you can buy straight from her for 7 tickets. Price the same at RM9.

We also work at clients, so..... might not be a good idea to buy the monthly parking. ;;;

Tax advisory?

Oh, don't worry. You'll be in office almost full time. =D

Depends which part of BTA you are in though.  If its the CA team, you will be offsite visiting buildings on a project-to-project basis.  If you are in Transaction Tax, you might be out on due diligence reviews quite regularly, again depending on project frequency.

But if you are in ITS or Amarjit's team then you may not be going out of the office too often.

Wah. Need to be careful what I write here, later kena from HR.... O_o

My result is first class, still got rejected..

1st class degree doesn't guarantee you a job.  Whether you land the job also depends on your presentation skills, your outlook, your communication skills, your extra-curricular activities, and other factors. 

Your assumption that 'they did ok in the interview' based on their acedemic qualifications is a little misguided.  I'm not saying they didn't do ok, I am saying that other people probably did better.  Based on my experience as a hiring manager, academic performence is no guarantee that the hiree will do well in the interview.  Your qualifications alone are not enough to win you the job when compared to people who excelled in other areas in addition to academics.

The accounting firms use academics as a cut-off criterion.  After that, whether you get hired depends on how well you talk, how well you present yourself, and how well you know your stuff off the paper.  It also matters a great deal whether you were active in sports and extra-curricular activities.  The paper qualifications only help you make the sorting bin.

Rather than bemoan the rejection, it would be better to call up the HR and find out why you didn't make the cut so that you can improve in the next interview.

audit associate XD
second week of feb starting haha
erm..probably end of dec i applied for it..

All the best!  AS is very knowledgeable and a good mentor.  You can learn a lot from him.  But just be prepared for short turnaround time projects and tight deadlines, which are the norm for advisory.

Thanks again for all the explanations. I understand the benefits though, endless OT and treated like ants. LOL!!

I know Big4 is a very good opportunity whether in present term or future term. The thing is I got called for an interview by both of this firm. The main problem is that I have 2 subjects which is still pending for result. Crowe Horwath called in for an interview, but EY only need the industrial training result (which is the subjects and module) in order for me to have an interview and which is a 100% must on the result. A big headache for me. I need to call my uni tomorrow to ask them to process the result faster. 

Before I got the call from EY, I was happy with CH, since I got the interview with an international firm.   Have been waiting for replies from Big4 for a few weeks, but none of them called. But after the call today by EY, I was like . So I'm starting to worry bout the process speed for my result.

And more important is how do I tackle with the interview? I know it's not easy.

Salary has been revised for the big 4's..for freshie pay now is RM2.8k..I think PWC offers RM2.9k..