Q: Big4 - Yearly salary increment

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I accepted an offer by KPMG as an audit associate and they recently told me to complete a game assessment. Just to ask if my offer will get rescinded if I fail the assessment?

Won't. How much is your offer salary?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Thanks for this. I was from EY's business consulting and left last year as an S2, and am currently working in a bank doing innovation and transformation. Was wondering the prospect of joining back as consulting is something that I'm still very much interested in doing.

Consulting / advisory will be different then.

Whether you can get the SM title/pay, will depend on seniority / skillset and etc then.

Since now Blue starting pay is 3.6k with bonus, why would people even bother applying to other big 4s?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Since now Blue starting pay is 3.6k with bonus, why would people even bother applying to other big 4s?

Huh its like 1k more than mid tiers. Mid tier can go gg liao. Jhk more than sg in mid tier lol.

Blue has always paid higher than the other 3 i think, cos they pay $100-$200 more for honours. Ppl back then still apply to other firms... no difference from now

Thoughts: If I have a total 1 year of working experience in big 4 (6 months in audit and another 6 months in tax) as A1. Then after 1 year of experience, my mind is fixed on audit over the long run and decides to go KPMG (not the current big4 i'm at), will i be A2 in another big 4 when the requirement for KPMG states 1 year of working experience?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Thoughts: If I have a total 1 year of working experience in big 4 (6 months in audit and another 6 months in tax) as A1. Then after 1 year of experience, my mind is fixed on audit over the long run and decides to go KPMG (not the current big4 i'm at), will i be A2 in another big 4 when the requirement for KPMG states 1 year of working experience?

Who in the world does 6months audit and 6months tax? Yes, blue will take u in as A2. But how are u going to explain the change of firm?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Who in the world does 6months audit and 6months tax? Yes, blue will take u in as A2. But how are u going to explain the change of firm?

Maybe fresh grads have no experience so wanna try to see which one better fits. How do you know blue will take in as A2 after a year of different exposure/experience?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Thoughts: If I have a total 1 year of working experience in big 4 (6 months in audit and another 6 months in tax) as A1. Then after 1 year of experience, my mind is fixed on audit over the long run and decides to go KPMG (not the current big4 i'm at), will i be A2 in another big 4 when the requirement for KPMG states 1 year of working experience?

Which firm let you do 6 mths audit, 6 mth tax? You already done it or giving imaginary scenario

If you have done the audit peak in 6 months, you could get a chance to be 2nd year associate in the firm you did the audit peak. To get that in another firm, I believe it can be hard.

Firstly, it is hard to tell if you are of passable standards in the 6 months of audit. I can promote an off cycle hire who did ok in 6months, but it is harder to promote someone who joined from outside. There are people who get retained in 1st year associate, how do I know you are not one of those that is not of passable standards. Second thing is that there are obviously different workflows / audit methodologies and systems to learn. I need my 2nd year associate to guide the fresh grads, and potentially to step in as a senior if the senior quits. How am I going to rely on you who needs to learn the process just like any new associate.

Appreciate it if anyone can advise on how it’s like working at PWC cyber consulting, in terms of culture and workload.