Pwc what makes it different

They effectively own the Big Four companies. You can sometimes get hired into the Big Four as a partner, but this is still pretty rare. The best way to become a partner is to work your way up over time. This might sound like a bad deal, but partners get paid a lot see the chart below and receive a share of the profits.

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Sign In. Don't have an account? Register Now! Search Jobs. Graduate Guide. What are the Big Four? What are assurance jobs? Forget investment banks, students should apply to the Big Four. As well as using e-learning, EY focuses on teaching through experiences and coaching. KPMG is perhaps the best for guiding you through your professional qualifications and has a trainee community called the Academy to help give training a more social feel.

Now you've met the firms - have you got a favourite? Wherever you decide to build your career, explore accounting, audit and tax graduate programmes today. What are the differences between The Big Four Accountancy firms? A quick overview of the firms PwC is the largest by revenue and the most prestigious of the Big Four with a strong and established audit client base.

Here are a few points to keep in mind: PwC is the most prestigious of the four and people working there know it. Together this makes for an ambitious, competitive and results-based culture EY has a reputation for diversity with a comparatively good record for promoting women and a history of supporting LGBTQ rights. Its culture is quirky with less pressure to fit into the stereotypical city graduate lifestyle What roles are there for students? All of the big firms offer: Two day residential programmes for first years or second years on a four year course.

Do well and you could be offered a permanent role for after graduation Work placements for year-in-industry students. A full year placement for anyone who needs to spend a year in industry as part of a four year course While all of these programmes are very similar, the firms also offer some more distinctive opportunities. Here are a few examples: PwC offers a short Tech Academy for students interested in the technical and IT side of the business. Who are they looking for?

Receiving an offer from any of the big four firms is something to celebrate in itself and a great achievement. Some candidates will receive offers from more than one firm, so, if you had the choice of one of these firms then which one should you choose? The differences between the big four is subtle and the graduate application process is equally tough at all of them.

They all require multiple online assessments and interviews before providing job offers. Whilst we have discussed the marginal differences between the work of the big four firms, salary and cultural differences are probably the biggest factors in the decision of candidates applying to the big four. Perhaps unsurprisingly there is little difference in the glassdoor ratings of each firm and this most likely reflects the similarity in work they do and constant movement of employees between them.

All of the firms are ranked in the top graduate employer lists consistently year on year and are deemed to be great places to work. Taking a look at the keyword counts we can see what is good and bad about each of the firms from the perspective of the employees. The themes that are common to all four firms is low pay and long hours. For the audit teams this is compensated for in part by the sponsoring of exams which cost tens of thousands alone.

The work environments and people also score highly across the four firms. With huge revenues they can afford luxury offices in popular areas of the cities in which they are present. This makes the environment pleasant. Interestingly, EY is the only company to have office politics mentioned frequently in their negative reviews suggesting this is an issue that EY struggle with significantly more than the other three.

Deloitte has a heavy focus on the quality of their people whilst the other three balance people, environment and learning opportunities between them. At this level of detail, there is still little difference between the big four firms. Making a job decision based on salary is unashamedly important but asking the question in the interview room is not always appropriate.

Looking across the big four firms, there is differences in salary between the four and also between the professional service practices e. All firms pay similar bonuses on top of the base salaries offered. Case Partner. Meeting Board Candidate Listing. Interactive Tools. Login Sign up for free. Sign up for free and access everything needed to ace the case interview at the Big 4!

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