Briefly summarize the different corporate characteristics and cultures of the four major accounting firms;
1, KPMG
Features: the team is relatively small, emphasizing the elitism of personnel.
2. PricewaterhouseCoopers (Best Audit)
Features: high brand reputation and leading industry.
3. Ernst & Young (fastest overall growth)
Features: Pay more attention to the "people-oriented" internal staff training, among which the proportion of female partners is leading among the top four.
4. Deloitte (consultant is preferred)
Features: Strong consultation, the income ratio has exceeded 50%. Now it has surpassed Puhua and become the largest of the four. Compared with PricewaterhouseCoopers, it pays more attention to small and medium-sized customers.
The Big Four has always been regarded as the best place for graduation, but we only know the Big Four, but we don't know the difference between them.
In order to make it easier for everyone to see these "yes" or "no", we collected some data and awards about the "Big Four" and the online evaluation of the "Big Four" employees, and sorted out the following evaluation results.
The biggest-Deloitte
If you want to go to the biggest of the four, you should choose between Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The two companies have been taking turns to be the boss in terms of global revenue. At present, Deloitte topped the list with revenue of $34.2 billion, followed by PricewaterhouseCoopers with $32 billion. Ernst & Young's revenue is $27.4 billion, and KPMG's "only" is $24.8 billion, which is "unfortunate" at the bottom.
Deloitte's number of employees is also far ahead, comparable to small cities. In 20 14 years, Deloitte Global * * had 2 10000 employees, PricewaterhouseCoopers had 195000 employees, Ernst & Young had 190000 employees, and KPMG had only 162000 employees.
Ernst & Young accounting firm with the fastest overall growth
The "Big Four" are large-scale and powerful "Big Mac" enterprises. Here, you can't find the crazy growth of small companies that let you share photos. In 20 14, Ernst & Young's income grew steadily by 6.8%, which was the fastest among the "Big Four".
But specific to the region, the growth rate has changed greatly. If you want to visit America, you can choose KPMG. Last year, the company's revenue in China increased by 1%. If you want to go to a rapidly developing country in Asia, you can try PricewaterhouseCoopers. In 20 14, the growth rate of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Asia Pacific was 9. 1%, while KPMG was only 3.8%.
Best Audit-PricewaterhouseCoopers
If engaged in auditing, PricewaterhouseCoopers is the largest in this field. In 20 14, the audit income of PricewaterhouseCoopers was1500 million USD, which was 34% higher than its nearest competitor (Ernst & Young). Audit income also accounts for a large proportion of PwC's total income: 44%, while Deloitte only has 30%.
Best consultant-Deloitte
If PricewaterhouseCoopers is an audit machine, Deloitte is "PricewaterhouseCoopers in the consulting field". Although the "Big Four" are trying their best to establish consulting business, Deloitte still has obvious first-Mover advantage after retaining the consulting department at the beginning of this century. Last year, the revenue of Deloitte's consulting department was $6,543.8+$07.6 billion, 76% more than the second-ranked PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The biggest space for women's promotion-Ernst & Young
Like investment banks, the "Big Four" executives also lack women; Like investment banks, the Big Four also tried to make up for this through various plans. Of course, like investment banks, these efforts seem to have little effect. According to last year's data, Ernst & Young, where 26% of the new partners are women, should give women the greatest room for improvement.
The worst seems to be Deloitte, where only 2 1% of all new partners, directors and project directors are women.
Recruiting fresh graduates-all
Can't say which "big four" prefer to recruit fresh graduates. They recruit enough fresh graduates every year to form a small investment bank. Last year, PricewaterhouseCoopers recruited 20,000 fresh graduates worldwide, and Ernst & Young recruited 1.8 million.
Best reputation-PricewaterhouseCoopers
If you value your reputation and want to impress others, you can choose PricewaterhouseCoopers, the best of the "Big Four". In the ranking of all large accounting firms in Vault magazine in 20 15, PricewaterhouseCoopers ranked first, while Ernst & Young, Deloitte and KPMG ranked second, third and fourth respectively.
The hiring manager in London said that PricewaterhouseCoopers has always been considered to have the best customers (this situation may change after the EU passed the mandatory audit rotation regulations). According to Vault's survey of employees, the sense of superiority brought by working in PricewaterhouseCoopers is also an important reason for them to choose this job.
Minimum working hours-None
If you work in the Big Four, you may work shorter hours than an investment bank, but you have to work like a fool. The Big Four are all employees who complain about long working hours.
Vault found through investigation that Deloitte employees complained about long working hours and great pressure; KPMG employees always say that they are tired; Ernst & Young employees feel that they have "sacrificed" too much for their work; PwC employees complained that "they can't go to work for three weeks and have no day off".
However, it is likely that PwC's working hours are more serious than the other three. An employee complained on the Glassdoor website, "There is no work-life balance at all. If you don't mind working 90% of the time and only living 10% of the time, then this is very suitable for you. "
Work is the happiest and most interesting-Ernst & Young
If you want to work happily and fully, at least in London, you can choose Ernst & Young. Ernst & Young ranked 14 in the 20 15 "Top 25 Companies to Visit", surpassing Deloitte, another of the "Big Four", and ranked 22nd.
In other respects, in memory of Ernst &; On the first anniversary of Yang's name change to EY, Ernst & Young encouraged employees to wear yellow clothes or wigs and put their photos on the intranet. Ernst & Young's approach has been well received.
The highest paid-Ernst & Young
If you plan to stay in only one of the "Big Four" for your whole career, you should go to Ernst & Young in terms of salary. At least in the UK, according to Emolument, among those employees who have worked for more than 65,438+05 years, Ernst & Young has the highest salary and PricewaterhouseCoopers has the lowest.
The salaries given by different firms in different career stages are also different. According to Emolument's data, if your experience is between 10 and 15, KPMG is the most generous; if your work experience is between 5 and 10, Deloitte is a better choice.