Meet the leaders of the Big 4, who jointly employ 1.5 million staff

PwC, Deloitte, EY, and KPMG are the four biggest accounting and consulting firms in the world. These are the leaders who run ...
Entrepreneur

‘Completely Blindsided’: Accounting Giant PwC Is Laying Off 1,500 U.S. Workers. Here’s Why.

PwC is laying off 1,500 U.S. employees in response to low attrition. The firm told affected employees on Monday and Tuesday that they were being laid off. Other Big Four accounting firms, including ...
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A Big 4 Firm Is Cutting Back on Entry-Level Hiring, According to a Leaked Slideshow

A tough-to-get-into Big Four firm is completely changing its hiring process — by making it more difficult for recent graduates to land entry-level positions. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), one of the ...
Accountancy AgeOpinion

UK firms are drawing a line on FRC ‘name and shame’ tactics

UK accounting firms, including the Big Four and ICAEW, are lobbying the FRC to end early disclosure of audit investigations.
Law

Don’t Dismiss the Legal Arms of the Big Four Accounting Firms Just Yet, Says the Former Global Legal Head of PwC

Tony O’Malley discusses the role of the Big Four in the world as well as his new role as chair of Australian insurance firm Wotton Kearney. Tony O’Malley, the former global head of PwC legal services, ...
The Business Journals

Law firms are facing new competition from accounting heavyweights

Recent growth in legal and accounting business combinations is a way for firms in the United States to distinguish themselves from their competitors. Accounting firms looking to diversify their ...
Business Insider

I quit my job at EY after 13 years to launch my own business. Here are the 5 lessons I learned from my Big Four career.

Joshua Lee spent 13 years as an accountant at EY before leaving to launch his own business. Lee took away five lessons from EY that he applied to his career as an entrepreneur and investor. He learned ...
The Business Journals

Law firms are facing new competition from accounting heavyweights

Recent growth in legal and accounting business combinations is a way for firms in the United States to distinguish themselves from their competitors. He said in other countries, accounting firms have ...