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Byline: Phil Smith With 90 jobs going in KPMG's corporate finance department, there is no denying the impact of the credit crunch on accountants who have made hay as the [...]

Byline: TS The Grant Thornton mini-Ashes Series kicked off this week between GT UK and GT Australia and the sledging's begun in earnest. Steve Maslin, head of external and professional [...]

CALIFORNIA Joanna Schultz has become a shareholder in the San Jose office of Mayer Hoffman McCann PC. ... Deanna Flores has joined the Washington National Tax Financial Institutions and Products [...]

Group work and meetings are essential in firms. Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch, writing in The Last Lecture (co-authored with Jeffrey Zaslow and published by Hyperion), recommends these fundamental tips [...]

Byline: TS Wellbeing tops the GT agenda Like many others out there, TS made many New Year's resolutions. More exercise, healthy eating, less drinking the usual claptrap. But by mid-February [...]

CALIFORNIA Cheryl Cooper has joined Green Hasson & Janks LLP as a senior manager in the Sills & Gentille division. ... Burton M. Goldfield has been named chief executive of [...]

Yes, we have a human capital dilemma. Yes, the next biggest concern for CPA firms is succession planning. As you consider these issues, which of the following statements most closely [...]

CALIFORNIA Arlene Tom has been promoted to principal in the business advisory services practice of Grant Thornton LLP, San Francisco. ... Tammy DeGrande, Troy Dahlberg and Doug Farrow have joined [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Integration blamed as KPMG axes another 100 jobs Kevin Reed Another 100 jobs are being axed at KPMG following the shedding of 90 staff from corporate finance [...]

COO Arlene Ciroula says KAWG&F, Timonium, Md., has recently planned for and grown at about 15 percent a year. Of course, with double-digit growth comes the greater need for qualified [...]

Big four vs Mid-tier auditors Just before the business took off in 2000, NCC swapped GT for KPMG because, in Edwards' words, 'you've got to walk the walk. It's important [...]

Byline: TS Some have suggested PwC has done well in getting such breadth and depth with its choice of candidates to replace Kieran Poynter. TS isn't so sure. Striking a [...]

The working of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board that provides comprehensive and transparent information with regard to governments' costs related to retiree benefits is described. The statements provided by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board help managers to revise or discontinue health care benefits for retirees or to convert defined benefit pension plans to contribution plans.

The straightforward Why are you leaving is the wrong question to ask a departing firm member, according to Mark Koziel, senior technical manager for firm practice management with the AICPA [...]

Continuous education, with an emphasis on building competence and confidence through shared knowledge, is key to KPMG. Striving to be the best of the big four accounting firms, and an [...]

I am the HR manager of a large accountancy firm. We have discovered that a member of the team is going to a lap-dancing club during his lunch time. He [...]

Few firms are willing to do what it takes to attract the best and brightest talent. How many CPA partners have a son or daughter in public accounting? If you [...]

Want to know how to encourage younger people to stay at your firm? Re-assess their supervisory relationships. It may sound simplistic, but the lack of day-to-day management interaction is one [...]

A study was conducted to examine the relationships between glass ceiling and motherhood by considering the troubles faced by auditor mothers in their hierarchical progression within the Big Four in France

Time to downsize: CPA firms practice what they preach Laventhol & Horwath got all the press when it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month and laid off 28 [...]

The staff members of a medium-sized CPA firm look forward to a monthly luncheon paid for by the firm. During the meal, employees are recognized and complimented by managers for [...]

While friends and family are more concerned with the holidays at hand, tax practitioners are taking last-minute steps to ensure that they and their clients have a successful tax season. […]

In July 2006, the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) adopted network firm guidance in its Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants that becomes effective for reports dated on or after [...]

Any good accountant will tell you that a number remains itself, no matter how much you may want it to be a bigger one. Take the number 100, for instance. [...]

Ongoing staffing shortages and increased regulatory requirements combined have created a challenging obstacle course for today's enterprise (large) firms. However, those who have embraced advanced technologies and services and are [...]

In an earlier article in Accounting Today, I wrote, 'Without clients we wouldn't have a firm - but without employees we wouldn't have clients. So when it comes to answering [...]

PricewaterhouseCoopers has launched 'Turning Point,' a program in which workers who more-senior staffers feel are at risk of losing work/life balance are identified just a few years into their career [...]

Byline: Ashley Steel Celebrate diversity Even in this day and age, an individual's sexuality can have real implications for their career. I know very well the issues that sexuality can [...]

Management is a term that means many different things to accounting professionals. It may imply the people who manage the firm, the people who manage client relationships, or the people [...]

In the aftermath of shootings at a Troy accounting firm April 9, workplace violence and human-resources experts say identifying and addressing employee behavior and performance problems can keep things from [...]

Why would Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, one of the world's largest financial services firms, care about diversity? Why would they hire outsiders, like me, to sit on an advisory [...]

Like many other businesses, we annually welcome a new crop of recent college and graduate school graduates into our organization. Every relationship with a new employee begins with optimism. We [...]

MULTI-TIES IFAs are being offered cash as a lure to operate from a multi-tied panel. These golden handshake offers can result in advisers receiving up to AGBP25,000 to join a [...]

The best firms get better by improving their leadership and management skills. Many people and firms refer to leadership and management synonymously, but these represent distinct differences and skillsets. Both [...]

PricewaterhouseCoopers in the U.K. will be increasing the number of project teams dedicated to helping firms implement the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive throughout this year, according to John Tattersall, [...]

The Savannah, Ga., firm Lazard Dana has taken a radical step regarding work/life balance: a standard 40-hour workweek, all year long. Even in the historically busy season of January through [...]

Byline: TS Deloitte's video nasty Listening to large firms crow about how many graduates they have recruited is a bit like hearing a bunch of teenagers comparing how many drinks [...]

Despite all the tactics we suggested in our last issue, some level of stress is unavoidable - and can hurt your staff. When stress rears its ugly, wild-eyed head, here [...]

The internal training program is hitting its stride at York, Pa.-based Stambaugh Ness, PC. It's been nine years since the formal marketing and business development effort began at SNPC, an [...]

on the money with Anthony Hilton When the chancellor first floated the idea that there should be a ceiling of [pounds sterling]1.5m on the maximum permissible size of an individual's [...]

harnessing your talent Managing talented professionals to get the best from them is a top priority. Yet the old career ladder model is insufficient to deal with today's demands. Here's [...]

As independent RIAs attract more interest-and more assets-from affluent investors, they are bolstering their own ranks by also attracting experienced wire-house and institutional advisors, says a new industry research produced [...]

Deloitte's race to [pounds sterling]2bn 'starts now' Nicholas Neveling Big Four firm Deloitte has seen revenues grow by 14.4% this year, Accountancy Age's Top 50 league table reveals today. As [...]

Byline: Patrick J. Kiger The importance of using human resources strategy to generate wealth for shareholders has been substantiated in recent years by research. Perhaps the best known and most [...]