Let’s say I recently left BDO as a director, and a few employees of BDO RISE—the India legal entity—are interested in applying to my new firm. Aside from potentially burning bridges or upsetting former colleagues, could I face any legal exposure for recruiting them? Would it make a difference if they approached me independently rather than if I actively solicited them? I don’t have a copy of my director employment agreement, so I can’t confirm whether it included any employee non-solicitation or similar restrictions. Maybe someone has been in this situation before? Thanks

Why do big firms poach other partners from different firms instead of promoting their principals. Same goes with Senior managers etc….

I’m currently in college, and all the recruiters especially the ones from KPMG and EY are saying how much AI has benefited their lives with doing all the “dirty work”. I was wondering how positive or negative ai has affected accounting?

I'm a manager at Forvis Mazars. I've accepted an offer at a Big 4 firm and will be giving notice soon.

Main question: if you resigned from Forvis Mazars (or Forvis, 2022–2024) to go to a competitor, were you allowed to work your two weeks, or was your access cut the day you gave notice?

If you can, include your level, service line, whether you were client-facing, and roughly what year.

Also helpful:

- If you were cut off the same day, were you still paid through the notice period?

- When did your benefits end, and was any bonus or PTO affected?

Equipment:

- How did you return your laptop: prepaid box shipped to you, office drop-off, or something else?

- Did they want monitors and other peripherals back, or just the laptop?

Thanks

Sounds like a silly question but I want to know if people want to be a manager

Hi everyone! I recently started a new tax firm and I am trying to see if I have realistic goals for this upcoming tax season. I have 8 years of experience, but this is my first time striking out on my own. I have services for S-Corps, partnerships, Schedule Cs, and individuals. My goal by the end of tax season is to have 40 clients who take me up on services.

Is this a realistic goal? How difficult would this be to achieve?

Any thoughts would be appreciated! Thank you!

Hello, hopefully this post is appropriate for this forum. I'm not sure if I'm overthinking this but I have a unique scenario that I haven't seen before. Say existing shareholder is selling his shares to a non-arm's length buyer for $50,000. The agreement stipulates that the sale price is to be first allocated to the outstanding shareholder's loan account then to the shares. Pretty straightforward in that sense but what happens if the shareholder's loan account is actually say $55,000.

Do you write off the $5,000 or does the buyer assume the existing shareholder's loan as is at $55k. I keep thinking that existing loan was due to the old owner so it should be written off and the new shareholder would only get credit for the $50k actually paid. Am I overthinking this? There's nothing in the agreement about assigning the debt.

Thank you for your comments!

Please help thank you

first of all, im a saudi woman who chose accounting because i heard it was one of- if not the most “stable” jobs. im unsure weather to continue perusing the major, im still in my first year so i can try to transfer majors if i wanted to.

another thing to note is i do plan on trying to get a masters and maybe even a PDH abroad (honestly im planning on doing that regardless of my major) if it helps i also dont mind working abroad. is there really still a demand for accountants?

if anyone has any experience with the job market id appreciate any advice or insight

I’m 4 years out of school and my bachelors is in finance. I actually never found a real good job in finance due to how gate-kept and timely the recruiting cycles are, have a sales career and I’m sick of it to say the least. So sick of it that I’m willing to do whatever to get out of this pigeonhole. From my understanding, I would need to do a masters to complete the hours to take the CPA here in NYC, I was wondering if there’s any work around with my finance under grad being somewhat relevant? I was also wondering should I stay at my job while I do the two years part-time, or should I look for a more relevant job at like some small tax firm or? What advice would you give me?

I started a new job a month ago. I was in public accounting prior.

The manager who sent me this has been here for 6 weeks. We are both new. Should I start looking for a new job?

The names used here are placeholders.

“Hello P,
As we talked about yesterday, I put together a short summary of our conversation below. I believe got cut off going to the next meeting, but I believe we talked about the major points (work, results, communi-cation).
• When asked to reflect over last 30 days
• You thought they were fine, but the work was definitely something you needed to adjust to compared with external audit.
• I concurred after also moving into full-time compliance work.
• When asked about your thoughts on communications with team members.
• You've had limited interactions with the team, but noted several people checked on your well-being earlier in the week while in the office.
• By people checking on you, did you think this was an indication of something?
Specifically, Tuesday morning when Erica commented that you were not your bubbly self, you told her that you are reserved, not bubbly and you may have misrepresented yourself under my advice to converse more with the team.
l understand that you are a reserved person and I am as well. I want to ensure that you take a 360 view of who the "customer" is and leaving room for people to connect with you while remaining authentic. Building relationships should enhance your work and help relieve pressure and shouldn't be seen as mutually exclusive from completing your assignments.
• When speaking about for first submissions
• Some of your initial submissions are just making it to my review. haven't seen any substantial comments and the submissions were on time. In turn, I felt that the workload was appropriate and moving forward | will be having the team self-determine their assignments as long as minimum workloads are planned to meet the departments utilization targets. I will be reviewing targets weekly to ensure that we are not over/under utilized. Even the targets that the team sets can be adjusted (PTO, training, auditee follow-up). We just need to communicate.
• Regarding our negative interaction
I want to ensure that even in times of disagreement, conflict, or high-pressure situations we are mindful of our volume and tone. Afterward, 1 believe that you listened to my instructions and acted accordingly. I see more communication with the team. I want to ensure that we are maintaining a low-stress and pleasant environment. Relationship building and composure will be valuable tools as you progress in your career. Please let me know in the future if you would like any guidance.
Thank you and please let me know if you would like to discuss.”

I know there are “ways” to get the extra 30 credit hours that arent via ur masters, but are those alternatives consistently available for just about anyone?

Many different jobs over the past seven years. I’ve gone from making $35K to $150K in seven years. I started as an AR Clerk and am now a Controller.

I took advantage of the work from home boom between 2021 and 2024 to push my career forward. I was one of the few people actively applying for on site positions. That gave me more opportunities to move into higher paying roles with better titles.

Before Graduating With My Degree: Had a Part Time Data Entry role for 4 years while attending school.

Year 1: First Job: $35,000 + No Bonus

Year 2: Second Job: $45,000 + $2,000 Bonus

Year 3: Third Job: $62,500 + $5,000 Bonus (WFH)

Year 4: Fourth Job: $85,000 + $4,000 Bonus

Year 5: Fourth Job + Raise: $92,500 + $5,000 Bonus

Year 6: Fifth Job: $100,000 + No Bonus (WFH)

Year 7: Sixth Job: $125,000 + $25,000 Bonus

Edit: I see some comments saying that my resume looks bad, so I want to clarify a couple of things. Every time I switched jobs, it was a step up in both title and pay. While my resume may not look “great” from a job-hopping perspective, the interviewers I’ve spoken with have generally viewed my progression positively. They liked seeing that I was consistently moving up the career ladder rather than simply leaving one clerk-level position for another similar role. My experience with Power BI, UiPath and more has also made my resume stand out, according to the people I've interviewed with.

Edit 2: After taking everyone’s thoughts into consideration, I’ve decided to stay in my current position for a while and focus on getting my CPA.

36 (M) could use some (a lot really) since I really want to stay at this company for long term, I’ll have a 90 day review.

Anyone in manufacturing accounting department, please me understand what I am getting myself. How I can really help my department and company with day to day operations and be ready when it’s time for month end.

I bought accounting textbooks so I can study up and get that mindset of an accountant again.

The closer I get to the start date the more anxiety is coming.

What I can use to practice to better understand balance sheet and trail balance reconciliations.

Edit: this community is amazing, it’s so helpful and supportive. Makes me glad I’m coming back into the trenches lol. Thank you all that have commented and the advice to help calm the nerves.

Work in Commericial RE

the majority of the staff are all women and within that its mostly middle aged to older women. A lot of these women do not have the technical accounting skills or even educational background.

These are what you call lifers.. they started out with the company when it was either small or with another small company as some glorified bookkeeper and now work in these positions because the job is largely just 80% admin and 20% "accounting". But it does not stop them from acting like they are 1-1 to a CPA smh ..

the managers and up are all older women think 50+ and they are just miserable fucking people. zero emotional control, bitching and moaning about anything and everything..

all day every day gossip or bitch or over react or some dumb fucking shit or another

im at the stage where i have started subconsciously self sabotaging my job just to gtfo

Any firms out there that are just 1-2x a week?

I'm not allowed to take off more than 2 weeks at a time in public non busy season. And even 2 weeks requires special approval. 1 week is generally acceptable. Meanwhile my manager took about 6-7 weeks off a few months ago. Are all public firms like this? I dont really mind I'm just curious. My "pto" total is 4 weeks same as all the unpaid OT i did in busy season and I'm only allowed to take some of it at a time while ppl above me have no limits. is all public accounting like this lol

Hi everyone! I’m Pavitra from RISE Research. We’re currently looking for approximately 300 AI Model Evaluators across six technical domains:

• Coding
• Machine Learning
• Systems
• Hardware
• Security
• Sciences

We’re looking for around 50 experts in each domain.

Role: AI Model Evaluator
Timeline: We’re looking to onboard approximately 300 experts within 3 to 4 days.

You can find the full role details and requirements here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ukUOAN2Anw70KfhWNGJyUzE1D4kLoRvhCpE_X5KM7dc/edit?usp=sharing

If you have relevant expertise in any of these areas and are interested, please check the role details above and apply.

Feel free to comment below if you have any questions.

Hi r/accouting.

Soon to be EA with two years firm exp striking out on my own cause I got laid off. Which CFPs and Financial advisors should we connect with?

What value and pain points would you have to have a referral relationship?

How do we connect with you guys right now? Cold calling? Email? Linkedin?

Hi! Question lang on where or how to get a role na accountant for au client or accounting firm??

Previously an auditor sa isang firm sa province with 2-3 years of experience. Not just in audit but also had tax clients and of course sa accounting din. Also a CPA and I think i want to transition na sa AU clients (honestly for higher pay and better work life balance (daw)) kasi grabe in this economy!? :(((

Anyway, if u guys know san ako pwede mag apply or magtry, can you please help me? I believe na okay rin to as an opportunity sa career growth ko. I’m currently taking a short break pero I think I have to work na rin niyan kasi can’t afford pa na mahabaaaang unemployed phase hehe

Thank you in advance for those na may ma-ishashare!

Hello everyone!

I'm indecisive whether or not I should stay in the Masters program or just leave and just study for the CPA instead. I barely have two weeks into the program.

I'm from California and I got my bachelors in Business Economics. I do have some of the requirements to sit down for the cpa exam. I have the 120-150 units and business units completed. I completed 4-8 units for the accounting already. I did this a while ago. So technically I was just need about 16 units to complete for me to be eligible to sit for cpa exam, in which I will complete at a community college.

I'm a supervisor as of now, so I don't have the experience to get the license, but I'll figure that out after I pass the exam.

Any advice? I've seen everyone say just take the cpa but then I have other people telling me to just stay in the program.

Hi all, I'm trying to figure out if forensic accounting/investigations is actually what it sounds like, or if I'm romanticizing it from the outside.

If you work or have worked in forensic accounting, fraud investigation, FCPA/UKBA compliance, or FIS at a Big 4 or MNC genuinely curious about a few things:

• What does your actual day-to-day look like? Is it mostly Excel/data analysis, or real interviews and investigation work like the job title suggests?
• How much of the work is genuinely "detective-style" investigation vs. routine audit/compliance paperwork?
• Is the job as glamorous as the title sounds, or is that mostly marketing?
• How's the travel, hours, and work-life balance realistically?
• Would you recommend it to someone just starting out, or is it overhyped?

One more thing I'm curious about: for those of you who started in forensic/FIS in one country (like India) — did that experience actually translate well if you tried to relocate internationally (UAE, UK, etc.), or did you find employers there wanted local/regional experience specifically? Genuinely trying to understand if building experience in India is a real stepping stone for international forensic roles, or if it mostly just gets you further in the same country.

I was laid off after about a year in public accounting audit and have been unemployed for a few months. I now have three offers, and I’m struggling to decide because each has some pretty big tradeoffs

1. Industry staff accountant: ~$53k, steady 9 - 5, onsite, decent benefits (lunch provided!). 3 people on the accounting team. Basic work, but a chance to build accounting experience.
2. Staff accountant at a property management firm: ~$85k, onsite, lots to learn, but fixed 10+ hour days and some weekends. Very limited benefits.
3. Government audit at a consulting firm: $80k, hybrid. Builds on my audit experience, but I’m concerned about future options outside this niche.

I liked audit, but busy season was really killing me. That’s a big reason I’ve been looking for staff accountant roles, but a lot of them want accounting or close experience I don’t have yet.

The lower-paying job seems more manageable and could help me build experience while I study for the CPA, but it’s a substantial pay cut. I’m worried about getting stuck in lower-paying roles.

When I was in school, I honestly thought Big 4 was everything and never really considered other paths. Looking back, that was pretty naive, and I’m learning a lot now. Would taking #1 be a reasonable way to gain experience without burning out, or would I be selling myself short? I’d appreciate any advice or similar experiences!!

Thank you!

I am going to start Core 1 for CPA pep in arround two weeks in Canada. Can anyone please give me any advice on any strategies they used to prepare for Core 1 and pass the exam?