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How consulting can boost diversity after the first woman leading a Big Four firm

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How consulting can boost diversity after the first woman leading a Big Four firm

In 2024, Anna Anthony has become the first woman to lead the UK wing of a Big Four accounting and consulting firm. Geeta Nargund, chair of gender diversity consultancy The Pipeline, explores what that means for inclusion and diversity in the historically male-dominated industry.

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Big Four cast doubt on sharing audits with smaller rivals

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Big Four cast doubt on sharing audits with smaller rivals

The UK’s Big Four accounting firms have refused to back a government plan to break their dominance of the audit market by forcing them to share work with smaller competitors.

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How tech is driving Deloitte NZ's consulting growth engine

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How tech is driving Deloitte NZ's consulting growth engine

When most people think of Deloitte, they think of an accounting, auditing and tax practice, but consulting is now the firm's growth engine and technology is the biggest part of that.

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How to get a job at EY

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How to get a job at EY

In terms of sheer numbers of people recruited, it’s always hard to outflank the Big Four global accounting and professional services firms. EY is the smallest of the four, but it’s still a giant in terms of recruitment. And it’s kept on hiring irrespective of the pandemic.

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Infosys to hire 12,000 more tech professionals

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Infosys to hire 12,000 more tech professionals

Infosys, India’s second-largest IT services company, said on Tuesday that it would hire 12,000 local Americans in the US, over the next two years.

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 KPMG’s Dallas practice names Kim Kesler first female managing partner in 105-year history

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KPMG’s Dallas practice names Kim Kesler first female managing partner in 105-year history

KPMG, one of the largest accounting firms in the world, is ushering in a new era of leadership at its Dallas office.

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As Big Four consulting grows in China, Canada struggles with audit access

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As Big Four consulting grows in China, Canada struggles with audit access

The Big Four accounting firms are reaping consulting revenue in China at a time when audit regulators are struggling to achieve audit transparency. That’s the key takeaway from reports released recently from Source Global Research and Canadian Public Accountability Board.

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Accounting firms surpass $2B in consulting revenue in China

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Accounting firms surpass $2B in consulting revenue in China

The consulting practices of accounting firms saw their revenues increase 15.9 percent in 2018 to surpass $2 billion for the first time ever, reaching $2.1 billion, according to a new report.

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