Deloitte – “Good if you're in accounting for the long haul”

Pros

This firm gives you opportunities to work with some of the world's biggest firms. You get to work on different project teams, so you meet more colleagues and see different clients. They will pay for CPA study materials, and they have a good benefits package. If you perform above-average, there are good opportunities to work in an office abroad or switch to a different function (like M&A transaction services). Note that these opportunities are for people with five years of experience or more (3rd year senior or manager).

Cons

People with the same number of years of experience who work at smaller CPA firms will learn faster than you - there's a trade-off between working for the biggest clients and gaining substantive work experience. Since people generally work with different teams, they are bound to get matched with an incompetent supervisor at one point or another (but on the other hand, at least the situation isn't permanent). Working in audit may make you less marketable if you decide to pursue a banking and finance career later on because you will only be considered for accounting positions in banks and financial firms.

Advice to Senior Management

None.