KPMG Reviews

Pros

Build a career and learn technical accounting

Cons

Hours could be a lot better

Advice to Senior Management

Overtime pay would make people very happy

Pros

As much work as you can handle (or maybe even more).
Exposure to top level senior executives at early stage of career.
If you work hard and perform, you will get promoted.
Good minority HR policies.

Cons

Very demanding professional schedule.
Deadlines can be tight.
Limited feedback on performance until year-end review process.
Technology is a little bit behind the other Big 4 firms.

Pros

International company
Challenging tasks
Great opportunities for further career growth (good start-up)

Cons

Small sallary
Too widely oriented in some spheres

Advice to Senior Management

No advice.

Pros

Exposure to industries
Smart colleagues
Significant responsibilities in the early stages of your career

Cons

Fast-paced environment can get tiring after several years
Pay is competitive with other firms, but doesn't seem competitive for skills and effort required

Advice to Senior Management

Management has focused it's efforts on making Advisory it's growth engine. This has resulted in a wide range of professionals and skill-sets. A 'one size fits all' salary band by level should be reevaluated to attract talent in specialized areas of the practice (that may command a higher salary).

Pros

Great at employee development and talent management

Cons

Technology issues and infrastrcuture improvements required

Advice to Senior Management

None

Pros

Good work/live really does exist at KPMG
Opportunity to express opinions
Opportunity to grow

Cons

Like many large corporations, a silo based environment
Like many financial firms, slow to adapt to change

Advice to Senior Management

Look at the other big three and move to adopt new and improved technologies.

Pros

great atmosphere and support from the management team

Cons

Internal communication and organisation can be improved

Advice to Senior Management

people management to consider

Pros

the people are great and the chillest out of the big 4. Training and internship emphasize sociability and team work

Cons

Not so much directed at the company profile, but the line of work in audit can be mundane at times, especially as a first year associate

Advice to Senior Management

Management does a pretty good job of relaying information throughout the office. Recruiting team was great to work with as an entry level

Pros

KPMG is a big highly regarded company with a huge list of clients, which gives an opportunity to get involved with interesting projects.

Cons

Did not gain much experience overall. I can not say I was completely ignored but I could have been assigned much more responsibility.

Advice to Senior Management

Assign more responsibility to interns. And I mean to all of them. Most interns were either sitting there doing nothing all the time, or given jobs like "photocopying" all the time. Management didn't seem to care about interns so it was up to permanent employees to assign jobs.

Pros

My boss is very great and fair. My contributions are considered and I am so well respected by senior management.

Cons

The salary is not at par with other financial service companies. But that is something that one should expect at big 4

Advice to Senior Management

I will say the leadership should keep doing what they are doing with respect to promoting diversity and fairness and respect