Company: KPMG
Date: 2020-02-13
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Second Year Staff Accountant
Pros: - Peers and superiors are intelligent and hard working
- Hard work gets noticed 
- Opportunity to earn quarterly bonus (i.e. Spotlight awards) which are granted to high performers. Bonus ranges between $500-1,500.
- Firm invests heavily in internal services - off shore team to handle redundant work - KAM (KPMG Audit Methodology) handbook is super useful for memo drafting and with accounting issue analysis.
Cons: - Difficult to get face time with partner's when you are below senior accountant
- Hours can be brutal during busy season - (80-100 hrs/week at peak if you're on a "bad" file)
- Pay isn't great but if you are a high performing junior accountant and heading into promo year you can get a 30% raise (i.e. 55k to 70k)