Company: KPMG
Date: 2016-01-06
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

KPMG Minneapolis
Pros: Great exposure to a large number of Companies, which allows you to very quickly understand their processes and operations. It is a fantastic foundation for a future career in accounting/finance. KPMG Minneapolis has a number of very large clients and is always picking up new work, so are lots of opportunities. You work with some brilliant-minded people who are all extremely motivated. The pay is reasonable and you also get very good benefits, such as 25 days PTO.
Cons: The hours can be very bad. This comes with the territory, but expect to work over 60 hours per week approximately half the year (including weekends), especially in the Jan-April time frame. The work itself, particularly on public clients, is very admin-heavy, with lots of documentation required - at times it feels like you're barely working with numbers. Again on public clients, expect lots of controls test work and risk-assessment, which is also very heavy on documentation. Certain Managers/Partners do not review until very late in the audit, which means very back-end-loaded hours prior to filing, looking to clear these comments.