McKenna Now Writing At American Banker
By Francine • Sep 16th, 2011I’m writing now for American Banker. My first column covers a new appointment at Deloitte and how this might affect the firm’s clients in the mutual funds industry.
Archive for the ‘Partner Compensation’ Category
New at Forbes: My Comments On The Latest Sanctions Against Ernst & Young
By Francine • Aug 3rd, 2011As if Ernst & Young didn’t have enough to worry about now they’ve got a public airing of some dirty laundry by the PCAOB.
Veteran’s Day In PwC Advisory: Say Auf Wiedersehen
By Francine • Nov 2nd, 2009New US Advisory Leader, Dana McIlwain laid out the bad news: The time has come to cut. Average utilization is hovering at 69%. Cash collections are millions short. Campus recruiting for Advisory has been stopped cold. Business sucks and then there’s the 800+ BearingPoint folks to absorb. On November 11th the rank and file partners, fortified after training and coaching by HR via a webcast in the next few days, will chop 300+ professionals from PwC Advisory…
Squeeze Is On When Becoming A Partner
By Francine • Jul 7th, 2008I’ve drawn comparisons between law firm management and audit firm management many times before.
Forgive me one more indulgence.
Audit professionals are making a significant investment in their firms when they become a partner, according to the report provided by the Center for Audit Quality to ACAP in January of this year. In addition, the firms have [...]
Big 4 Partners With High Salaries To Experience Layoffs
By Francine • Apr 10th, 2008Picture Source
No, that’s not happening, but it could.
It’s happening to the lawyers and the consultants to the lawyers are helping them think about how to do it nicely.
I was reviewing my Top 20 Pages last night and realized that if I could write the post about Big 4 partner “salaries” and the the layoff of [...]
PwC Australia Pays Up For Being Cads
By Francine • Mar 28th, 2008Photo Source
Former tax partner set for historic payout after PwC settles harassment case
I hadn’t written about this case much, although it’s a very interesting one. Many say that race and sex discrimination in business are things of the past. After all, if we can have a black man and a woman as potential Democratic [...]
Francine McKenna (@retheauditors) has more than twenty-five years of experience in consulting and professional services including tenure at two Big 4 firms, both in the US and abroad. Look for my column, 