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Kpmg or pwc ?

pooja (final) (32 Points)

05 September 2012

hey i got an offer from kpmg for statutory audit and in pwc for transfer pricing and i dont know which one to go now?

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CA girl (Article Trainee-CA Final) (1942 Points)
Replied 05 September 2012

Hey Pooja congrats :), well coming to your question, it totally depends on your interests. If you want to get a diverse exposure you can go for statuory audit as you will be exposed to certain areas of company law, taxation also under it. While transfer pricing is a very promising specialisation, it is an exclusive area rather than inclusive... so evaluate your interests and aptitude towards the two offers and then decide.

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CA Mayank Tulsyan (B.Com(H), ACA) (274 Points)
Replied 05 September 2012

Go for Transfer pricing.. as in the training period itself its better to get a specialised knowledge. And brand name of PWC is much bigger than KPMG

All the Best

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SANYAM ARORA (“It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.”) (20173 Points)
Replied 05 September 2012

I will suggest you to go for Statutory Audit in KPMG. You will not find much work in T.P particularly during the articleship period.

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CA Ashish Pathak (Employed at Cipla Ltd.) (2779 Points)
Replied 05 September 2012

See both these are among big4s so it hardly matters whether you work in KPMG or in PWC. So now what matters is your work profile. In my opinion it would be better to go for statutory audits as it will give u diverse exposure of every field be it auditing or corporate laws or be it tax laws. Here you will get vast areas to explore. On the other hand if you go for transfer pricing at PWC your work will be very concentrated to only one specific area of taxation i.e Transfer pricing. Good Luck.

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CA Ashfaque Khatri (Service) (30 Points)
Replied 05 September 2012

Go for it in KPMG.

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Milind Bhat (Process Consultant - Financial processes) (21 Points)
Replied 05 September 2012

Hey Pooja

Congrats on the offers received. The question you have to ask yourself is where your interest lies. As mentioned earlier, both KPMG and PWC are top firms but what is important is your inclination. Both these fields no doubt have equal importance, with Transfer Pricing being more niche area. If it was me, I would still prefer Transfer Pricing as there are not many players in this field and it definitely interests me.

Aarush (Delhi) (1566 Points)
Replied 06 September 2012

I would suggest to go with "PWC" for Transfer pricing.

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Tejas Shah (Deputy Manager ( Finance & Accounts )) (211 Points)
Replied 06 September 2012

Go for KPMG in Statutory Audit.

POOJA BILAKHIA (ASSOCIATE) (114 Points)
Replied 06 September 2012

i suggest you go in a mid sized or smaller CA firm for your articleship......cos in big fours theres lot of specialization in every filed like in auditing comes many types like stat financial etc....n there too come sub levels like pharmaceuticals fmcg etc industry wise.....they just put you in one field and you dont get to learn different fields.....i had a frnd from a big four who had only done auditing and never prepared a tax computation in her life....plus articles have to slog like anything in big fours.....its their work culture to sit late....also be prepared cos they wont give u any leaves for ur class or lesser leaves for youe exams....u can go for a join in big fours can opt for specialisaton after CA but for articleship u have to learn everything....all the best...

CA PRAVEEN SINGH (MANAGER ACCOUNTS) (2277 Points)
Replied 06 September 2012

Originally posted by : ASHISH PATHAK
	See both these are among big4s so it hardly matters whether you work in KPMG or in PWC. So now what matters is your work profile. In my opinion it would be better to go for statutory audits as it will give u diverse exposure of every field be it auditing or corporate laws or be it tax laws. Here you will get vast areas to explore. On the other hand if you go for transfer pricing at PWC your work will be very concentrated to only one specific area of taxation i.e Transfer pricing. Good Luck.

agree..

BUT I SEGGEST FOR STATUTORY AUDIT.....

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Jatin Singh Negi (Country Analyst ) (505 Points)
Replied 06 September 2012

See this is my personal experience after qualifying as a CA.
The demand for Statutory audits is huge in the market.If you have done articleship from Big 4, then you will get the job easily in the market.

At the same time trf pricing is also a niche market.
But what i have personally seen is a lessor opportunities for a Trf pricing positions.
Thouhg there are vacancies for them but not as much as you have for stat audits.

Rest, just learn to go ahead with your work which you do anywhere.
It will be beneficial for you only.

Have a bright future :))

Ravi Nallipogu (Student ) (128 Points)
Replied 06 September 2012

Hai pooja ,

very big congrats to u ,

in my opinion u should better to go KPMG (statutory audits ) to exposure of ur's knowledge in the vast areas of the corporates and non-corporates functions .provided it is very good respectable and responciable position

Mohit Sharma (CA Final & CS Executive) (69 Points)
Replied 06 September 2012

I guess till now you are enough confused but I will say you are so lucky... Enjoy your work where ever you go.. and you know it better that where to go... chakk de phatte...