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Your Career in Assurance and Advisory Business Services
(AABS)With faces on both sides of his head, the mythological Roman
god Janus could see behind and ahead of him. Businesses today desperately
need the same vision: a strong understanding of prior performance and the
ability to see future opportunities.
Overview of the AABS practice We recently changed the name of
our Audit practice to Assurance and Advisory Business Services to
reflect the many new areas we offer valuable assurance, trust, and
objectivity, in addition to audits of financial statements and related
advisory services.
Assurance Services to validate clients' controls and financial
information, and to go beyond the numbers to bring more business insight
to our clients. Specialty Services to complement the core assurance
processes of existing and potential clients with a portfolio of
high-growth services, including:
Information Systems Assurance and Advisory Services
(ISAAS)—The assessment and improvement of IS controls and processes,
security evaluation and improvement, implementation of client-server
controls, and electronic commerce.
Center for Strategic Transactions—Assurance and advisory
services related to business life-cycle strategic transactions,
including financing, initial public offerings, other private and public
equity offerings, mergers and acquisitions, asset sales, and joint
ventures.
Electronic Commerce Services—Assurance and advisory
services related to doing business through the Internet and other
electronic media.
M&A Due Diligence—Transaction assurance and advisory
services for private equity investors, financial investors, and the
corporate market.
Internal Audit Services (IAS)—Internal audit
integration, teaming on a project basis, business risk modeling, and
assessment and reengineering of client internal audit functions.
Actuarial Services—Risk management services principally
for the insurance and managed care industries.
Who We Hire
We recruit high-performance, creative individuals. Undergraduate new
hires typically enter the AABS practice in either Assurance Services or
ISAAS; graduate-degree holders may be hired directly into our M&A Due
Diligence group. While not restricted to any one academic major, our
professionals most commonly have the following backgrounds:
Assurance Services and IAS |
BS (Accounting or Finance), or MBA or MS
(Accounting) |
ISAAS |
BS or MS (Accounting, Accounting Information Systems,
Computer Sciences, or Management Information Systems) |
M&A |
MBA with CPA certification |
Learning Programs
As an AABS professional, your experience and development will grow
rapidly through on-the-job training, formal training, real-time mentoring,
and ongoing evaluation and coaching. In your first year, you'll
participate in desktop, engagement-based, and classroom learning that will
sharpen your skills at performing core audit activities. Later, you'll
receive training customized to the industries in which you're interested.
All along the way, you'll work directly with partners and professionals,
whose experience make them national leaders in their fields.
Starting in Assurance Services
with... |
Your Bachelors Degree |
AABS Entry Program for Staff |
12 days (including a 3-day audit simulation) |
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AABS Staff Development |
5 days |
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Your Graduate Degree |
AABS Entry Program for Staff |
12 days (including a 3-day audit simulation) |
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AABS Program for Experienced Hires |
7 days |
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If Entering... |
ISAAS |
ISAAS Entry |
12 days |
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ISAAS Advisory Skills |
5 days |
|
ISAAS Experienced Hires |
5 days |
M&A |
Introduction to M&A Due Diligence |
2-day seminars every other month |
IAS |
IAS Entry |
5 days |
|
IAS Advisory Skills |
5 days |
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IAS Business Process Methodology |
5 days |
Performance Evaluation In the AABS practice, where you're
going is as important as where you've been. That's why, in addition to
measuring your contributions on engagements and in non-client service
areas (e.g., recruiting, community service), you and your personal
counselor will complete a Personal Development Plan each year, which will
identify new opportunities and areas for professional growth. How you grow
is what will determine your promotions and compensation.
Career Path Gone are the days when you had to
follow a strict linear path to a career position. Together, we'll
co-develop an individual path that will align your aspirations with the
firm's and our clients' needs. Although we still use such titles as staff,
senior, manager, senior manager, principal, and partner, your roles will
alternate from project manager to knowledge steward, from sales to
technical advisor.
We know the success of our practice rests on your satisfaction, so we
offer rewarding people processes (e.g., competitive compensation,
performance management), challenging work assignments, diverse
opportunities, and a learning culture that fosters your own professional
development. You'll have the ability to specialize in Assurance or a
Specialty Service, and to move from one career focus to another within
AABS or the entire firm.
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