• Scott London’s Other Crime: Tax Fraud

    Former KPMG audit Partner Scott I. London brought great shame to the accounting profession this week by being charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud through insider trading. After nearly 30 years with KPMG, London went down in flames after […]

  • On Becoming a Big 4 Audit Partner

    This was left as a comment to an article here, but I didn’t want it to get lost in the shuffle. It gives good insight on becoming a partner at a Big Four firm. I joined PwC as a director, […]

  • The Cost (and Risks) of Becoming an Audit Partner

    Ever since my days as a staff auditor at Arthur Andersen, I’ve wondered what it costs to become a partner at a large firm. It’s obviously not something that is widely discussed with staff, so the youngsters all remain clueless. […]