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accounting today names 2010 “best accounting firms to work for”

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accounting today best firms to work fo 2010third  year in a row for the listing.

to qualify, companies had to be public or privately held u.s. accounting firms with at least 15 employees, according to accounting today. firms underwent a two-part survey process, the first part evaluating workplace policies, practices, philosophy, systems, and demographics; and the second surveying employees. best companies group managed the overall registration, survey and analysis process, and determined the final rankings.

the 2010 best accounting firms to work for, the list of the top 100:

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vault names top 50 best accounting firms for cpa careers

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top 5: deloitte, pwc, rothstein kass, marcum, and dixon hughes.

this year, vault said, firm culture, as opposed to prestige, emerged as the most important determining factor. in fact, 36% of all accounting professionals surveyed said firm culture was most important, while only 11% cited prestige as most important. the other top factors cited by survey respondents were: lifestyle/work-balance (14%), location (13%), compensation (5%) and training opportunities (also 5%).

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1 in 5 junior staffers planning to quit

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expect a new hiring crisis.

one in five junior staffers plan to leave their accounting firm by the end of the year, according to a startling new survey.

and, of those, about 75% plan to quit public accounting completely, significantly worse than last year’s 65% loss rate.

the data comes from the latest issue of ioma’s partner’s report (subscribe here) which reports the results of a survey of more than 2,000 employees of cpa firms, conducted as part of consulting magazine’s 2010 best firms to work for survey.

in addition, the average anticipated tenure for a junior employee is slipping — to just 3.9 years, a decline from the year-ago 4.1.

ioma jr staff turnover

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are you missing next big boom in accounting and finance?

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ifrs represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity for accountants and the profession. some firms won’t be ready.

by rick telberg

many finance and accounting professionals, their firms and companies may be wasting a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity if they allow their capabilities to stagnate or their skills to go stale. take, for example, ifrs, short for international financial reporting standards.

in the latest stop-and-go story of the globalized rules, it’s, well, if not “stop,” then at least “maybe later than last we thought.” as a result, some firms and corporations are putting their ifrs hiring and training programs on hold.

but that’s a big mistake. for one thing, the worldwide demand for ifrs technicians will be “huge,” according to craig walker, accounting and finance practice director for the mergis recruiting agency. “bigger than sox,” he says, referring to the sarbanes-oxley act, which remapped the accounting and auditing landscape in 2002.

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