KPMG reviews

Very sad to say, the office politics is extreme and local people favoritism is very obvious. I can guarantee the progression for an expat is 1/4 the chance of a local, I see expat works 3 years to be a Manager candidate, and they promote a local straight after 1 year qualified to Manager. And in here they make an level call Associate Audit Manager (Manager candidate), an extra gap between Assistant Manager to Manager, it is not like London they promote people within 18 months. For an expat, you should expect to be a manager from assistant manager in 3 to 4 years. FS experience is okey but not in London standard, but the team management experience is poor, an In Charge mostly on one man job, and mostly just have an Indian division to delegate work. The local staff are mostly school leavers and did not attend university. Standard in general, is below big city standard. Also a small Big4 office, below 100 people.

The head of my department reminded me of David Brent. Except after he'd had a few drinks. Then he was more like Andy Gray. He was a HR disaster waiting to happen. He thought he was adored, but I rarely heard anyone say anything good about him. He talked a great game but he had no idea what he was doing, either as a manager or as an investment professional. KPMG is purely sales focused. Partners are rewarded for increasing revenue (not profits or quality of work) and are not remotely concerned with anything else. This flows through the company. Everyone is focused on doing what they need to do in order to get promoted. Clients are merely a means to this end. Promotions are done on a "first-come-first-served" basis. There is no distinction for ability or performance. You take your ticket and wait to be called. Predictably, the business has lost a lot of talent as individuals have passed their exams and moved on. KPMG is an audit firm and you will be rewarded in line with the performance of the audit business, irrespective of how your business has done. Excellence does not exist in KPMG (one or two individuals excepted).