CA -|- Chartered Accountants Thread

Ahmed Zamir

Proficient
Dec 9, 2010
688
1
23
Karachi, Hyderabad
Hi can anybody tell me the eligibility criteria for articleship in big4 ?
Usually they require CAF (CA inter) qualified candidates or candidates with atleast 5 papers of CAF passed along with AFC. Preference is given to recent FTS but if you are from eligible FTS, you will be given an equal opportunity.

Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk
 

Shalashaska

Intermediate
Aug 6, 2013
127
2
24
Karachi
I am a final year student at IBA in the Bs(Accounting and Finance) program. I will be eligible for the SDAI exemptions for CA and will have to complete my articleship for three years. Now, when it comes to articleship, there are two options:
1) Audit Firm
2) Training Organisations outside Practice (TOoP) aka ‘Industry’

I want to know the potential downsides to working at a regular company (industry) instead of an audit firm for my articleship. Will it hurt future job/promotion prospects?

I have heard that industry pays better and working hours are normal office hours rather than the extreme timings at audit firms. Note that even firms pay IBA grads double of what they pay regular CAs/ACCAs.

However, everyone I talk to about this issue just tells me one thing: “with an audit firm, you’ll have the experience of multiple companies, but with a company, you’ll have the experience of just one”. At the end, if I pass all my exams and complete the articleship, I get a CA qualification in both cases, so is it any different to employers? Will my IBA degree make any difference? Because right after graduation, IBA people generally get better salaries than those of other universities.

Need some more help with this. Thanks.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 

Ahmed Zamir

Proficient
Dec 9, 2010
688
1
23
Karachi, Hyderabad
I am a final year student at IBA in the Bs(Accounting and Finance) program. I will be eligible for the SDAI exemptions for CA and will have to complete my articleship for three years. Now, when it comes to articleship, there are two options:
1) Audit Firm
2) Training Organisations outside Practice (TOoP) aka ‘Industry’

I want to know the potential downsides to working at a regular company (industry) instead of an audit firm for my articleship. Will it hurt future job/promotion prospects?

I have heard that industry pays better and working hours are normal office hours rather than the extreme timings at audit firms. Note that even firms pay IBA grads double of what they pay regular CAs/ACCAs.

However, everyone I talk to about this issue just tells me one thing: “with an audit firm, you’ll have the experience of multiple companies, but with a company, you’ll have the experience of just one”. At the end, if I pass all my exams and complete the articleship, I get a CA qualification in both cases, so is it any different to employers? Will my IBA degree make any difference? Because right after graduation, IBA people generally get better salaries than those of other universities.

Need some more help with this. Thanks.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
If you are planning to settle abroad, audit firms specially the big 4 provide you with an excellent opportunity. If you don't have any such plan, then select an industry where you want to advance like Banks, manufacturing etc. as no one can be a master of all industries. Although the CA syllabus is designed in such a way that you can work in any organization still a Bank won't hire anyone who doesn't have banking audit experience. Same goes with manufacturing and other industries.

Another advantage of audit firms is that you get a taste of various industries that can help you in deciding which industry to advance your career in. But again lets suppose you have always dreamt to be a Banking auditor in Pakistan, then banks like HBL will be most suitable for you.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
General chit-chat
Help Users
We have disabled traderscore and are working on a fix. There was a bug with the plugin | Click for Discord
  • No one is chatting at the moment.
  • faraany3k faraany3k:
    Which Franchise has 5 releases but only two games. Last of Us
    Link
  • faraany3k faraany3k:
    Shadowdragoo said:
    no idea how that is a steal by wasting 3500 rupees per month and for games that are removed before you can finish them off.xbox gamepass is garbage with no local prices
    why you are paying american rates in Pakistan. Search cheaper region like Turkey. 13k for 13 months. Ms does not care
    Link
  • Link
  • S Shadowdragoo:
    no idea how that is a steal by wasting 3500 rupees per month and for games that are removed before you can finish them off.xbox gamepass is garbage with no local prices
    Link
  • faraany3k faraany3k:
    Just finished Diablo 4 season in hurry to play Fallout 4 but gamepass released another banger in the form of Star Wars on April 25th. Gamepass is a steal man.
    Link
  • Necrokiller Necrokiller:
    EternalBlizzard said:
    Is it just me or people lately seem to defend every bad game design decision made by the devs and try to give bullshit reasons for that? Or perhaps it's because I'm on reddit and discord :ROFLMAO:
    There are no such thing as "bad design" bro, its all "artistic vision" now :ROFLMAO:
    • Haha
    Reactions: EternalBlizzard
    Link
  • EternalBlizzard EternalBlizzard:
    Is it just me or people lately seem to defend every bad game design decision made by the devs and try to give bullshit reasons for that? Or perhaps it's because I'm on reddit and discord :ROFLMAO:
    • Haha
    Reactions: Necrokiller
    Link
  • B Baghi:
    vos
    Link
  • Link
  • G gorillageneral:
    It's me cattoboee
    Link
  • G gorillageneral:
    It's me tattooed
    Link
  • Link
  • C cattoboee:
    testing
    Link
  • NaNoW NaNoW:
    true
    Link
  • faraany3k faraany3k:
    Add 20 years into your age. Congrats you are in Playstation 8 era. Probably a VR streaming headset in a form of glasses.
    Link
  • S Shehryar89:
    Hi any repair shop for Nintendo Switch in Isb/ Rwp? The console is not charging. Anybody? Who can help in this regard.
    Link
  • iampasha iampasha:
    Ewww brother ewww, what's that brother? Whats that?
    Link
  • Necrokiller Necrokiller:
    Senua Saga 30fps both on Series S and X. Gotta feel bad for the Series X owners.
    Link
  • Necrokiller Necrokiller:
    Imagine buying a Pro console and still getting 30fps in GTA 6 😬
    Link
  • faraany3k faraany3k:
    So this console gen was like putting a SSD in an old laptop
    Link
  • LordIT LordIT:
    does anyone know a reliable vendor in lahore for laptop batteries?
    Link
  • XPremiuM XPremiuM:
    I remember when PG used to be such an active site. Now it's barely alive.
    Link
  • XPremiuM XPremiuM:
    Any mods online?
    Link
  • NaNoW NaNoW:
    .....
    Link
  • Link
    faraany3k faraany3k: Which Franchise has 5 releases but only two games. Last of Us