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Sector: Accounting & Finance
The big accounting firms aren’t having it easy in Tokyo.
Kevin Naylor, team manager of the financial services division at Wall Street Associates, says not only have the Big Four been making less of an effort to retain staff over the last six to 12 months, in some cases there has even been restructuring on a scale he says is unprecedented in recent memory. “The [...]
Big Four a bore? Try banking in 2010
You couldn’t blame Big Four accountants for starting the new year with a resolution to get a more interesting job. But what are the chances of them landing something in the banking sector in 2010? Hiroyuki Takahashi, a consultant at Hays, says it is fairly easy for accountants to make the transition into banking if [...]
It pays to be in control
Product controllers aren’t exactly the most high-profile people in the banking sector, but they do have something that many front-office hotshots would kill for: comparatively safe jobs. Low-level outsourcing aside, redundancies remain rare in product control (PC), but the hiring market is slow and banks are demanding senior candidates with near-perfect skill sets. “It’s a [...]
Jobs market still active for accountants
Despite the credit crunch, there is still a strong demand for accounting-trained personnel at banks in Singapore, mostly in departments like product control, tax, compliance and financial planning. D.M.Arulraj, Standard Chartered Bank Singapore’s head of human resources, says accountants are more sought after by the banks if they have specialised banking knowledge, for example familiarity [...]
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