The Top Ten Ideal Professional Services Employers, 2024

efinancialcareers.com:

The 8,000 people that voted in our Ideal Employer survey love banks. They even selected a bank as their overall Ideal Employer: JPMorgan. There were an additional five banks in the top ten. But not everyone interested in financial services wants to work at a bank.

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Some people want to work at a professionals services firm — defined as a company offering consulting services, such as accounting or management consulting.

And for our voters, one professional services employer stands out above the rest: Deloitte. The firm is dominant in its category, winning the most first- and second-placed votes. Fellow Big Four firms PwC and KPMG are hot on its heels in second and third, respectively.

Deloitte performs extremely well in the qualitative categories. It is perceived to be an excellent employer on all fronts, although it is considered particularly strong in its commitment to flexible and hybrid work, as well as its long-term prospects and environmental impact.

Deloitte beating its peers shouldn’t be very surprising. Although the Ideal Employer report proves that size isn’t everything, it does reveal that size is critically important – and Deloitte is the biggest of the Big Four, with particularly huge revenues from its management consulting business, which was almost twice as big ($42.5bn) as its nearest rival (PwC’s $22.6bn) in 2023.

Deloitte managing partner for people and purpose, Jackie Henry, says that the firm has “seen the benefits of keeping the flexibility of hybrid working,” and believes that “employers who recognize the desire for flexibility and choice are more likely to attract, retain and motivate the best people.”

Consequently, the firm does not have a set