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Pricewaterhousecoopers

Accounting firm
Pricewaterhousecoopers, i.e Accounting firm (PricewaterhouseCoopers; PwC is an accounting firm.
In 1998, its two predecessors, Pricewaterhousecoopers and Pricewaterhousecoopers, were established in the United Kingdom London The merger became Pricewaterhousecoopers. PWC, which earned about $28 billion in fiscal 2008, employs about 146,000 people in 150 countries.
Price WaterhouseCoopers (PwC) was formed by the merger of the accounting firms Price Waterhouse (PWC) and Coopers Lybrand (Coopers) on 1 July 1998. It's called PricewaterhouseCoopers. It has more than 860 branches and offices in 152 countries and more than 155,000 employees. In the Greater China region, PWC has more than 20,000 employees, including more than 800 partners, working in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong , Shenyang (in Liaoning Province) , Tianjin, Dalian , Jinan (in Shandong Province) , Qingdao , Zhengzhou Xi 'an, Nanjing, Hefei (Capital of Anhui Province) , Suzhou , Wuxi Wuhan, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Chongqing, Changsha , Kunming , Xiamen (in Fujian Province) , Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Macau , Haikou , Zhuhai , Guiyang Be equipped with office . [15]
Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants In 2022, the "2021 Comprehensive Evaluation of Top 100 Accounting Firms Information" will be released. Pricewaterhousecoopers Zhongtian (Special General Partnership) (hereinafter referred to as "Pricewaterhousecoopers") retained the top spot for a second time. This is the 19th consecutive year that PWC has ranked first since the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants first released the industry Top 100 ranking in 2003. [11] [16]
November 8th, 2021, American Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) and Pricewaterhousecoopers (PwC) Strategic partnership And signed it Strategic cooperation agreement . [6]
Company name
Pricewaterhousecoopers
Foreign name
Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC)
Establishment time
The year 1998
Headquarters location
London, United Kingdom
Business scope
Enterprise consulting, financial consulting, human resource consulting, management consulting
Type of company
Wholly foreign-owned
Official website
http://www.pwc.com/

Company history

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Old Pricewaterhousecoopers logo
Strictly speaking, Pricewaterhousecoopers Consulting It's not very old. Still, the company is here Management consulting The field has a good performance. Pricewaterhousecoopers Management consulting firm Is one of the fastest growing consulting firms, its 1998 Rate of increase Up to 40%. What's more, PWC's strategy consulting is now the third largest strategy in the world Consulting service The business had sales of $900 million in 1998. PWC's key services include Strategic change , process optimization and technical solutions. main competitor There is America Management system Company, Deloitte Consulting , Ernst & Young, KPMG Consulting firms, AT Kearney, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, and McKinsey & Company .
Pricewaterhousecoopers Management Consulting has made a significant contribution to Pricewaterhousecoopers' global business expansion, particularly in Europe. In June 1999, the firm added about 250 consultants to its French operations. At the same time, the company also through acquisitions Belgium and Italy Other consulting firms are expanding themselves.
"New Company Services" - PWC has launched a new advisory service to assist technology companies just starting out. PWC Consulting will be responsible for the early start-up and creation of the company Business model And help attract investment. The company's customers in the high-tech sector include Cisco Systems and Hewlett Packard The company.
The combination of Pricewaterhousecoopers and Waterhousecoopers also created one of the largest government consulting firms in the country, Pricewaterhousecoopers Government Consulting. The company employs 2,500 people in the Washington area and generates about 80 percent of its annual revenue directly United States government ; Revenue for 1999 is expected to be as high as $350 million.
Pricewaterhousecoopers is focused on producing top IT talent consultant . To this end, the company was established in 1999 Florida the Tampa Built a 23-acre Training center More than 750 prospective consultants from across the United States will be sent here for 12 weeks Technical training . In addition to technical training, trained consultants go through a series of lectures and seminars Group activity Understand the company and its operations. IT consultants who have already been trained will also come to Tampa training Center on a regular basis to receive higher level training in the future.
Environmental picture
In March 2022, Shimao Group (00813.HK) announced that Pricewaterhousecoopers (Pricewaterhousecoopers) had resigned from the Company auditor With effect from March 24, 2022. [8]
On April 19, 2022, Dexin China announced that Pricewaterhousecoopers resigned as auditor of the company, which is already the fifth real estate enterprise that Pricewaterhousecoopers resigned this year, after the resignation of Hopson, Rongxin China, Baolong Real Estate Shimao Group. [9]
October 2022, in FF In the midst of the boardroom battle, the accounting firm Pricewaterhousecoopers announced that it would not succeed him. [17]
On February 9, 2024, accounting and professional services giant PWC has appointed McCann, part of the IPG Group, as its creative agency. [23]

Main business

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business
Specifically include
Assurance and corporate advisory services
Financial statement audit, oil industry value analysis, global expansion and privatization, internal control services, internal audit services, risk management, outsourcing services, etc
Business process outsourcing
Finance and accounting, application process, Purchasing, Human resources, real estate management, etc
Financial advisory service
Corporate restructuring services, corporate value consulting services dedicated to the valuation of tangible and intangible assets, etc
Global human resources
Global HR solutions, HR consulting support, etc
Management consulting service
Company strategy, technology strategy, organization strategy, business strategy, transformation strategy, etc

Company honor

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Honors/Rankings
December 18, 2018
World Brand Lab Compiled by The World's top 500 brands 2018 PWC ranked 65th [1]
January 2020
The 2020 list of the world's 500 most valuable brands was released, and PWC ranked 62nd [2]
July 28, 2020
PWC ranking Forbes 2020 Global Brand value Number 70 in the top 100 [3]
2022
Recognized as a Shenzhen multinational company Headquarters enterprise [14]
November 2022
Pricewaterhousecoopers was awarded hosting Security service leader [18]
December 9, 2022
Be ranked in 2022 Hurun World Top 500 # 118 [19]

Corporate culture

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Pricewaterhousecoopers office in Darling Park Building, Sydney, Australia
"It is well known," says one employee, "that even in the last two years, PWC and Coopers are still charging high prices pay Be well known.
in Talent market With the squeeze, "Pricewaterhousecoopers' salaries look more competitive." Although PWC did not have an overtime system and Coopers did, "they were paid at roughly the same level," employees said.
You might naturally expect a company with 155,000 employees to have an "international" corporate atmosphere. "In fact, we're like a small country!" "One consultant said. Another employee commented: "PWC is a global company, and the leadership of the company has globalize The eye." Completing overseas assignments is not difficult, in fact, the company often encourages us to do so. They will send your husband or wife to be with you - indeed, PWC's Incentive mechanism Very good.
PWC's training of experienced staff is also global. The training program, called the Global Primer, is for those with experience consultant Opened. According to one employee who attended the training, it could be anywhere -- France, Spain , Tokyo, Cyprus perhaps Sydney . Some employees stayed Atlanta or St. Louis . One new employee said, "The global primer will help you get acquainted with the company. They will tell you about the first month and first year of work and life, tell you who to contact if you need to, and so on. We also do some group collaboration exercises, which can be extremely beneficial for foreign employees who are not used to working in small groups. We ate like an emperor steak , lobster And an unlimited number of shrimp." Like most consulting firms, PWC requires its employees to work long hours. For most people," Working hours It's up to you. If you're like a lot of other people workaholic Then you can work day and night; If you just want to do what the company says, you can do it from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday." However, as the employee said, "no one gets any Overtime pay - You were just doing your job." Another employee complained: "The hours are quite long. On average you have to work 50 to 60 hours a week." Much of the time will be spent on travel - although consultants say "the company's travel system is pretty good". When traveling for work, you "will have a laptop" and "stay in a comfortable hotel and have nice dinners." Most people travel all week, leaving early on Monday and not coming back until late on Friday.
For PWC, and indeed for all consulting firms, retaining the best staff is a major concern. However, employees say PWC has made effective efforts to meet the needs of its staff. "Some people simply can't stand having to fly across the country every week, but that's unavoidable for consulting work." One employee said, "With this in mind, PWC is working hard to improve our Business model To be able to send employees only in small areas." Another PWC initiative is the creation of an "innovation" bonus to ensure that innovative employees are given due attention. New technologies include Electronic commerce (whether between enterprises or between enterprises and users) and the automation of sales operations. Employee benefits
It's no secret that wages are going up. About two years ago, both Coopers&Lybrand and Price Waterhouse were not very well paid, but now employees have gone from being very competitive to very competitive. The company will Revenue sharing The system is extended to consultants, and partners can share in the profits.
PricewaterhouseCoopers takes the company seriously Quality of life , Management consulting The Service Department is implementing the "More Nights@Home" scheme to reduce the time consultants spend away from home. The scheme requires staff to work for clients five days a week, with four days at the client's office and three days at home.
Other consultants Welfare system Then there's "For Your Convenience," a program that's been rolled out in 12 locations across the country. FYC The plan takes care of the needs of employees, such as buying gifts or groceries on behalf of employees who have to stay home for repairs or deliveries. Most of the services are free, the rest cost as little as $5, and most employees take advantage of what the program offers. There is also a "Personal Survival Series" program to help employees ease their lives.
the Enterprise brand in World Brand Lab (World Brand Lab, 2006) Top 500 global brands It ranked No. 226 on the list.

Management team

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Partner at Pricewaterhousecoopers
PWC is a partnership, which Legal structure With the company business Structural difference It's huge. PWC is in fact a collection of member companies that operate autonomously under their respective mandates. The senior partners of these member firms are Board of directors It is coordinated by a UK registered head office, Price Waterhouse Coopers International Limited. The company's CEO It's Dennis M. Nally. His predecessor is Samuel A. DiPiazza Jr., A 52-year-old former Coopers Partner . Like the other Big Four, the members of PWC are independent of each other and hold each other accountable. [4]
corporation auditor : Preferred mandatory [22]
Company Creative Agency: McCann [23]

Official cooperation

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On the eve of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Pricewaterhousecoopers Zhongtian and Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee Sign up as Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics The exclusive official financial accounting service provider for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, providing financial accounting and related consulting services for the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee Professional service . [10]

Company event

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On October 13, 2021, according to the British "Daily Mail" reported that PWC Australia Two of the company's top executives were fired for "insulting China" during internal activities. To this end, the company Chief executive officer Apologies. To this end, PWC established the "Employees and Moral behavior Panel "to investigate the two executives involved. [5]
In March 2022, Baolong Real Estate Told investors that the company will mature in April the balance of US $190 million dollar bonds, the company has prepared the corresponding funds, maturity will be paid in a timely manner. In addition, Baolong Real Estate announced the replacement on the eve of the release of the 2021 annual report auditor To replace Pricewaterhousecoopers (PWC) with New Century Shun Tak. [7]
On August 15, 2022, the Hong Kong FRC issued a notice that the expansion of the China Evergrande 2020 Annual accounts, first half of 2021 Financial report Query as well as Pricewaterhousecoopers (i.e. PWC) on China Evergrande 2020 annual accounts AUDIT The existing investigation. [13]
In June 2022, the Wall Street Journal reported that the U.K. audit cum Accounting supervision The Financial Reporting Council fined PricewaterhouseCoopers after finding problems with its audits of two construction groups. The FRC said it fined Pricewaterhousecoopers about $5 million for problems with its audits of Galliford Try Holdings PLC and Kier Group PLC Pound sterling (about $6.3 million). [12]
In May 2023, renowned accounting firm Pricewaterhousecoopers released a statement saying that the chief executive of Pricewaterhousecoopers Australia has resigned after being involved in a scandal involving leaking government secret tax policies. [20]
During this time, these employees improperly shared answers on online tests for mandatory internal training courses related to U.S. audit courses. The regulator said the employees "engaged in improper information sharing" through two unauthorized software applications. The PCAOB said the two subsidiaries agreed to pay a combined $7 million to settle the charges. [21]
In March 2024, PWC Australia has begun a round of redundancies that will see up to 400 jobs cut, representing more than 5 per cent of its 7,200 workforce. [24]
In April 2024, an open letter entitled "Who brought Pricewaterhousecoopers into the fire pit of Evergrande" continued to rise in the market, signed as "part of Pricewaterhousecoopers partners", the letter said that the ultimate responsibility for the failure of Pricewaterhousecoopers audit Evergrande is Zhao Baiji, and revealed PWC internal audit quality management, personnel suppression and many other problems.
On April 16, 2024, PWC issued a statement saying that it was aware of an anonymous letter claiming to be "part of PWC partners" being published and circulated on certain social platforms or media. The anonymous letter contained materially false information about PWC and certain partners and used the false information to conduct malicious attacks against PWC and certain partners.
Pricewaterhousecoopers, solemn statement
PWC said that the relevant remarks are clearly contrary to the facts, seriously infringing on PWC's business reputation and legal rights, and causing adverse impact. PWC takes this matter very seriously and has taken measures to deal with it Grant. [25 to 26]
On 19 April 2024, the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council of Hong Kong stated that it was aware of a whistleblower letter circulating and widely reported in the media. The complaint expresses serious concerns about potential lapses in the quality of audits conducted by Pricewaterhousecoopers' quality management system. Hong Kong's financial Services Bureau said it would investigate. On April 23, Pricewaterhousecoopers told the Economic Observer that it was aware of the Hong Kong Financial Bureau's statement and would continue to cooperate with regulators on the matter. [27]