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The RFN website contains a report "On the implementation by the Federal Service for Financial and Budgetary Supervision and its territorial bodies of external quality control of the work of audit organizations, determined by the federal law "On Auditing Activities"" for 2014. The website of the RFN posted a report "On the implementation by the Federal Service for Financial and Budgetary Supervision and its territorial bodies of external quality control of the work of audit organizations defined by the federal law "On ...
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The article provides an overview of the audit and consulting services market in Russia in 2011, the main problems and trends in auditing, and presents a rating of audit and consulting companies. The article provides an overview of the audit and consulting services market in Russia in 2011, the main problems and trends in auditing, and presents a rating of audit and consulting companies. Participated in last years global and regional financial crises have made a constant topic of discussion...
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After last year's open call by Elvira Nabiullina (and supported by Dmitry Medvedev) to finally speed up the adoption of the audit reform, lawmakers are in full swing to complete everything this month. Kommersant writes that the draft law, developed by the Ministry of Finance, has passed all the approvals from the Central Bank after more than a year of discussions. First Deputy Chairman Sergey Shvetsov spoke about this at a meeting with representatives of banking organizations in the boarding house "Bor"...
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One of the world's audit leaders, CJSC Deloitte & Touche CIS, is considering the possibility of creating a branch in the Khabarovsk Territory. Andrey Shvetsov, partner of ZAO Deloitte & Touche CIS, stated this following the results of his November visit to Khabarovsk. What is the reason for the company's interest in the Khabarovsk Territory?
According to Shvetsov, Deloitte & Touche CIS is one of the Big Four and is the auditor of the largest companies in the world in various business areas. In the Khabarovsk Territory and the Far East, the company conducts independent audits of the financial statements of organizations in the oil refining, resource extraction and other industries.
- The interest in the Khabarovsk Territory is not accidental, - says Andrey Shvetsov, - since the country's significant resource reserves are concentrated here, there are good logistics opportunities, developed transport, communications, and a competent regional economic policy. All these are good conditions for business development. The implementation of the Far Eastern Hectare program is also a significant achievement of the regional economic policy, which will allow the development of small, medium and large businesses, both existing in the Khabarovsk Territory and new ones.
Under these conditions, we see a potential increase in the demand for audit services, we are considering the possibility of creating a branch.
– In what way, in your opinion, audit positively influences business development?
– Audit, as an independent verification of the reliability of the financial statements of organizations, has become a necessary prerequisite for a successful business, attracting investments, obtaining loans, state assistance.
In the economy of modern Russia, trust in business, although it does not have a monetary equivalent, is highly valued, primarily by creditors, suppliers, buyers, and owners of assets used in the activities of organizations.
A sign of confidence in the business, its owners, is the positive opinion of the auditor on the reliability of the financial statements of the organization, which reflects the successes (profits) and defeats (losses), the structure and value of the organization's assets and liabilities in a concentrated form. If the financial statements are reliable, then the business can be trusted; if the business has a profit or development prospects, then money can be invested in it, including the population.
Natalya Meretskaya, regional representative of SRO Russian Union of Auditors, agrees with this point of view.
“The auditor's opinion on the reliability of financial statements, and therefore, to some extent, and, in general, the opinion on the organization's activities in the field of production, finance, sales, is important for federal and regional authorities,” says Natalya Meretskaya. – Financial reporting of organizations, entrepreneurs is a single state information resource, the basis for the formation of regional and federal policy in the field of economics and finance. What is the information - such is the policy. Audit is a public activity not so much in the interests of its direct customer (organization, entrepreneur), but in the interests of an indefinite circle of persons - investors, creditors, partners.
“But if the audit report reveals not so much success as failure, it is unlikely to help the business ...
“When forming his opinion,” says Natalia Meretskaya, “the auditor does not seek to “please” the owners, business leaders, any users of financial statements, regardless of who pays him for his work. His task is to professionally and independently of any influences and interests to conduct an audit and express his opinion: positive or negative.
It is very important for an investor, for example, a shareholder in construction, a shareholder in a cooperative, before transferring his money, to obtain an auditor's report on the financial situation of the organization. If the auditor speaks about the unreliability of financial statements, makes reservations, this means that this organization cannot be trusted.
- The audit is aimed at expressing an objective opinion on the financial statements, the financial position of the organization, which reflect the "health" of the business as a whole, - Andrey Shvetsov believes. – The auditor's assessment should be an objective, factual and evidence-based assessment of the organization's commercial, financial, tax and legal risks. Objectivity cannot be "higher" or "lower", it is inherent in the opinion of the auditor.
In general, the function of an auditor is somewhat similar to that of a physician making a diagnosis. Whether he likes the patient or not, the doctor must say for sure: the person is sick with something or completely healthy. It depends on whether he will have to be treated or he can even fly into space tomorrow. From this point of view, the presence of one of the leaders in the Khabarovsk Territory cannot but influence the development of local business and the formation of a favorable investment climate.
“We need a representative office in Khabarovsk,” says Andrey Shvetsov, “to be closer to the organizations in which we conduct audits and provide other services. This will increase the efficiency of audit activities and have a positive impact on the business of the audited organizations.
In February, Georgy Popov, who allegedly uncovered financial fraud in the company, demanded to pay 31 million rubles for dismissal, but the court refused him. His lawyer did not connect the searches with this case, but did not rule out such a possibility.
Entrance to the office building of the Russian branch of the Deloitte & Touche CIS company, where the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation conducted searches. Photo: Andrey Makhonin/TASS
The Moscow office of one of the world's largest accounting firms, Deloitte, has been searched. There is an opinion that they are connected with a former employee of the company.
Deloitte reported that investigative actions are being carried out as part of the investigation of one of the former clients. But, according to the defense of one of the former top managers of the company, the searches may be related to his appeal to the authorities. We are talking about Georgy Popov, who in February of this year sued Deloitte.
Popov said that he was illegally fired allegedly for uncovered financial fraud, and demanded to reimburse him 31 million rubles for being forced to not work for 111 days. Based on this, according to his lawyer Ruben Markaryan, the partner of the audit firm earned 286 thousand rubles a day. The lawyer in an interview with Business FM did not link the searches to the case of his principal, but did not rule out such a possibility.
Ruben Markarian lawyer “I cannot comment on the extent to which the investigations at Deloitte & Touche CIS on Lesnaya are connected to the complaint filed by my client in March regarding the establishment of illegal surveillance by the company's management. Let me remind you: he filed this application in connection with the fact that the management of the company actually established surveillance over him and his subordinates, because he revealed financial abuses in this company and reported this to the management, after which he was fired. The material of this check, as far as I know, as of yesterday was in the prosecutor's office of the Tverskoy district of Moscow. On March 27, I voiced this topic at a meeting of the working group of the Presidium of the Council under the President of Russia on Combating Corruption. How this is connected with today's events, I cannot comment, because we were not informed, the investigator determines the course of the investigation himself. Whether this is related or not, I can't comment.
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From work in Big4 to own business. Interview with Yuri Aleinikov
Many thought about leaving the corporate environment and starting something of their own. Few dare to do so. Yuri Aleinikov worked for BIG4 and a large Russian consulting company, and then founded his own company with partners. Yuri told FinExecutive why he decided to give up his career in BIG4, why he eventually decided to create his own company ANTERO Group, and gave some advice to our applicants who are facing a similar choice.
— Tell us a little about yourself (where you studied, worked) and what you are doing now. Why did you decide to leave BIG4 at the time? What do you think about the work in the four in general? What was your main motivation?
I graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and was supposed to become a researcher, but in the end I worked as a programmer for several years, and then, like many of my classmates, I went into finance. Work in finance was more interesting, connected with real business, real problems and projects. I started my career at KPMG in the corporate finance department and worked there for about 3 years. After KPMG, I moved to a young Russian consulting company, where I grew to a partner, created and managed corporate finance for 6 years. And after that I decided to create my own company with partners.
KPMG is a place with a very predictable career ladder, you clearly understand where you will be in 5 or 10 years, what position you will most likely occupy and what work you will do. You see managers who have been working for many years, you observe what and how they do, and you understand what awaits you. It motivates and demotivates at the same time. Also, one of the reasons for leaving KPMG was money - I left with an almost threefold increase in salary.
— What disadvantages of working in a corporate environment can you point out? What is the undeniable advantage?
For me, an important negative factor is that when you are in a corporate environment, many decisions that affect your life are not made by you. To promote or not to promote, what to do and how to do it, what salary to pay. Of course, in many ways you yourself can influence this, but the final decision is still with the leadership, with other people.
Advantages - less stress, work and career are more stable.
— For which applicants, in your opinion, building a career in large corporations would be the right decision? Don't you regret that you changed your life so drastically?
I do not really believe that the choice to make a career in a large company or create your own business depends solely on some personal qualities of a person. In BIG4 or any other company, you can make a successful career and do interesting things. And there is a more understandable story, many are comfortable, and I, in principle, was comfortable working there. The main thing is to understand what you want now and choose a place for yourself. I don't regret my departure. Where I work now, I like it. Many challenges, many decisions to be made; I wonder what will happen tomorrow.
— When they came fromBIG 4 into a young Russian company without a recognizable brand, what was the hardest thing? To what extent did the work in the new company correspond to your initial idea? Was there a desire to return back?
After BIG4, working in a young company was very difficult and unusual. From the City, I ended up in a team with 10 employees, an office in an apartment, a huge turnover and complete chaos. But after 6 years we already had more than 100 employees, a name in the market and well-established business processes. It was an interesting period, but also stressful, of course.
There was never any desire to return to BIG4. I know people who came back, but this is not my option.
When did you first think about starting your own company? Why did you decide only recently?
I didn't think about it right away. Everyone probably thinks about it sometimes. But it seemed more or less real to me in the last 2-3 years. I understood how the business works, I realized that I can do the same thing that I do now, but work for myself. Same customers, same people, same business. The transition was quite comfortable, because for me, not much has changed, really.
Once we were sitting with my future partners, having lunch, and somehow the conversation turned in such a direction that a month later we all quit our jobs and started our own company.
The company we left was already big enough, we all reached our ceiling there. It became like a corporation in a way; when we started, everything was much more dynamic.
— Comparing your career and the careers of those with whom you started your career inBIG4, what can you say? In what areas did your colleagues outperform you, and where, on the contrary, did they fall behind?
Everyone has different results: someone became a partner in BIG4, someone made a career in large corporations. I meet guys from corporations all the time, the stories are always different. Many colleagues had and still have their own projects and businesses, some more successful, some less so.
Now, as before, everything suits me, everything is just different. There is more independence, for me it is very important. When you work for yourself, you choose when and what to do; work for your results. This is great.
A few recruiting questions:
- You had to form a team from scratch, look for a replacement for the "indispensable", grow your own staff. When looking for employees, you relied on HROr did you make decisions for each employee yourself? Is there something in between, where did this line go?
It was like this: they posted a vacancy, HR chose people based on their resumes, invited them to take a test. We give a test to discard random people. After that - an interview with one of my colleagues; if it goes well, then with me. Now we are looking for people on the same principle. We are looking for interns, analysts. Our vacancies are always open. We have a small team and low staff turnover, everything is very "friendly" and informal. There is a test task only for beginners, if a person is experienced, then he does not need to complete the task.
We were looking for novice employees mainly through student organizations. They could hire a person with no work experience for a trainee position.
Now in the company we are mainly engaged in corporate finance - this is the valuation of companies, the preparation of business plans, investment memorandums and financial models - a fairly wide range of services. We also have a legal department and a due diligence team. Each partner manages its own direction and has its own team.
- Who do you think wins in the end: the applicant who changes jobs every 2-3 years, or the one who prefers to stay in the company for 5-7 years or more?
I think the winner is the one who quits immediately after he stops developing. It does not directly depend on the time worked. There is an opinion that you need to work in a company for 2-3 years, otherwise they will think that you change jobs too often. But it seems to me that it is wrong to focus on some average HR. When those who change jobs often come to me for an interview, I just ask about the reasons. And if the answer suits me, I can take a person to the company.
What advice would you give to those who are just starting their careers? What is worth paying attention to, what is worth chasing, and what can be sacrificed at the start?
For people who are just starting a career, I can advise not to chase money in the early years, it is still difficult to make money at the beginning of a career. You need to invest in yourself, choose a job where you can acquire skills and knowledge that in 3-4 years will help you make a leap through several steps and grow in money. For me, that employer was KPMG.
KPMG holds annual Career Days for alumni and students, and 2010 was no exception. On May 31, the company welcomed sixty young professionals to its office, whose applications were selected from those sent by those who wish to build their careers in the field of audit and consulting services. For them, the Career Day was a great opportunity to see for themselves what it is like to work at KPMG and how business relationships are built in the company.
In 2010, KPMG launched internship and recruitment programs across many of its business units. KPMG Career Day participants had the opportunity to meet partners who manage all departments that open their doors to graduates from various Russian universities. Like a year ago, students and graduates were invited to our Moscow office.
Reports from partners and employees of KPMG
Launched a series of presentations Tony Thompson, Deputy Managing Partner and Head of Advisory Services at KPMG in Russia and the CIS. In his presentation, Tony spoke about the services that KPMG provides to its clients, about the peculiarities of the work of a consultant at KPMG and the specifics of this area in Russia.
Communication with the participants continued Andrey Shvetsov, Partner, Head of the Industrial Markets Group of the KPMG Audit Department in Russia and the CIS. Andrey told how he built his career at KPMG, what is the specificity of the audit services market in Russia, and what distinguishes our company from others that provide a similar range of professional services.
Also spoke to the students Bob Wallingford, Partner in Tax & Legal at KPMG. Bob spoke about KPMG's Tax department, his experience in tax and legal consulting and working in KPMG's Moscow office. Completed a series of speeches to students John Callaway, Partner, Head of Corporate Finance at KPMG in Russia and the CIS. John spoke in detail about the main areas of work of the department, about how young professionals start their careers here. Separately, John dwelled on why working at KPMG in Russia seems to him the most interesting and promising.
Continuation of the evening
After a series of presentations, the guests divided into three teams and took part in business games prepared by our specialists especially for students. Business games were held by Andrey Glukhov, Marina Pronina and Evgenia Bondarenko, managers of the Audit Services Department.
The evening ended with a reception, where employees from various departments of KPMG joined the students to talk to alumni in a relaxed atmosphere and answer all their questions. The participants of the Career Day were very pleased with their acquaintance with our company and expressed their desire to return to KPMG without fail.
