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This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 Tax Advisory and Compliance rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Services that fall within the scope of this report include: (Tax Advisory) International and Corporate Tax; Private Wealth Management; Merger, Acquisition and Divestiture Tax; Trade and Customs; Transfer Pricing; Property and Real Estate Tax; Indirect Tax; Tax Audits; Tax Investigations; Tax Management; Tax Risk Mitigation; and Tax Outsourcing. (Tax Compliance) Corporate Tax Return Preparation; Employee Income Tax Returns; Withholding Tax Returns; VAT Returns; Tax Compliance Process; Tax Compliance Control; Tax Compliance Technologies; Tax Authority Inquiry; Tax Authority Examination; and Tax Compliance Planning.The report includes rate breakouts for firms providing related services, including large and small business advisory services...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 Legal and Forensic Advisory rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Services that fall within the scope of this report include: Litigation support; Dispute resolution; Expert witness support; Fraud and financial misconduct investigations; Intellectual property and contract governance; Forensic analysis and technology support; Competition authority support; Domestic and international intelligence; Security; and Transaction forensics. The report includes associated rate breakouts for firms providing related services, including large and small business advisory services firms, the Big Four; Operations; Strategy and Information Technology specialists. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and ...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 Risk, Regulatory and Governance Advisory rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Services that fall within the scope of this report include: Enterprise Risk Management, Corporate Governance and Regulatory Compliance. The report includes associated rate breakouts for firms with a legacy specialty in the areas of Financial, Legal and Risk Advisory, including the Big Four; Operations; HR services; Strategy and Information Technology. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each professional level. We also include rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropolitan markets across the US (104 Pages, 60 Exhibits)....More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2021 US Tax Advisory and Compliance rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Tax Advisory includes the areas of International and Corporate Tax; Private Wealth Management; Merger, Acquisition and Divestiture Tax; Trade and Customs; Transfer Pricing; Property and Real Estate Tax; Indirect Tax; Tax Audits; Tax Investigations; Tax Management; Tax Risk Mitigation; and Tax Outsourcing. Tax Compliance includes the areas of Corporate Tax Return Preparation; Employee Income Tax Returns; Withholding Tax Returns; VAT Returns; Tax Compliance Process; Tax Compliance Control; Tax Compliance Technologies; Tax Authority Inquiry; Tax Authority Examination; and Tax Compliance Planning. The report includes rate breakouts for Large Advisory Specialists, the Big Four, and Small and Mid-Sized Advisory Specialists, for each of th...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2021 Risk, Regulatory and Governance Advisory rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Services that fall within the scope of this report include: Enterprise Risk Management, Corporate Governance and Regulatory Compliance. The report includes rate breakouts for the Big Four and other Advisory Specialists, and other specialists with a legacy in Strategy, Operations and IT consulting. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each professional level. We also include Risk, Regulatory and Governance Advisory rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropolitan markets across the US (95 Pages, 54 Exhibits)....More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2021 Internal Audit Advisory rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Services that fall within the scope of Internal Audit Advisory include consulting across the following areas: Internal Audit Support and Outsourcing, Strategic Performance Review and Sustainability Services. The report includes rate breakouts for the Big Four and other Advisory Specialists, and other specialists with a legacy in Strategy, Operations and IT consulting. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each professional level. We also include Internal Audit Advisory rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropolitan markets across the US (95 Pages, 54 Exhibits)....More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2021 Financial Advisory rates in the United States from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Services that fall within the scope of Financial Advisory include consulting across the following areas: Financial Management, Financial Performance Improvement, Procurement, Finance Strategy and Policy, and Organizational Development. The report includes rate breakouts for the Big Four and other Advisory Specialists, and other specialists with a legacy in Strategy, Operations and IT consulting. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each professional level. We also include Financial Advisory rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropolitan markets across the US (94 Pages, 53 Exhibits)....More

This report provides an analysis of women serving at various levels of consulting service providers, with a special focus on related efforts of the Big Four and Accenture. We also provide analysis on diversity in the private equity and venture capital industries, and the challenges facing early stage companies across a number of other industries. Our analysis of the consulting sector should be viewed as a best-case example since the efforts of the Big Four and Accenture are significant, and these service providers have devoted more resources than most companies toward addressing the challenge of gender equality in hiring and advancement. (1,904 words, 1 graphic)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2019-2020 UK Strategy Consulting Rates; (2) Big Four Fiscal 2019 Consulting Revenues Up 7.3 Percent; Audit Up 1 Percent; (3) Accenture Has Strong Q1 2020 Consulting Results; Acquires Apis and Clarity Insights; (4) Infosys Settles California Lawsuit; Investigates Whistleblower Complaint to SEC; (5) Former Bain Partner May Testify Against Firm in South African SARS Investigation; (6) French AMF Announces Closing Date for Capgemini's Tender Offer for Altran; (7) Monadnock Research Portal Subscription Fee Increase; and (9) Consulting Leadership: Accenture and BDO. (1,750 words)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2019-2020 US Tax Advisory and Compliance rates in the United States from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. The report includes rate breakouts for Large Advisory Specialists, the Big Four, and Small and Mid-Sized Advisory Specialists, for each of the Tax Advisory and Tax Compliance Advisory rate sections. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each professional level, along with Tax Advisory rate differential break-outs for 14 US large metropolitan markets in the US. (79 Pages, 30 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2019-2020 Financial, Accounting and Internal Audit Advisory rates in the United States from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. The report includes rate breakouts for Large Advisory Specialists, the Big Four, and Small and Mid-Sized Advisory Specialists, for each of the Financial Advisory, Internal Audit and Accounting advisory rate sections. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each professional level, along with Financial Advisory rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropolitan IT Consulting markets in the US. (67 Pages, 35 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2019-2020 Transaction Advisory rates in the United States from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each professional level, along with rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropolitan IT Consulting markets in the US. The report also includes rate breakouts for Large Transaction Advisory Specialists, the Big Four, Small and Mid-Sized Transaction Advisory Specialists, Large Strategy Specialists, Small and Mid-Sized Strategy Specialists, Large Operations Specialists, Small and Mid-Sized Operations Specialists, HR Consulting Specialists, Large IT Consulting Specialists, and Small and Mid-Market IT Consulting Specialists. (61 Pages, 30 Exhibits)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2019-2020 US IT Consulting Rates; (2) 2019-2020 US Operations Consulting Rates; (3) 2019-2020 US Strategy Consulting Rates; (4) Deloitte Fiscal 2019 Consulting Revenues Up 13 Percent; Audit Revenues Unchanged; (5) US Census Bureau Publishes Q1 and Q2 Professional Services Revenue Numbers; (6) BearingPoint Reorganizes; Reenters US Consulting Marketplace; (7) BDO US Grows Fiscal 2019 Advisory Revenue by 40 percent; (8) Accenture Acquires Spanish Big Data Consultancy, Pragsis Bidoop; Completes INSITUM Acquisition; (9) Consulting Leadership: DXC, SAIC, Capgemini, Publicis Sapient; and (10) Consulting Thought Leadership: Aon and Accenture. (2,565 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) WPP to Sell Controlling Interest in Kantar Consulting Subsidiary; (2) Julie Sweet Appointed Accenture CEO; David Rowland Named Executive Chairman; (3) Bain Takes Steps to Learn from SARS Missteps; (4) BearingPoint Acquires UK Public Sector Specialist, Prederi; (5) BDO's 3 Largest Affiliates in Australia to Merge Operations; (6) BCG Acquires Spanish Digital Consultancy, Kernel Analytics; (7) FTI Consulting to Acquire German Restructuring Advisor, Andersch; (8) PA Consulting Acquires US-Based Innovation Specialist, 4iNNO; (9) Consulting Leadership: EY, Wipro, Accenture, BearingPoint and BCG; and (10) Thought Leadership: Korn Ferry. (2,625 words)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2018-2019 Tax Advisory and Tax Compliance consulting rates in the United Kingdom from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. A firm category break-out contains: The Big Four, and Small and Mid-Market Financial, Legal and Risk Advisory Specialists. (53 Pages, 20 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2018-2019 US Financial, Accounting, Legal, Risk, Compliance and Transaction Advisory rates in the United States of America from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. This is our first rate report published in each of these areas. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. The report includes rate break-outs for Financial Advisory; Accounting Advisory; Legal & Forensic Advisory; Internal Audit, Risk and Compliance Advisory; and Transaction Advisory. (46 Pages, 15 Exhibits)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2018-19 US Strategy Consulting Rates; (2) 2018-19 US Operations Consulting Rates; (3) 2018-19 US Information Technology Consulting Rates; (4) 2018-19 US Tax Advisory Rates; (5) Navigant Sells Legal and Transaction Advisory Practices to Ankura; Resolves Engine Capital Dispute; (6) Separation of Big Four Audit and Advisory Operations Recommended by UK Parliament Committees; (7) Scotland's Anderson & Brown Launches AAB Consulting; (8) Accenture to Acquire Designaffairs and HO Communications; Completes Acquisitions of MXM and Certus; (9) Accenture to Expand Capabilities in Programmatic In-House Media Planning and Buying; (10) Cambridge Analytica Commences Insolvency Proceedings; (11) Veritas Completes Acquisition of PwC US Public Sector Business; (12) Consultants Make Their Advertising Presence Be Known; (13) Consulting Leadership: Accenture, L.E.K., BDO, Harvard, Navigant and SAIC; and (14) Thought Leadership: Deloitte, Grant Thornton, Talmix and Accenture . (3,...More

Table of Contents: (1) Consultant Arrested for Leaking Top Secret US Intelligence Report on Russian US Election Hacking; (2) Accenture Reaches Agreement to Acquire Phase One, LabAnswer, Acquires SolutionsIQ and Media Hive; (3)Deloitte Acquires innoWake; Deloitte Legal Acquires Jank Weiler Operenyi; (4) Digital Focus of Large Global Organizations Drives 2016 Growth of Strategy Specialists; (5) CBIZ Closes Acquisition of Private Equity Specialist, CMF Associates; (6) BCG to Build New Regional Support Center in Atlanta; (7) Consulting Leadership: Capgemini, Accenture, BDO, SAIC and CACI; (8) Thought Leadership: PwC Strategy&, Korn Ferry and Deloitte. (3,200 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2016-2017 Germany and France Strategy Consulting Rates: Monadnock Research Reports (Vol IX, No 8-9); (2) Analytics Consultancy, Society Consulting, Joins EY; (3) Accenture Completes dgroup and Tecnilógica Acquisitions; (4) Huron Acquires Healthcare Consultancy, HSM; (5) BDO Reaches Agreement to Acquire Goldstein Schecter Koch; (6) Digital Services Specialist, Idea Couture, Purchased by Cognizant; (7) UK Fraud Office Launches Investigation into Use of Consultants by Airbus; and (8) Consulting Leadership: Deloitte, BDO, EY, Navigant and PA Consulting. (1,700 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2016-2017 Norway, Sweden and Netherlands - Strategy Consulting: Monadnock Research Report (Vol IX, No 4-6); (2) BDO's US Affiliate Continues Rapid Consulting Business Expansion with 31% Fiscal 2016 Growth; (3) Netherlands Digital Services Consultancy, MOBGEN, Acquired by Accenture; (4) Accenture Completes Majority Acquisition of Japan's IMJ; (5) CSC Completes Acquisition of Adpediens; (6) Consulting Leadership: BCG, Accenture, L.E.K., Deloitte, BearingPoint, BDO, Huron, SAIC and FTI; and (7) Thought Leadership: Bain & Co., KPMG and BDO. (2,700 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2016-2017 United Kingdom Rates - Strategy Consulting: Monadnock Research Report (Vol IX, No 4); (2) Deloitte Acquires Niche Strategy Consultancy, Casey Quirk; (3) Accenture Acquires Israeli Cyber Security Firm, Maglan; (4) CF Accountants & Consultants and Morse Wittwer to Combine with Moss Adams; (5) BCG's Technology Strategy Operation, Platinion, Expands Presence in Canada; (6) Consortium that Includes Roland Berger to Invest 15 Million Euros in Services to French Startups for Equity; (7) Consulting Leadership: Accenture, Deloitte, BDO and L.E.K.; and (8) Thought Leadership: A.T. Kearney, KPMG and Deloitte (2,435 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) HP Enterprise Services to Merge with CSC; (2) Accenture to Acquire Analytics Consultancy, OPS Rules; (3) CSC Agrees to Acquire Leading European Firm, Aspediens; (4) Mantyla McReynolds to be Acquired by BDO; (5) Omnicom Acquires Rabin Martin; (6) Valorem Consulting Acquires IdentityMine; (7) PwC Acquires HLP Consulting; (8) Consulting Leadership: Heidrick & Struggles, KPMG and PwC; (9) Thought Leadership: KPMG. (1,834 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) Aston Martin Launches Design Consultancy ; (2) BCG Reaches $5 Billion in 2015 Annual Revenues; (3) Ancura Receives $100 Million in Growth Funding; (4) CSC Closes $308 Million Acquisition of Australia's UXC; (5) Accenture, Avanade, Capgemini, Concurrent, Rockwell and Wipro; (6) Vertiba Acquired by Publicis.Sapient; (7) Accenture Opens Liquid Application Studio in Silicon Valley; (8) Consulting Leadership: PwC, BCG, Accenture, Huron and BDO; and (9) Thought Leadership: Institutional Shareholder Services and Accenture(2,050 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) CSC's Board Approves Public Sector Business Spinoff as CSRA Inc.; (2) Accenture Closes Schlumberger Business Consulting Transaction; (3) KPMG Acquires Tax Technology Specialist, G2 FinTech; (4) RHB Schmitz de Grace Joins PwC Canada; (5) BCG Launches Private Equity Practice; (6) American Honda Honors Six Consultancies as 2015 Premier Partners; (7) Consulting Leadership: BDO, Duff & Phelps, Huron, Accenture and Navigant; and (8) Thought Leadership: Accenture and BDO. (2,075 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) BDO USA's Fiscal 2015 Consulting Revenues Up More than 50 Percent; (2) Accenture Acquires Digital Consultancy, Chaotic Moon; (3) EY Acquires Cybersecurity Consultancy, Mycroft; (4) Accenture to Acquire Energy Management and Procurement Services Provider, EnergyQuote JHA; (5) BDO US to Acquire Cross, Fernandez & Riley; (6) EY Canada Transaction Advisory Practice Acquires Stratmark Baker Tilly Acquires UK Consultancy, Outperform; (7) Infosys to Take Minority Equity Stake in ANSR Consulting; (8) KPMG Acquires Infrastructure Project Consultancy, High Point Rendel; (9) Consulting Leadership: EY, Navigant, Segal, Capgemini, and Mercer; and (10) Thought Leadership: CB Insights and KPMG. (2,325 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) Accenture Confirms Strong Q3 2015 Results; (2) Roland Berger to Acquire German Restructuring Advisory, FMC Consultants; (3) KPMG Acquires UK-based Transformational Consultancy, Boxwood; (4) EY to Acquire Integrc; (5) Salesforce Reaches Agreement to Acquire French Consultancy, Kerensen Consulting; (6) AURELIUS Group Acquires Final Share of Getronics; (7) Accenture Acquires Swedish Digital Consultancy, Brightstep; (8) Next Week: Location-Based Consulting Rate Differentials and (9) Consulting Leadership: PwC, EY, BDO and Antworks; and (10) Thought Leadership: HBR Consulting, Deloitte and KPMG. (2,425 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) On the Monadnock Research Horizon: Location-Based Rating Schemes and Human Capital Consulting Rates; (2) RSM Network Firms Unite Under Single "RSM" Brand; (3) CSC and Executives Pay $190 Million to Settle Fraud Allegations; (4) CMS Consulting and Infrastructure Guardian Acquired by New Signature; (5) Atos Acquires Blue Elephant Systems; (6) Accenture to Double Size of Brazil Delivery Center; (7) NTT DATA Agrees to Acquire Financial Services Consultancy, Carlisle & Gallagher; and (8) Consulting Leadership: CRA Marakon, Deloitte and BDO; and (9) Thought Leadership: HBR Consulting, Deloitte and KPMG. (2,175 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) Boston Consulting Group Acquires Transformation Specialist, Brighthouse; (2) BearingPoint Acquired Nordic Digital Consultancy, Magenta; (3) Evercore to Acquire Investment Banking Advisor, Kuna & Co.; (4) ACME Business Consulting Acquired by North Highland; (5) Consulting Leadership: FTI, BearingPoint and NERA; and (6) Thought Leadership: BCG, FTI and BDO. (1,675 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) Computer Sciences Corp to Split Into Two Independently Traded Firms; (2) McKinsey & Co. Acquires Design Consultancy, LUNAR; (3) Accenture Agrees to Acquire Retail Strategy and Digital Services Firm, Javelin Group; (4) Digital Consultancy, Rightpoint, Lands $55 Million Investment from Stella Point; (5) KPMG Completes Acquisition of Beacon Partners; UK Practice Acquires Nunwood; (6) BDO Agrees to Acquire Midwestern US Audit and Consulting Operations of Stone Carlie & Company; (7) Consulting Leadership: BearingPoint, Hourly Nerd, EY and KPMG; and (8) Thought Leadership: A.T. Kearney, US Census Bureau, EY and the World Economic Forum. (2,100 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2015 IT Strategy Consulting Rates: China and Hong Kong; (2) TCS Responds to Employee Firestorm; Denies Plan to Terminate 10% of Workforce; (3) Huron Acquires Sky Analytics; (4) Financial Services IT Consultancy Synechron Acquires Team Trade; (5) The Camden Group Acquires Health Directions; (6) Saudi Authorities to Address Poor Quality Consulting Work by Foreign Firms; (7) Consulting Leadership: PwC, FTI, DRG, Deloitte, BDO, Segal and CRAI; and (8) Thought Leadership: Deloitte and PwC. (1,990 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2014-15 Canada IT Strategy Consulting Rates; (2) BDO Consulting Revenues Up 14 Percent; (3) Accenture to Acquire Digital Agency, Reactive Media; (4) Reported "Secret Order" for Russian State Entities to Phase-Out Audit and Consulting Services of Big Four; (5) Subscribe Now to Lock in 2014 Monadnock Research Portal Subscription Rate; (6) Consulting Leadership: KPMG; and (7) Thought Leadership: KPMG and Accenture. (1,484 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2015 subscription rates for the Monadnock Research Portal will increase to $4,995 on 1 January; (2) Jackson Lewis Shifts Professional Performance Metrics Away from Billable Hours; (3) Wipro Expands Operations in Romania; (4) BDO to Acquire UHY Texas Practice; (5) HP Divisions Start Work on Split into HP Enterprise and HP Inc.; (6) Consulting Leadership: Wipro, Lloyds, Infosys, FTI and Deloitte; and (7) Thought Leadership: FTI. (1,240 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) Big Four Takeovers Raise Concerns; (2) KPMG Acquires Workday Consulting Practice; (3) Clients Show Little Interest in Big Four Legal Services; (4) PwC US and India Leaders Discuss Strategic Expansion of Consulting Business; (5) US Court Freezes Fee Expenditures in BNY Mellon - Mercer Estate Dispute; (6) Accenture to Acquire Hytracc Consulting; (7) Sopra Public Exchange Offer for Steria Successful; (8) BDO USA's Proportion of Consulting to Assurance Business Relatively Unchanged in Fiscal 2014; (9) Federal Indictment of Dallas Official Places Spotlight on Bankrupt BearingPoint; (10) Huron Legal Launches Cyber Security Incident Response Offering; (11) Consulting Leadership: Deloitte, PwC and EY; and (12) Thought Leadership: Deloitte. (2,365 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2014 China and Hong Kong IT Consulting Rates; (2) Ernst & Young to Acquire Parthenon Group; (3) PwC CEO Explains Ever-Shrinking Proportion of Audit Services; (4) Simon Kucher Completes Best Half-Year in Firm History; (5) Consulting Leadership: Segal, BDO, Deloitte and Arthur D. Little; and (6) Thought Leadership: KPMG. (1,195 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2014 Monadnock Research United Kingdom IT Consulting Rates Report Published; (2) KPMG Completes Acquisition of Rothstein Kass; (3) Infosys Visa Fraud Whistleblower Files New Complaint; (4) Capita Acquires Tricontes; (5) Consulting Leadership: Deloitte, Accenture, BDO and PwC; and (6) Thought Leadership: PwC. (1,315 words)...More