Vault Names Top 50 Best Accounting Firms for CPA Careers

Top 5: Deloitte, PWC, Rothstein Kass, Marcum, and Dixon Hughes.

This year, Vault said, firm culture, as opposed to prestige, emerged as the most important determining factor. In fact, 36% of all accounting professionals surveyed said firm culture was most important, while only 11% cited prestige as most important. The other top factors cited by survey respondents were: lifestyle/work-balance (14%), location (13%), compensation (5%) and training opportunities (also 5%).