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Plenty of Other Firms Were Winners in Vault’s 2024 Accounting Rankings

Vault rated the best firms in 25 categories ranging from benefits and culture to work-life balance and LGBTQ+ diversity.

Jason Bramwell

May. 03, 2023

The two biggest headlines coming out of Vault’s rankings of the best accounting firms for 2024 were PwC taking the “Best Accounting Firm to Work For” award for the 11th straight year and Deloitte ending PwC’s 14-year run as “Most Prestigious Accounting Firm.” But those weren’t the only firms to receive kudos from Vault, a website that provides career resources and advice to students and job seekers.

Each year Vault recognizes the top accounting firms in several different workplace categories, based on the feedback it receives from a survey of accountants. For its 2024 rankings, Vault listed the best firms in 25 areas ranging from benefits and culture to work-life balance and LGBTQ+ diversity.

Here are the top five firms in each of the 25 categories in Vault’s latest rankings:

Benefits

  1. Schellman & Co.
  2. Frazier & Deeter
  3. Plante Moran
  4. Frank, Rimerman + Co.
  5. Baker Tilly

Business outlook

  1. Frazier & Deeter
  2. PKF O’Connor Davies
  3. Plante Moran
  4. Aprio
  5. Moss Adams

Client interaction

  1. Plante Moran
  2. PKF O’Connor Davies
  3. Aprio
  4. Moss Adams
  5. Frazier & Deeter

Compensation

  1. Frazier & Deeter
  2. PKF O’Connor Davies
  3. HCVT
  4. Moss Adams
  5. Schellman & Co.

Culture

  1. Plante Moran
  2. PKF O’Connor Davies
  3. Frank, Rimerman + Co.
  4. Schellman & Co.
  5. Moss Adams

ESG initiatives

  1. PKF O’Connor Davies
  2. Schellman & Co.
  3. Armanino
  4. Plante Moran
  5. PwC

Firm leadership

  1. PKF O’Connor Davies
  2. Plante Moran
  3. Frank, Rimerman + Co.
  4. Moss Adams
  5. HCVT

Formal training

  1. PKF O’Connor Davies
  2. Deloitte
  3. PwC
  4. Plante Moran
  5. Frank, Rimerman + Co.

Hiring process

  1. Plante Moran
  2. PKF O’Connor Davies
  3. PwC
  4. Frazier & Deeter
  5. Aprio

Hours

  1. Plante Moran
  2. PKF O’Connor Davies
  3. Schellman & Co.
  4. Grassi
  5. Frank, Rimerman + Co.

Informal training

  1. Plante Moran
  2. PKF O’Connor Davies
  3. Frank, Rimerman + Co.
  4. Eide Bailly
  5. PwC

Internal mobility

  1. Plante Moran
  2. PKF O’Connor Davies
  3. Eide Bailly
  4. Frazier & Deeter
  5. Aprio

Promotion policies

  1. PKF O’Connor Davies
  2. Plante Moran
  3. Frazier & Deeter
  4. Moss Adams
  5. HCVT

Relationships with supervisors

  1. PKF O’Connor Davies
  2. Plante Moran
  3. Moss Adams
  4. Frank, Rimerman + Co.
  5. Aprio

Satisfaction

  1. Plante Moran
  2. PKF O’Connor Davies
  3. Frazier & Deeter
  4. Schellman & Co.
  5. Frank, Rimerman + Co.

Vacation policies

  1. Plante Moran
  2. PKF O’Connor Davies
  3. Schellman & Co.
  4. Frank, Rimerman + Co.
  5. Frazier & Deeter

Wellness

  1. Plante Moran
  2. PKF O’Connor Davies
  3. Frazier & Deeter
  4. Aprio
  5. Frank, Rimerman + Co.

Work-life balance

  1. Plante Moran
  2. Schellman & Co.
  3. PKF O’Connor Davies
  4. Frank, Rimerman + Co.
  5. Aprio

Diversity for women

  1. Schellman & Co.
  2. PKF O’Connor Davies
  3. Plante Moran
  4. Moss Adams
  5. Frank, Rimerman + Co.

LGBTQ+ diversity

  1. PKF O’Connor Davies
  2. Schellman & Co.
  3. Plante Moran
  4. Moss Adams
  5. CohnReznick

Overall diversity

  1. PKF O’Connor Davies
  2. Schellman & Co.
  3. Plante Moran
  4. Moss Adams
  5. CohnReznick

Racial and ethnic diversity

  1. PKF O’Connor Davies
  2. Schellman & Co.
  3. CohnReznick
  4. Moss Adams
  5. BPM

Audit and assurance

  1. PwC
  2. Deloitte
  3. EY
  4. KPMG
  5. Grant Thornton

Forensic accounting

  1. PwC
  2. Deloitte
  3. EY
  4. KPMG
  5. Grant Thornton

Tax accounting

  1. PwC
  2. Deloitte
  3. EY
  4. KPMG
  5. Grant Thornton