EH 300 - 06
PWC
608 I John Wright DR
Huntsville, AL 35805
October 27, 2013
Ms. Cheryl Plaza
102 Business Administration Building
Huntsville, AL 35899
Subject: Information about PWC
Dear Ms. Plaza:
In our recent conversation, you asked me to research a good company to determine whether it would be a good place for UAH Accounting graduates to work. With your suggestion, I researched PWC, and I generated an informative report about PWC and the positions open to UAHuntsville Accounting graduates.
This report illustrates the relevant and recent information about PWC, and I have included information about the history of PWC, current financial information, key personnel, company culture and mission, major products and services, jobs available for people with an accounting degree, benefits and working environment for PWC.
PWC
PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PWC) was created by the merging of two firms: Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand in 1998. This company is one of the world’s largest professional services companies. It comprises a network of member firms which operate and provide services under the brand PricewaterhouseCoopers. It provides assurance, tax and business consulting services. This company is the head of the big four International Accounting firms, and tied for the other three are KPMG, Deloitte, and Ernst & Young. PWC has operations in 158 countries spanning Europe, North America and the Caribbean, Asia, Australia and Pacific Islands, the Middle East and Africa, and South and Central America (Reference USA).
History
Even though PWC was formed in 1998 from a merger between Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand, it has a history in client service that dates back to nineteenth century. Both accounting firms originated in London during the middle of the 1800s (PWC, “History and milestones”). Price Waterhouse (PW) was founded in 1850 by Samuel Price as an