KBF Advisory Reviews

4.8

96% would recommend to a friend

(80 total reviews)
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Peter K. Buss

100% approve of CEO

94% positive business outlook

KBF Advisory has an employee rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars, based on 80 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The KBF Advisory employee rating is 29% above average for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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80 reviews
1.0
18 May 2021

This place is a scam

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Cannot think of a single good thing about this company. The clients were nicer to me than these people.

Cons

Literally everything. These people are nothing that they say they are. They will work you to the bone and throw you under the bus at the first sign of an issue. They say they offer OT pay but you have to work at least 200-300 overtime hours to make the salary equivalent to a non-OT paying firm salary. I cannot even count the amount of people who have come here with genuine hopes of taking their career to the next level who end up getting let go after busy season because leadership knows they won't get enough interest for seasonal hires. I feel bad for them because we could tell they were just going to be seasonal but they thought they were here to stay. That tactic is disgusting. Managers and up will talk behind your back rather than help you improve. If you are a senior or below and you aren't "in", the other seniors and below will leave you high and dry. Partners act like they understand you and want to help but are really just looking out for their wallets and don't remotely care about your career goals or struggles. You know its bad when the clients treat you better than your actual employer and that's really saying something for a CPA firm. Hands down the worst experience of my career. I took a corporate tax services position here and now I am stuck here because no one wants people with this kind of worthless experience. DO NOT let these people fool you too. Look elsewhere while you can. It is miserable here.

2.0
11 May 2021

Not a positive experience

Recommend
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Pros

Loved the type of the work the company does.

Cons

No good on-onboarding when starting with the company. The provision models are complex and there is no training when you start. It takes longer to get work done due to complexity of the model which leads to unhappy partners. Some partners are polite and nice to work with while others are outright rude and need to work on basic courtesy.

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KBF Advisory Response
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We’re happy to hear that you loved the type of work that we do. Our firm is a little unique in that respect. Thank you for the comments about your onboarding and training experience. As a high-growth, start-up “like” firm, we rely on this feedback to reflect on our efforts and make investments in our talent with process improvements. To address this matter, we have deployed SharePoint|sapiens Employee Training Management and we have assigned our best technical staff to execute on the training initiative. We are sorry to hear that you were treated poorly. KBF was founded on the basis of creating a CPA firm where highly technical accounting experts can do their best work in a collaborative, thoughtful, and kind way. If you are open to sharing the specifics of your experience, please reach to our HR leader in confidence at HR@kbfcpa.com. We appreciate that KBF was part of your career journey and wish your experience was more positive.
2.0
23 Sept 2023

work/life balance

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Pros

remote and benefits offered, 401k package is ok

Cons

too much upper management, micro-management, do not delegate task and assignments properly, no opportunity for growth

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