[Umer Bhutto]

Hey everyone

I had a question for anyone that has worked in big 4 or any major insurance companies. I did by bachelor’s in accounting and in order to meet the 150 credit requirement, i decided to pursue a masters in Actuarial Science because i already had the accounting requirements for the CPA met and wanted to do something a bit different to diversify my skillset. I passed the CPA in my last semester of my bachelor’s and passed one of the actuary exams.

The question is that is it common to find actuaries that have a CPA working in big 4 consulting / audit and does the CPA have an added advantage.

Thanks for all your help.

[aaronmo]

I think once you're an actuary, you don't need to worry about questions like this. Yes…you're wanted by everyone and are going to do very well.

[aimhigher]

Choose Life or Health – you will be highly sought after with the CPA and a actuarial exams passed. Majority of the insurance companies are are audited by the Big 4 since they are the only ones that can handle that kind of workload and complexities. Also, when you apply make sure you seek an Actuarial Consulting role, not Audit. You do not want to put yourself through all that, to only end up in Audit. The actuarial consultants I have worked with have a much higher pay and better hours. To your question: none of the actuaries had a CPA they had the FSAA and some others I cannot recall etc. However if you have both that is a big statement in possibly making Partner in the consulting practice down the line (if you stick it out for 10-15 years).

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