MaloneBailey is also nearly a
year into a revamp of its mentor-
ing and development program,
backed by Rosen. “We developed a
curriculum for the program, giving
it a lot more structure and creating
more social team-building activi-
ties” that include scavenger hunts,
happy hours and focused lunch
groups, Rosen said, “so that it’s not
just confined to meeting in the of-
fice with your mentor, but going
out and experiencing that person
outside of an office environment,
more as a person.”
The overhaul was mostly focused
on giving the program some “ma-
jor structure,” including a strong
training component, Rosen said.
This training is specifically applied
to the mentors, improving their in-
terpersonal and soft skills.
In the recruiting phase, MaloneBailey has “continued doing what
we’ve been doing,” said Middleton,
which includes on-campus events
at nearby schools like the University
of Texas, and the addition of about
three to seven new employees biannually to its January and Fall orientation programs.
Competition” tab.
While those numbers are expect-
ed to stay competitive, the platform
advertising them will change, with
the firm due to launch a new Web
site — with more sophisticated fea-
tures and resources — in late June.
IN BIG COMPANY
Middleton identified an attraction
for potential hires in the firm’s mix
of compliance services for small,
publicly traded U.S. companies and
its public company audit services
for Securities and Exchange Commission clients in China, which
together make up 70 percent of
its revenue. These 130 small- and
mid-cap clients put the firm in the
exclusive company of nine other
firms, including the Big Four, whose
audit reports for more than 100 issuers require annual inspection
by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, instead of the
usual three-year checkup.
“We have a unique blend of SEC
work that not a lot of firms do,”
Middleton elaborated. “True SEC
work at the level we do it, the number of clients we have — while not
the same size of clients as national
firms — is the same work. We engage in that type of environment.”
A more thorough breakdown
and comparison of MaloneBailey
with these large audit firms and
their clients is accessible on the
firm’s Web site, under the “Our
