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To nitpick further (but this isn't in common parlance), Accenture was a part of Arthur Andersen, which itself was a part of the Big Five until Enron happened.

But you're entirely right in that Accenture isn't considered a part of the Big Four accounting firms precisely because its skillset is advisory rather than accounting.

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To nitpick even further, Accenture was not a part of Arthur Andersen. It was known as Andersen Consulting, and when they split from Arthur Andersen, they adopted Accenture as a name.

That split took place in 1989. Prior to that, it was a part of Arthur Andersen itself, at least if Wikipedia is to be believed.

But this is a meaningless exchange at this point. haha

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