At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team to provide assurance services and business advice to diverse clients.
- Company: PwC Canada, a leader in professional services with a commitment to innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible work options, and a comprehensive rewards package.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities for growth and development.
- Why this job: Elevate your career while making a meaningful impact on client trust and governance.
- Qualifications: CPA or equivalent, strong audit experience, and excellent communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 52200 - 87000 $ per year.
A career within External Audit services will provide you with the opportunity to provide a range of Assurance services and business advice to a variety of clients from small, fast-growing clients to large entities. Our clients are often well-known brands and many have broad international reach. We focus on using the latest technology to reduce the level of manual testing ensuring you’ll focus on the most valuable areas of client service and on enhancing corporate governance and the reliability of our clients’ information.
The Opportunity
As an External Audit Senior Associate, unlock your potential and embrace the chance to drive meaningful outcomes that’ll elevate your career. Your role will include, but isn’t limited to:
- Take on a professional role as part of our client-facing teams
- Support the development of the audit approach and complete planning procedures
- Provide coaching and feedback to junior members of the engagement team
- Examine financial and accounting records, other documents, and tangible items such as inventory, or plant and equipment, or watch certain processes and procedures being performed
- Ask a range of questions – from formal written questions to informal oral questions – with a range of individuals at our client organizations
- Test the client organization's internal controls
- Assess significant estimates, judgements or assumptions made by management
- Verify and test financial statements and supporting disclosures
- Perform completion procedures to support issuance of the audit report
What You’ll Bring
Your skills, knowledge, and experiences are what set you apart. Here's what we look for:
- Demonstrated progressive experience at the Senior Associate level working with a range of external audit clients in a professional services firm
- Qualified Canadian CPA or equivalent reciprocal/recognized designation
- Excellent understanding of Canadian auditing standards. Knowledge of United States auditing standards and/or PCAOB is also considered
- Knowledge of IFRS and/or ASPE, US GAAP is considered an asset
- Thorough technical skills and experience regarding applicable accounting reporting and auditing standards
- Experience in the design of engagement procedures based on risk and materiality
- Previous experience in coaching and leading engagement teams
- Project management experience
- Excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills that allow you to thrive in a team environment
This position ensures continuity and upholds our standards of excellence following the departure of a valued team member.
The salary range for this position is $52,200 - $87,000. The posted salary range represents the expected hiring range for PwC locations in major city centres. Given our national recruiting approach, ranges may vary for positions in other locations. At PwC Canada, base salary is determined by your skills, experience, qualifications and work location. In addition to base salary, eligible employees may have opportunities to participate in variable incentive pay programs which are designed to reward individual and firm-wide achievements. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhere to all relevant pay transparency legislation. During the hiring process, our Talent Acquisition team will provide details about our comprehensive total rewards package.
Why you’ll love PwC
We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of diverse teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life.
PwC Canada acknowledges that we work and live across Turtle Island, on the land that is now known as Canada, which are the lands of the ancestral, treaty and unceded territories of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples. We recognize the systemic racism, colonialism and oppression that Indigenous Peoples have experienced and still go through, and we commit to allyship and solidarity.
External Audit, Senior Associate in Winnipeg employer: PwC
At PwC, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters collaboration and innovation. As a Transformation Risk and Advisory Manager, you'll have access to extensive professional development opportunities, competitive compensation, and the chance to work with cutting-edge technology in a supportive environment. Our commitment to employee growth and meaningful work ensures that you can make a real impact while advancing your career in one of Canada's major city centres.
