Project Support Office Senior Associate

Line of Service
Assurance
Industry/Sector
Not Applicable
Specialism
Operations
Management Level
Senior Associate
Job Description & Summary
At PwC, our people in business services and support focus on providing efficient and effective administrative support to enable smooth operations within the organization. This includes managing schedules, coordinating meetings, and handling confidential information.
Those in client administration at PwC will focus on managing and coordinating client relationships, prioritizing smooth communication and efficient service delivery. You will utilize strong organizational skills and attention to detail to support the overall client experience.
The Opportunity:
As a Project Support Office Senior Associate, you will provide project management, coordination, and operational support to Assurance partners and engagement teams across Canada. Acting as a central point of coordination, you will help drive successful audit execution by monitoring engagement progress, key milestones, public deliverables, risks, dependencies, and financial performance. Your responsibilities will include:
Coordinate engagement setup, compliance, risk management, onboarding, user access, and administrative activities across key systems, platforms, and collaboration tools.
Maintain engagement trackers, dashboards, and reports covering project status, compliance, public deliverables, milestones, risks, dependencies, and outstanding action items.
Coordinate governance activities, leadership reviews, key engagement meetings, client requests, approvals, documentation, and stakeholder communications.
Monitor engagement budgets, forecasts, actual costs, profitability, resource utilization, recoverability, and budget variances, and support billing schedules, provisions, and related financial activities.
Create and maintain engagement data in CRM and firm systems, and coordinate requests supporting staffing, access, compliance, financial, and operational requirements.
Support new client onboarding by establishing engagement infrastructure, processes, reporting frameworks, and collaboration tools.
Develop executive reporting and dashboards, including fee analysis, budget tracking, and performance insights, to support informed decision-making and financial discipline.
Lead project coordination and process improvement initiatives, facilitate engagement and client debriefs, and maintain lessons learned and action registers to support continuous improvement.
What You'll Bring:
Your skills, knowledge, and experiences are what set you apart. Here's what we look for:
Post-secondary education to the college diploma level in business, administration, or a related discipline is preferred; a university degree and PMP certification are considered assets.
A minimum of three years of experience in administration, project coordination, engagement support, or a related professional services role, or at least one year of experience as a practice staff member in Audit or Core Assurance.
Strong project management experience within audit, assurance, professional services, or financial services, with an understanding of the audit lifecycle and engagement management processes.
Experience supporting engagement economics, including budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, resource planning, performance monitoring, and executive dashboard development.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications, Power BI, Alteryx, Adobe, DocuSign, project management tools, and reporting technologies.
Working knowledge of professional services systems and technologies, with the ability to quickly learn and effectively use new platforms, digital tools, and AI solutions to enhance quality, efficiency, and decision-making.
Understanding of regulatory, compliance, proposal, and public reporting requirements, corporate structures, and internal service delivery processes.
Highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders, engagement files, deadlines, and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail, professional judgment, discretion, and the ability to work proactively and independently while knowing when to escalate issues.
A service-oriented, continuous improvement mindset, with a focus on quality, confidentiality, process consistency, and effective stakeholder support.
Ability to work in a hybrid environment, with a minimum of three days per week in the office, and flexibility to work occasional irregular hours during peak engagement periods.
This newly created role reflects our commitment to growth and delivering distinctive value for our clients and stakeholders.
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. Learn more about our Application Process and Total Rewards Package at: https://jobs-ca.pwc.com/ca/en/life-at-pwc
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.
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Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Administrative Support, AI Fluency, AI-Human Collaboration, Analytical Thinking, Business Administration, Business Analysis, Business Information System, Business Process Improvement, Business Process Managemen