Financial Reporting & Tax Compliance, Senior Associate
PricewaterhouseCoopers • Waterloo, ON • Full Time • $50,100–$83,500 / year
Posted on Thu, Oct 15, 2026
Line of Service
TaxIndustry/Sector
Not ApplicableSpecialism
Entrepreneurial & Private Business (EPB) - GeneralManagement Level
Senior AssociateJob Description & Summary
At PwC, our people in tax services focus on providing advice and guidance to clients on tax planning, compliance, and strategy. These individuals help businesses navigate complex tax regulations and optimise their tax positions.In tax accounting services at PwC, you will assist businesses in preparing and reviewing tax provisions, tax returns, and financial statements, confirming compliance with accounting standards and tax regulations.
The Opportunity
As a Financial Reporting & Tax Compliance Senior Associate, you’ll work in our Tax Line of service as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Managing a variety of projects, including compilations, review engagements, and tax compliance engagements
- Use feedback and reflection to develop self-awareness, personal strengths and address development areas
- Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results
- Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems
- Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends
- Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance
- Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice
- Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives
- Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others
- Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships
- Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct
- Collaborating with others independently or within a team environment
What you’ll bring
- 3 years of experience in a mid-size accounting or public accounting firm
- Bachelors in accounting or in a similar firm
- Qualified Canadian CPA or equivalent reciprocal/recognized designation is considered an asset and PwC will give the necessary support
- Hands-on experience in accounting and tax software such as Taxprep or iFirm
- Drafting financial statements including note disclosures
- Experienced in review and compilation engagements
- Understanding of ASPE accounting standards
- Understanding of Canadian tax and ability to prepare tax returns for corporations, trusts and partnerships
- Creativity in problem solving in today’s dynamic environment, bringing your perspectives to the stakeholders
- Excellent client relationship management skills
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 $50,100 - $83,500. 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
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.
Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)
Degrees/Field of Study required:Degrees/Field of Study preferred:Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)
Required Skills
Optional Skills
Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards, Active Listening, AI Fluency, AI-Human Collaboration, Analytical Thinking, Business Tax Returns, Communication, Creativity, Digital Tooling, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Financial Review, Financial Statement Analysis, Inclusion, Intellectual Curiosity, Learning Agility, Optimism, Preparing Tax Documents, Self-Awareness, Tax Accounting, Tax Compliance, Tax Preparation {+ 4 more}Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)
Travel Requirements
Not SpecifiedAvailable for Work Visa Sponsorship?
NoGovernment Clearance Required?
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