Capital Markets Transactions - Senior Associate

PwC Canada; Calgary; On-site; CAD 58,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC Canada’s Capital Markets Accounting Advisory Services (CMAAS) team is seeking a Senior Associate to lead complex financial reporting for capital market transactions across acquisitions, divestitures, IPOs, and restructurings. You will collaborate with senior management, bankers, lawyers, and advisers to deliver high-quality accounting solutions.

You’ll play a key role in coordinating prospectuses, comfort letters, and related deliverables while mentoring team members and enhancing

Qualifications

• Experience in public accounting, accounting advisory or deals-focused environment.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, US GAAP and ASPE is a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to convey complex technical matters clearly.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Team-oriented mindset with ability to build relationships across diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, coordinate, and review prospectuses and offering-related deliverables with global delivery teams.
• Partner with PwC audit teams and clients for quality, accuracy, and efficient execution.
• Liaise with external counsel, underwriters, and client contacts to manage timelines and resolve comments.
• Progressively take on review and coaching responsibilities for junior staff.
• Contribute to standardized processes, tools, training materials, and digital solutions.

Skills

Public accounting experience

Accounting advisory

Financial reporting

IFRS/US GAAP/ASPE knowledge

Excellent communication

Multi-workstream management

Team collaboration

Education

Canadian CPA designation

Job description

The Capital Markets Accounting Advisory Services team (“CMAAS”) at PwC is a team committed to supporting clients through moments of exceptional change by providing accounting advisory services. These services include accounting advice to our clients through acquisitions and divestitures, accounting change, restructuring and capital transactions, such as IPOs, and digital transformation projects. A career within CMAAS will provide you with the opportunity to be responsible for complex financial reporting issues around transactions and other transformational events. You’ll tackle client’s needs with a solution-oriented approach that creatively addresses complex financial reporting problems for high profile transactions, and you’ll have significant interaction with senior company management, teams, bankers, lawyers and other advisers. Within CMAAS, the Prospectus Centre of Excellence team supports the successful execution of complex financing transactions by delivering high quality, consistent prospectus related services. Joining the Prospectus Centre of Excellence offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of technical accounting, capital markets, and operational transformation. You’ll gain exposure to a wide variety of complex financing transactions while helping shape how a national capability is built and scaled.

The Opportunity

As a Capital Markets Transactions 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:

• Playing a key role in preparing, coordinating, and reviewing prospectuses and offering-related deliverables, including comfort letters, due diligence correspondence, and consent letters, while working with global delivery teams to deliver timely, high-quality resultss, across a wide range of financing transactions
• Partnering closely with PwC audit teams and clients to deliver consistent quality, technical accuracy, and efficient execution
• Liaising with external legal counsel, underwriters, and client contacts to manage timelines and resolve review comments effectively
• Progressively taking on review and coaching responsibilities, supporting the development of team members as you deepen your technical expertise
• Contributing to standardized processes, tools, training materials, and digital solutions that improve quality and efficiency across engagements.

What You’ll Bring

Your skills, knowledge, and experience are what set you apart. Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Experience in public accounting, accounting advisory, financial reporting, or a deals-focused environment
• Canadian CPA designation, or an equivalent recognized or reciprocal designation
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, US GAAP, and ASPE is considered an asset
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical matters clearly and concisely
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• A genuine enthusiasm for complex transactions and collaborative problem-solving
• A team-oriented mindset and the ability to build effective relationships with diverse teams and stakeholders

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 $58,400 - $97,500. 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.

Whyyou’lllove PwC

We’reinspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology,you’llbe 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.

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