Finance and Accounting Managed Services Manager

PwC - Global; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm in Toronto is seeking a finance professional to lead projects and mentor team members. The role requires extensive experience in financial reporting and management accounting, with a CPA preferred. You will engage with clients, analyze financial statements, and improve financial processes while promoting teamwork and continuous development. The firm offers a competitive compensation package and values diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package

Flexible work programs

Inclusive benefits

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in accounting or finance with a strong track record.
• Knowledge of Canadian accounting standards (ASPE/IFRS).
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of projects ensuring successful planning and execution.
• Mentor team members and foster a collaborative environment.
• Engage with clients to identify evolving needs and opportunities.

Skills

Financial reporting

Management accounting

Digital data analysis

Project management

Coaching and mentorship

Education

CPA or equivalent

Tools

ERP systems

Cloud accounting software

Job description

Job Summary

At PwC, our people in managed services focus on a variety of outsourced solutions and support clients across numerous functions. These individuals help organisations streamline their operations, reduce costs, and improve efficiency by managing key processes and functions on their behalf. They are skilled in project management, technology, and process optimization to deliver high-quality services to clients.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in accounting or finance, with a strong track record in financial reporting and/or management accounting.
• CPA or equivalent is highly preferred.
• Knowledge of Canadian accounting standards (ASPE/IFRS) and ability to proactively and independently research guidance.
• Experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and/or cloud accounting software is considered an asset.
• Proficiency in digital and/or data analysis tools.
• Effectively juggle multiple projects and teams under pressure with a proactive approach.
• Senior team members are expected, when needed, to dive into the details to ensure complex or challenging engagements are completed on time and with quality.
• Demonstrate coachability by actively seeking feedback, embracing growth opportunities, and pursuing continuous development.
• Actively mentor and support engagement team members by sharing expertise and feedback, helping them grow and contribute to a collaborative, high‑performing, and inclusive environment for their engagements.
• Actively coach specific individuals and collaborate around their professional growth.
• The ability to clearly present findings and recommendations, both written and verbally, is vital.
• Proactively engage with existing clients to understand their evolving needs and identify opportunities for increasing scope or other services.
• Review monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financial statements across multiple entities.
• Review variance analysis, account reconciliations, and financial modeling to support decision‑making.
• Support the sharing of insights with clients on a regular basis.
• Drive accountability for the team's execution of a robust financial close process.

What You’ll Love About PwC

We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be 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.

We’re committed to providing accommodations throughout the application, interview, and employment process. If you require an accommodation to be at your best, please let us know during the application process. To learn more about inclusion and diversity at PwC Canada: https://www.pwc.com/ca/en/about-us/diversity-inclusion.html. Be a part of The New Equation.