January 2027 - Risk Services - Sustainability Reporting & Assurance (CPA) - Full-time - Montreal

The Opportunity: Sustainability 

Our Sustainability Reporting & Assurance professionals help organizations effectively manage sustainability related risk and opportunities, while also navigating through increasingly complex regulatory requirements. You will have the opportunity to work with organizations on building trusted information they need to make sound decisions. Using advanced technology, we’re able to focus on establishing the right controls, processes and structures for our clients to ensure that decisions are based on accurate information and assure that information provided to third parties is accurate, complete, and can be trusted. Future reporting won’t just be about financials - it will also be about measures like people’s insights, intellectual capital, and social and environmental impacts. As part of our team, you’ll focus on identifying and prioritizing sustainability issues, setting goals that support alignment and integration of the sustainability vision into overall corporate strategy, and implementing processes, controls, systems, and dashboards to measure progress for consistent and accurate reporting.  

What you’ll create and do:

As an Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Qualitative and quantitative research using ESG data

• Develop and execute on assurance procedures related to ESG attestation engagements

• Evaluation of organizations’ processes & controls to support external reporting

• Complex technical accounting and analysis of GAAP impacts related to ESG

• Apply analytical skills and specialist knowledge with our world-class client base

• Assist in developing appropriate disclosuresin accordance with approved ESG reporting standards and framework

• Contribute effectively to complex, multi-disciplinary projects – often supporting several projects at a time

• Helping our clients improve the way they report and build trust around their sustainability performance 

• Assisting our clients in tackling climate change issues and opportunities by providing Greenhouse Gas reporting, quantification, and assurance

• Support internal and external thought leadership, while building client relationships and providing industry insight on ESG

• Providing ESG reporting & assurance services to household names in a diverse range of industries – everyone from big-name broadcasters to multinational banks, telecoms operators and energy companies

• Participate in client meetings and assist in preparation of deliverables and reports

• Business development activities such as assistance in preparation of budgets and proposals and initiating marketing of services to new and existing clients

What you’ll bring to this role

• Enrolled in or completed post-secondary education and working to obtain or have obtained all Canadian CPA required prerequisite courses 

• An interest in upskilling for a digital world and technology trends, an openness to learning new tools and adapting how you work

• A demonstrated commitment tovaluing differences and working alongside diverse people and perspectives

• Strong written and verbal communication skills to articulate new ideas

• Highly detail oriented with excellent organizational and analytical skills; an ability to think broadly and to ask questions about data, facts and other information to deliver quality to our clients

• Share and collaborate effectively with others, building relationships which are genuine and rooted in trust

• Ability to easily adapt and prioritize, demonstrating project management skills to handle changing priorities 

• Examples of alignment with PwC Values: Acting with Integrity, Working Together, Care, Reimagine the Possible and Make a Difference

• You’ll be comfortable traveling to cities across Canada (when deemed safe to do so by applicable public health or regulatory authorities and PwC)

• This role requires that you are legally entitled to work for PwC in Canada for the intended duration of the offer/contract.

• Excellentemaîtrise du français exigée

Note: We only allow you to submit one application; however, you are able to select a second and third office preference.

Please note:

• Apply before our applications close on September 30th, 2026 at 11:59pm (EDT). To learn about our application process, visit our Applying to PwCpage on our campus recruitment website

• This position is eligible for PwC Canada’s Award and Mentorship Programs. 

Why you’ll love PwC:

• Personalized Benefits & Wellbeing: Choose flexible health, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage. Access mental health support ($3,500 annually), virtual care, and up to a $750 lifestyle account for wellness, fitness, and personal growth. 

• Invest in Your Future: Boost your retirement savings with employer matching and take advantage of financial planning resources and banking programs. 

• Growth & Learning: Unlock coaching, mentoring, and clear career paths to help you reach your potential.  

• Time off to focus on what matters most: Enjoy up to 31 paid days off including summer and winter office closures, substitute a public holiday to observe your religious holiday, or take part in international remote work options to extend your time abroad,  

• Inclusive, Purpose-Driven Culture: Join a diverse, supportive team where you can be your authentic self, build lifelong relationships, and help shape tomorrow.

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.