Description

Join us in cultivating a collaborative workplace driven by unique perspectives. We’re proud PwC advances a culture that helps everyone to thrive. It's one of the reasons we're recognized as a "Top Company" to work for in Canada. As you ignite a meaningful career and build a network that’ll last for life, you'll work with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to help solve important problems, empowered by technology to turn today's ideas into tomorrow's solutions. We cultivate an environment in which our differences are embraced and our people feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work. An empowering and diverse environment starts with you. Are you ready to get started?

A career in our Sustainability practice, within Risk Assurance Compliance and Analytics services, will provide you with the opportunity to assist clients in developing analytics and technology solutions that help them detect, monitor, and predict risk. 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.

Our team helps organisations plan, source, deliver, finance and measure the wider impact of products and services. We’re helping to future proof businesses by making them more resilient and sustainable. You’ll focus on identifying and prioritising 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.

Sustainability and climate change are at the top of the agenda for many organizations, but many are at different stages in understanding how they should respond. As part of our team, you’ll help our clients balance competing economic, social and environmental goals. We offer services to both public and private sector clients across a range of specialist subject areas. Our established team includes economists, natural scientists, engineers, finance and accounting professionals – working with some of the world’s leading organisations towards an economy with purpose.

What you’ll create and do

As a Senior 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:

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

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 a

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

Support internal and external thought leadership

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

Supporting client deliverables in a timely manner 

Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and ability to share resources and best practices

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

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 to valuing differences, developing and coaching diverse teams, and ensuring diverse perspectives are heard

Considerable professional experience in any relevant sector including professional services, consulting, business, government or NGOs

Hands on work experience in sustainability including: training and application of the GHG Protocol, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), SASB, TCFD and other relevant sustainability reporting standards

Familiarity with sustainability-related management systems, including ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 26000, and other systems

Demonstrated experience with GHG quantification, assurance and reporting engagements including scope 3 and financed emissions; 

Understanding of the net-zero and science-based targets initiatives landscape, including climate risk, scenario analysis, and impact measurement

GHG quantification, carbon accounting and assurance

Understanding of the Federal and Provincial regulations related to GHG emissions and other material topics related to environmental issues

Demonstrated experience with green, social and sustainability bonds advisory and assurance, familiarity with the most relevant frameworks

Excellent critical thinking, intellectual curiosity and problem solving capabilities

Strong research, analytical and report writing skills

High proficiency with Microsoft Excel and handling large amounts of data

Ability to maintain high standard to deliver projects/assignments on time

Ability to work collaboratively as part of multi-disciplinary teams

Strong personal initiative, agility and resourcefulness

Excellent oral and verbal communication skills

Bilingualism in French will be considered an asset