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Audit Associate – Summer / Fall 2026

At PwC, our people in audit and assurance focus on providing independent and objective assessments of financial statements, internal controls, and other assurable information that enhances the credibility and reliability of this information for a variety of stakeholders. They evaluate compliance with regulations, including assessing governance and risk management processes and related controls. In financial statement audit at PwC, you will focus on obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and issue an auditor’s report that includes the auditor’s opinion.

Driven by curiosity, you are a reliable, contributing member of a team. In our fast‑paced environment, you are expected to adapt to working with a variety of clients and team members, each presenting varying challenges and scope. Every experience is an opportunity to learn and grow. You are expected to take ownership and consistently deliver quality work that drives value for our clients and success as a team.

As you navigate through the Firm, you build a brand for yourself, opening doors to more opportunities.

• Apply a learning mindset and take ownership for your own development.
• Appreciate diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
• Adopt habits to sustain high performance and develop your potential.
• Actively listen, ask questions to check understanding, and clearly express ideas.
• Seek, reflect, act on, and give feedback.
• Gather information from a range of sources to analyse facts and discern patterns.
• Commit to understanding how the business works and building commercial awareness.
• Learn and apply professional and technical standards (e.g. PwC tax and audit guidance), uphold the Firm’s code of conduct and independence requirements.

As part of the External Audit team you are expected to focus on learning and contributing to client engagement and projects while developing your skills and knowledge to deliver quality work. As an Associate you are expected to build acumen to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, embrace ambiguity, ask questions, and use these challenges as opportunities for growth.

This role emphasises curiosity, adaptability, reliability, and personal growth, providing exposure to clients to learn how to build meaningful client connections and manage and inspire others.

• Participate in various stages of a financial statement audit and internal controls audit.
• Engage in diverse projects, showcasing creative thinking and initiative.
• Collaborate effectively as a team member.
• Identify and address client needs proactively.
• Prioritise and finalise tasks with professional skepticism.
• Develop skills and knowledge to deliver quality work.
• Build meaningful client connections and inspire others.
• Adapt to changing environments and demonstrate reliability.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting.
• Required cumulative GPA: 3.0.
• Before starting full‑time at PwC, meet the educational requirements to be eligible to sit for the CPA exam in your intended state of employment.

• Preferred cumulative GPA: 3.3.
• Researching and analysing client, industry, and technical matters.
• Utilising problem‑solving skills and managing multiple tasks.
• Interacting with various levels of leadership.
• Self‑motivation and taking responsibility for personal growth.
• Meeting educational requirements for CPA licence eligibility.
• Client service associate positions are entry‑level roles and job seekers have completed or are in the process of completing their final academic year of educational requirements.

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PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry‑level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H‑1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy. As PwC is an equal‑opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; colour; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender…