Accountant

PwC Australia

📍Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Posted May 22, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Accountant

Company

PwC Australia

Location

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4407936751

Job Description

Location:
This role could be based out of any of our PwC offices in Australia

About Us
At PwC Australia, our team provides a range of Assurance services and business advice to a variety of clients from small, fast growing businesses to large entities. We often work with well known brands with broad international reach. We use the latest technology to reduce the level of manual testing, ensuring you’ll focus on the most valuable areas of client service, and on enhancing corporate governance and the reliability of our clients’ information. We're looking for Experienced Accountants to work on client engagements through complex auditing practices.

As an Accountant, you’ll play a vital role in solving problems by leading the assessment of application security and areas prone to fraud and financial misstatement and streamlining processes that are part of our client’s core business. You'll learn plenty as you supervise key engagements in a workplace that’s human-led and tech-enabled.

Why PwC?
At PwC Australia, your skills meet purpose. We tackle big challenges across industries like finance, technology, energy, and health—giving you the chance to make a real impact. Here, your growth is our priority. You’ll work with leading teams, explore new technologies, and unlock your full potential.

Join a global community of more than 370,000 people who value bold ideas, collaboration, and lasting change. Together, we’re building trust and shaping the future.

What you’ll do:

  • Lead a full range of assurance tasks including the planning, testing, reviewing and reporting stages on large and complex client engagements

  • Conduct financial investigations, prepare reports and undertake audits

  • Develop relationships with a range of market-leading clients by delivering outstanding client services

  • Lead and develop an energetic, diverse and high-performing team

  • Grow your project management, leadership, networking and technical skills, supported by a dedicated coach and Partner

What we’re looking for:

  • Strong collaboration skills and the ability to shape financial audit strategies and methodologies with cross-functional teams

  • Deep knowledge of internal controls, with a track record of assessing, designing, and documenting control environments

  • Proven ability to coach and mentor junior colleagues while building effective internal relationships

What you could gain:

  • The opportunity to work with leading organisations and cutting-edge technology that challenge and expand your expertise.

  • Flexibility means trusting you to choose when, where, and how you work—balancing what’s best for you, your team, and your clients to grow and thrive together.

  • Clear paths for career progression supported by continuous learning and leadership development.

  • Generous leave entitlements including four weeks’ annual leave and float public holidays to support your work-life balance.

We know that perks are as important as your financial rewards. Explore all the benefits that PwC has to offer here: https://bit.ly/4fFLA3z

Ready to grow here and go further?
Join PwC Australia as an Accountant and make an impact that goes beyond the expected. Apply now and take your next step with a team shaping the future.

The minimum salary for a Senior Associate in this role is AUD 89,100 including superannuation. Higher grades will receive a salary range above this in line with the salary bands for these positions.

*We’re committed to treating all our job applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their actual or assumed background, disability, neurodivergence, or any other protected characteristic. We want you to have every opportunity to thrive in our selection process. In the application form, you can let us know what adjustments you require during our recruitment process and/or any workplace accommodations you anticipate needing to help you perform your role.*
No agencies please: We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not submit CVs in response to this advertisement. We are only accepting applications direct from individuals.

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.How do you approach assessing and documenting internal controls for a large, complex client engagement?
  • 2.Can you explain your methodology for planning and executing a financial investigation or complex audit from start to finish?
  • 3.When evaluating application security and areas prone to fraud or financial misstatement, what specific red flags do you look for, and how do you investigate them?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you had to lead and develop a diverse, high-performing team during a complex assurance engagement.
  • 2.Describe a situation where you shaped a financial audit strategy by collaborating with cross-functional teams.
  • 3.Give an example of a time you identified a significant risk of financial misstatement or fraud and how you handled it.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You are leading an engagement and realize that a client's core business process relies heavily on manual testing, which is prone to error and inefficiency. How do you approach streamlining this process?
  • 2.A junior colleague on your team is struggling to understand a complex control environment assessment, which is slowing down the engagement. How do you handle this while managing project deadlines?

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Assurance servicesComplex auditingInternal controlsFinancial misstatementFraud assessmentCross-functional collaborationTeam leadershipClient engagementTech-enabled testingMentoringAudit strategyProject management

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