About the Role
The Audit Quality function is seeking a Practice Coordinator, Audit Quality to provide administrative, operational, and project coordination. This role supports engagement teams, risk management, and national leadership to ensure consistent audit execution, compliance with standards, and continuous quality improvement.
Responsibilities
- Provide project level and operational support to partners, senior managers, managers, and their teams within the Audit Quality function.
- Coordinate in-person meetings and conference calls, including preparing materials, organizing logistics, taking minutes, and tracking follow-up items.
- Provide project coordination support by organizing timelines, tracking key activities, following up on outstanding items, and supporting consistent execution of Audit Quality priorities.
- Manage key stakeholder relationships and support effective communication, coordination, and collaboration across the Audit Quality function and broader Audit practice.
- Perform regular tasks and execute ad-hoc administrative, operational, and project work to support Audit Quality partners and their teams’ deliverables and goals.
- Support process improvements, including automating tasks and creating efficiencies within Audit Quality Initiatives.
Requirements
- Demonstrates a high level of professionalism, discretion, and integrity when handling sensitive and confidential information.
- Strong project management and coordination skills, with the ability to organize priorities, manage timelines, and follow up on action items.
- Strong operational skills, with the ability to support process execution, documentation, tracking, and continuous improvement activities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to draft correspondence, prepare clear meeting minutes, and support high-quality documentation.
- Good judgment and analytical skills with a strong focus on accuracy, completeness, and attention to detail.
- Advanced skills with Adobe and Microsoft products, in particular Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Copilot, and Teams.
- Capable of working independently, taking ownership of tasks, and proactively identifying where support is required.
- Ability to quickly and smoothly adapt to changing demands and support multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency and willingness to quickly learn proprietary software and new digital tools.
- Knowledge of automation tools is considered an asset.
- Administrative experience is an asset.
- College diploma or an equivalent combination of education and experience with an administrative assistant skill set.
Skills
- Project management
- Coordination
- Operational support
- Process execution
- Documentation
- Tracking
- Continuous improvement
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Drafting correspondence
- Meeting minutes preparation
- High-quality documentation
- Judgment
- Analytical skills
- Accuracy
- Completeness
- Attention to detail
- Adobe products
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Copilot
- Microsoft Teams
- Independent work
- Task ownership
- Proactive identification of support needs
- Adaptability
- Stakeholder support
- Fast-paced environment adaptation
- Proprietary software proficiency
- New digital tool learning
- Automation tools knowledge
- Administrative experience
Location
- Ontario
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Administrative assistant skill set
Education Level
- College diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience
Salary/Compensations
- $63,000 to $94,500
Benefits
- May be eligible for bonus awards
- Comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards program
About the Company
- KPMG in Canada's people bring unique perspectives to Canada’s most important challenges.
- Build momentum that reaches beyond our business.
- Develop skills for the future.
- Take ownership of your career with support at every stage.
- Join a firm where your career can make a difference.
- Our Values: Integrity, Excellence, Courage, Together, For Better.
Equal Opportunity
- KPMG in Canada is a proud equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating a respectful, inclusive and barrier-free workplace that allows all of our people to reach their full potential.
- A diverse workforce is key to our success and we believe in bringing your whole self to work.
- We welcome all qualified candidates to apply and hope you will choose KPMG in Canada as your employer of choice.
- Adjustments and accommodations throughout the recruitment process.
- We aim to provide a positive experience and are prepared to offer adjustments or accommodations to help you perform at your best.
- Adjustments (informal requests), such as extra preparation time or the option for micro breaks during interviews, and accommodations (formal requests), such as accessible communication supports or technology aids, are tailored to individual needs and role requirements.
- You will have an opportunity to request an adjustment or accommodation at any point throughout the recruitment process.
- If you require support, please contact KPMG’s Employee Relations Service team by calling 1-888-466-4778.
