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About the Role

As an Experienced Talent Acquisition Senior Associate, you will identify, engage, and attract mid to senior-level, passive technical talent across financial services, private equity, and consulting industries. You will proactively build and maintain diverse talent pipelines, conduct recruiter screens, and deliver an inclusive candidate experience. This role partners closely with Talent Acquisition and hiring managers, shares market insights, and collaborates on hiring strategies. The position ensures continuity following the departure of a valued team member.

Responsibilities

Identify, engage, and attract mid to senior-level, passive technical talent across financial services, private equity and consulting industries using targeted sourcing and direct outreach strategies
Proactively build and maintain diverse, future-ready talent pipelines for corporate finance, financial modelling, valuations and other key areas under Deals through creative sourcing, market mapping, and relationship‑driven engagement
Conduct thoughtful recruiter screens and exploratory conversations to understand candidates’ technical capabilities, career motivations, and growth aspirations using behavioral and skills‑based interviewing techniques
Deliver a high‑quality, inclusive candidate experience from first contact through offer, acting as a trusted point of connection and advocate for both the candidate and the business
Partner closely with Talent Acquisition and hiring managers during intake and sourcing strategy discussions to clarify role requirements, success criteria, and hiring priorities
Share relevant market insights with all stakeholders, including talent availability, emerging skill trends, and competitive hiring dynamics, to support informed decision‑making
Collaborate with internal partners to understand business goals, workforce priorities, and regional hiring needs, contributing thoughtful input to hiring strategies
Maintain visibility into sourcing activity and pipeline progress, using insights to continuously improve how we approach and support skills-based hiring

Requirements

Demonstrated success identifying and attracting passive, senior‑level talent in in‑house, executive search, or agency environments, with a strong focus on complex and hard‑to‑fill roles
Proven experience sourcing niche talent in highly competitive markets, including creatively building diverse pipelines within professional services or similarly complex organizations
Strong headhunting and networking background, leveraging direct outreach, referrals, and social platforms as core recruitment tools
Hands‑on experience with Workday, Phenom and the Microsoft ecosystem in data‑driven environments requiring strong process discipline and confidentiality, paired with the technical aptitude and eagerness to adopt emerging capabilities such as automation, analytics, and AI
Solid understanding of national and local talent markets, with the ability to stay current on skill trends and shifting candidate dynamics
Strong competency‑ and skills‑based interviewing capability, able to assess technical depth, motivation, and role fit with confidence
Confidence partnering with Talent Acquisition, hiring managers and candidates through data‑backed recommendations, clear communication, and thoughtful negotiation
Agile, customer‑focused professional comfortable operating in a fast‑paced environment, balancing multiple priorities while engaging effectively with up to senior leadership

Skills

Technical talent sourcing
Direct outreach
Talent pipeline building
Market mapping
Relationship building
Behavioral interviewing
Skills-based interviewing
Candidate experience management
Market insights sharing
Workday
Phenom
Microsoft ecosystem
Automation
Analytics
AI
Negotiation

Location

PwC Canada

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior-level
Experienced

Salary/Compensations

$62,200 - $103,600

Benefits

Competitive compensation package
Inclusive benefits
Flexibility programs
Variable incentive pay programs

About the Company

PwC is a professional services organization that helps build trust and deliver sustained outcomes.
We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhere to all relevant pay transparency legislation.
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.

Equal Opportunity

We’re committed to providing accommodation throughout the application, interview, and employment process. If you require accommodation to be at your best, please let us know during the application process.
Our use of AI helps ensure we combat bias by evaluating candidates equally and fairly, without seeing identity information, such as your name, or gender for example). AI also helps us better predict successful hires by reviewing all applicants for a role and the relationship between your skills, experience and likely success at PwC Canada. While AI supports parts of our recruitment process, final hiring decisions always involve human review.