Management Consulting Associate - Winter / Spring 2026

Job Summary & Description

At PwC, our people in management consulting focus on helping clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. They work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. These individuals help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage. Management consultants help the world’s most significant organisations, public and private, quickly become more effective. They improve the way organisations operate; manage costs; better align people, process and technology initiatives; support business growth to maintain or improve competitive edge and complete market and regulatory risk assessment. As a management consulting generalist at PwC, you will play a vital role in helping clients optimise their operations, improve performance, and achieve strategic objectives. Your work may include analysing business data, developing strategies, supporting management teams, collaborating across teams, optimising tools and technology, improving organisational performance, monitoring compliance, and/or managing change.

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.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• 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. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), uphold the Firm's code of conduct and independence requirements.

The Opportunity
As part of the Management Consulting team you support consulting solutions to PwC clients. As an Associate you focus on learning and contributing to client engagement and projects while developing your skills and knowledge to deliver quality work. This role involves researching and analyzing technical matters, utilizing problem-solving skills, and building relationships with team members.

Responsibilities
- Supporting consulting solutions to PwC clients
- Researching and analyzing technical matters
- Utilizing problem-solving skills
- Building relationships with team members
- Developing skills and knowledge to deliver quality work
- Contributing to client engagements
- Supporting senior staff in project tasks
- Engaging in research and analysis

What You Must Have
- Bachelor's Degree

What Sets You Apart
- Preferred Cumulative GPA: 3.3
- Preferred Major GPA: 3.3
- Preferred field of study: Accounting, Accounting & Finance, Accounting & Technology, Actuarial Science, Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering, Analytics, Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics, Automotive Engineering, Banking and Insurance, Banking and Finance, Biomedical Engineering, Business Administration/Management, Business Analytics, Business Application Programming, Business Communications, Business Education, Business Leadership, Business Studies, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Commerce, Computer and Information Science, Computer and Information Science & Accounting, Computer Applications, Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering & Accounting, Computer Management, Computer Programming, Computer Systems Analysis, Computer Systems Analysis & Accounting, Consumer Studies, Corporate Finance, Cost and Works Accountants, Data Processing/Analytics/Science, e-Business, Economics, Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance & Technology, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Engineering and Business, Engineering Mechanics, Engineering Physics, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Health/Engineering, Finance, Finance & Asset Analysis, Finance & Technology, Financial Markets, Financial Mathematics, Forensic Science, Human Resources Management, Humanities, Industrial and Operations Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Management, Industrial Psychology, Information CyberSecurity & Accounting, Information Technology, Information Technology & Accounting, International Business, International Finance, Liberal Arts, Management, Management Information Systems, Management Information Systems & Accounting, Management of Technology, Managerial Economics, Marketing, Mathematical Economics, Mathematical Statistics, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Operations Management/Research, Organizational Behavior Studies, Organizational Management, Petroleum Engineering, Psychology, Public Health, Public Policy Analysis, Quantitative Finance, Risk Management, Statistics, Supply Chain Management, Systems Engineering, Systems Engineering & Accounting
- Interest in various aspects of Management Consulting
- Desire to pursue a career in consulting
- Building relationships as a team member
- Communicating in an organized and knowledgeable manner
- Delivering clear requests for information
- Demonstrating flexibility in prioritizing and completing tasks
- Understanding personal and team roles
- Contributing to a positive working environment
- Researching and analyzing technical matters
*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

Additional Details

Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work

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: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.

As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.

For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.



The salary range for this position is: $72,000 - $100,000, plus individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. For roles that are based in Maryland, this is the listed salary range for this position. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance