Open roles · Fernie, BC

CPA candidate, staff accountant

In the CPA program, or about to start it. $60,000–$75,000 a year, full-time, in the office at 602 2nd Avenue, Fernie.

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Pay: $60,000–$75,000 a year
Type: Full-time, permanent
Where: In the office, 602 2nd Avenue, Fernie
Hours: 40 a week Oct–Feb and May–Jun; 48 a week Mar–Apr, banked at 1.5 times; 32 a week Jul–Sep, Fridays off on the banked time
Posted: 2026-10-19

About the role

What you'll do

Year-end files under a CPA's review: working papers to draft statements
T1 and T2 returns, including the January-to-April personal tax season
Engagement work across compilations, reviews and society audits
Practical experience toward your designation: GPI is a CPA BC pre-approved training office

What we look for

Accounting degree, enrolled in or about to start the CPA program
Some public-practice experience helps; it is not required
Careful with detail and willing to ask early

Apply for this role

The application takes about ten minutes and asks for your résumé, your CPA body and member number if you are a CPA, and a few sentences about a recent file. A partner replies within five business days.

Why Fernie

Five kilometres from the ski hill.

About 6,300 people, three hours from Calgary, 75 minutes from Cranbrook's airport. Weeks are 40 hours for most of the year, 48 in March and April with the overtime banked at 1.5 times, and 32 in July, August and September with Fridays off on the banked time. What changes if you move here, including the harder parts, and what there is to do.

5 kmfrom town to Fernie Alpine Resort

~9 mof snow a year on the hill

370 kmof trails kept up by the Fernie Trails Alliance

3 hrsby car to Calgary

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