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Open roles · Fernie, BC

CPA, senior accountant

Designated CPA, or close to it, with public-practice experience. $82,000–$105,000 a year, full-time, in the office at 602 2nd Avenue, Fernie.

Pay
$82,000–$105,000 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

  • Compilation (CSRS 4200) and review engagements, start to finish
  • Audits of not-for-profit societies and trust-account reports
  • T2 corporate, T3 trust and estate returns; reorganizations with the partners
  • Review the work of technicians and CPA candidates
  • Deal with clients directly: you are the person on their file

What we look for

  • CPA designation, or PEP nearly complete
  • Three or more years in public practice
  • Comfortable running a file without a manager checking every step
  • CaseWare, TaxCycle and QuickBooks Online, or equivalent
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