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Open roles · Fernie, BC

Accounting technician

Diploma-level accountant who can carry a compilation file. $52,000–$72,000 a year, full-time, in the office at 602 2nd Avenue, Fernie.

Pay
$52,000–$72,000 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 engagements for owner-managed businesses
  • Corporate and personal tax returns
  • Year-end adjustments and working papers for CPA review

What we look for

  • Accounting diploma or equivalent experience
  • Two or more years in a public-practice firm
  • QuickBooks Online and Sage 50; tax software experience
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