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Chartered Professional Accountants · Fernie, BC

Accounting work in Fernie, ten minutes from the ski hill.

GPI is a CPA firm on 2nd Avenue, in Fernie since 2000. We hire CPAs, accountants, technicians and bookkeepers who are good at the work and want to live in the Elk Valley.

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From the office to the ski hill Illustration: the GPI office on 2nd Avenue in Fernie, with a road leading ten minutes to Fernie Alpine Resort in the mountains behind. Fernie Alpine Resort GPI · 602 2nd Ave 10 min
10 min to Fernie Alpine Resort
9 m+ of snow a year on the hill
35 hrs office week, May to December
2000 in Fernie, one office since
Why work here

A real practice in a mountain town.

Most people who join us chose Fernie first. We look for people who will do careful work and stay, and we build the job around a life here.

The town is the benefit

Over 2,500 acres and five alpine bowls ten minutes from the office. Trails and the Elk River start at the edge of town.

Living in Fernie →

Hours that leave the afternoon

8:30 to 4:30 from May to December, with an hour for lunch. January to April runs 8:00 to 5:00.

A year at GPI →

Whole files, every kind

Compilations, reviews, society audits, T1, T2, trusts and non-resident returns. You see the file from start to finish.

The work →

Room to get designated

We support CPA candidates through the CPA BC program and hire locally [confirm training-office status].

CPA candidate role →
Open roles

Six roles in the Fernie office.

Pay ranges are posted on every role. If you do accounting work and your title is not listed, apply anyway.

CPA Senior Manager

Senior CPA with a direct path to partnership.
$120,000–$150,000 a yearFull-time · in the Fernie office
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CPA Manager

CPA who runs a portfolio of files and reviews the team's work.
$100,000–$125,000 a yearFull-time · in the Fernie office
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CPA, senior accountant

Designated CPA, or close to it, with public-practice experience.
$82,000–$105,000 a yearFull-time · in the Fernie office
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CPA candidate, staff accountant

In the CPA program, or about to start it.
$60,000–$75,000 a yearFull-time · in the Fernie office
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Accounting technician

Diploma-level accountant who can carry a compilation file.
$52,000–$72,000 a yearFull-time · in the Fernie office
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Bookkeeper

Monthly books, payroll and GST for the firm's business clients.
$52,000–$66,000 a yearFull-time · in the Fernie office
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The work

What the firm does.

Owner-managed businesses, families, not-for-profit societies, lawyers and realtors across the Elk Valley. Six lines of work, all from one office.

  • Bookkeeping, payroll and GSTMonthly books, payroll and GST filings in QuickBooks and Sage 50.
  • Financial statementsCompilation (CSRS 4200) and review engagements for year end, banks and boards.
  • Personal and corporate taxT1, T2 and trust returns, and planning before the year end.
  • AuditsNot-for-profit society audits and trust-account reports for lawyers and realtors.
  • Estate and successionEstate freezes, reorganizations and final returns, with the client's lawyer.
  • Business adviceBudgets, cash flow, financing, and buying or selling a business.
Who to talk to

Your client-facing contacts.

Call 250-423-6881 or email info@fernieaccountant.com and ask for any of them by name.

Gerald Price

CPA, CA

Ken MacLeod

CPA, CA

Heather Price

Office Manager

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