Hello, I am the face behind Amy Brosinski,
Chartered Professional Accountant!

I am thrilled that you have found my page. I hope that I can be of service to you and your business (if you have one!) First, you might want to know a little bit about me, so here is a recap of what brought me to where I am today.

I received my Chartered Accountant (CA) designation in January of 2005, which was redesignated to a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation in 2014.

I instantly knew I wanted to become an Accountant when I took my first accounting course in Grade 11. I demonstrated an innate aptitude for accounting and completed two additional accounting courses in high school, leading my principal to write a letter of recommendation stating that I was “possibly the most capable accounting student to come from Chilliwack Senior.” I referred back to that letter throughout my studies whenever I needed a confidence boost.

Once I graduated high school, I started the business program at the University of the Fraser Valley. I joined the Co-Operative education program (“Co-Op”) to gain valuable work experience while completing my degree. In October of 2000, I was fortunate to get a Co-Op position at a public accounting firm. I quickly fell in love with the work I was doing and I was lucky enough to have my three-month term extended to an additional four months part-time work while I returned to my full-time studies at the end of my Co-Op term. I was then on the hunt for another public accounting position and was happy to be offered a part-time position at MNP (previously Edmondson Roper), who was willing to allow me to work my hours around my final year of my University studies.

In April, 2002 I graduated from the University of the Fraser Valley with my Bachelor of Business Administration degree and in September of 2002, I started the intense program to become a Chartered Accountant. I finished the necessary coursework and then began studying for the three-day final exam, which I wrote in September of 2004. In December I learned that I had successfully written the exam and upon completion of the necessary practicum hours in January of 2005, I was awarded my designation of Chartered Accountant.

I continued to work with MNP until June of 2008, when I decided to take some time off as I was expecting my second child. In October of 2009, I returned to the workforce when I was presented with an amazing opportunity to work for The Terry Fox Foundation and The Terry Fox Research Institute as their Financial Controller. In 2018, after a relocation of The Terry Fox Foundation's head office, I had another career change. After almost ten years of being away from public accounting and having really missed it, I decided it was time to return to public accounting. For the subsequent four years, I worked for a small accounting office in Chilliwack, BC. In that position, I was responsible for all the corporate year-end accounting and corporate tax returns. I also completed personal income tax returns and did some bookkeeping.

When not busy working, I spend most of my spare time with my family - my lovingly supportive husband Mark of twenty years and our two sons, Luke and Drew. Our boys are quickly growing before my eyes and will be off to University before I know it, so I try to soak up all the time I have left with them. We love to camp together as a family and spend lots of time outdoors enjoying the wonders that the Fraser Valley has to offer.