Indigenous Services

Crowe MacKay LLP has been working with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities for over 55 years. We’ve built a reputation for excellence by providing customized, value-added advice specific to your community’s financial needs.

The comprehensive, on-target accounting services for Indigenous communities in Canada that we offer are a direct result of our specialized knowledge of the First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities.

As a team, we focus on providing insights to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of your community’s financial operations. 

We have a passion for delivering high-quality service to Indigenous communities. In addition to traditional accounting, auditing, and tax services, we provide a full range of Indigenous-specific consulting services, including:

• Financial policy and procedure manual development
• Accounting software selection
• Internal control system development and implementation
• Annual operating, capital, and cash flow budget preparation
• Governance, operation, and financial reporting training
• Sage 50 (Simply) and Sage 300 (Accpac) consulting
• Acting as co-managers to develop plans to deliver services and programs to Members, reduce debt, and manage cash flow
• Facilitating with funding providers such as Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Service Canada, and others
• Developing investment organizations, including trusts and limited partnerships
• Investment opportunities analysis, investment criteria and selection policy development
• Part-time controllership services
• Business plans and feasibility study preparation
• Business valuations when buying or selling a business
• Consulting for business enterprises
• Government negotiation support
• GST and tax planning facilitation
• Litigation support and fraud investigations
• Baseline cybersecurity control assessment
• IT strategy consulting
• Mobile application development and management