With over 20 years of experience, Janelle is a Partner at KPMG in Canada’s Greater Toronto Area (GTA) Mining practice. Janelle has extensive experience in tax planning, tax advisory, tax due diligence, financing, and structuring of investments outside of Canada.
The majority of Janelle’s client work is mining based, she deals with both Canadian head offices with foreign operations and clients with Canadian mining operations, covering both inbound and outbound structures. For companies with Canadian operations and/or Canadian exploration, she has a focus on Canadian income tax and mining tax with in-depth knowledge of the flow through share tax regime. In addition, Janelle has a deep understanding of the CRA audit process and has helped manage on behalf of clients including review of CRA audit queries, research of past corporate tax returns, and co-ordination to prepare appropriate responses.
Janelle was previously the team lead for tax provision reporting under IFRS for large multinational mining companies with active operations in jurisdictions such as Brazil, Mexico, Burkina Faso, the United States, Canada, and more. She has also performed due diligence and tax structuring planning for acquisitions in foreign jurisdictions.
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Bachelor of Commerce, Cooperative Program, University of Alberta
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Masters of Professional Accounting, University of Saskatchewan
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CICA In-Depth Level I and Level II
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CPA, CA
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Director, Nishnawbe Homes Inc.