Controller, Financial Reporting

High Tide Inc.; Alberta; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cannabis enterprise in Calgary is seeking a Controller, Financial Reporting to oversee financial operations and reporting. The role requires strong leadership skills, a CPA designation, and significant experience in operational accounting within publicly traded companies. Responsibilities include managing accounting records, preparing financial reports, and ensuring compliance. Flexibility for some remote work is available.

Benefits

Flexibility for remote work

Opportunities for growth

Qualifications

• 10 to 12 years of experience in a publicly traded company.
• Strong experience in procure-to-pay processes and inventory management.
• Experience working in a SOX-compliant environment.

Responsibilities

• Review and prepare monthly business unit P&L reporting.
• Support balance sheet items and income statement variance.
• Manage task distribution and team workload.

Skills

Operational accounting

Management reporting

KPI development

Strong leadership skills

ERP proficiency

Excellent organizational skills

Education

CPA designation

Degree in accounting

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Overview

High Tide Inc. is looking for a Controller, Financial Reporting in our Calgary, AB corporate office. This role is a senior-level professional responsible for overseeing High Tide Inc.’s financial operations and reporting. This includes managing accounting records, preparing financial reports, and ensuring regulatory compliance. The Controller plays a key role in supporting Directors with hands-on financial management and operational insight. This role reports to the Director, Accounting and Reporting.

Responsibilities

• Review and/or prepare (as needed) the monthly business unit P&L reporting.
• Review and/or prepare (as needed) monthly/quarterly/annual reporting for the partnership business.
• Review the accounting of items included under shareholder's equity, debt, ROU, debentures, and PPA-related accounting prepared by the Financial Analyst.
• Lead the treatment of complex accounting matters prepared by Senior Financial Analyst.
• Support balance sheet items and income statement variance, including researching and explaining significant variances by working closely with various departments and the Controller, operational accounting, to support monthly reporting and quarterly notes to FS & MD&A.
• Review the monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financial statements prepared by the financial reporting lead.
• Review the financial notes to accounts and MD&A, quarterly and yearly, prepared by the financial reporting lead.
• Support the team for quarterly free cash flow forecast.
• Coordinate the press release & MD&A with the investor relations team.
• Develop and maintain daily/monthly/annual key performance indicators (KPIs) for the financial reporting team.
• Manage the flow of information to auditors for quarterly review and annual audit.
• Support FP&A team to develop stronger reporting for Area Managers/managing directors/operations.
• Be an extremely hands-on user of the ERP system and drive data, reporting and efficiencies using this system.
• Direct reporting of the treasury analyst to support treasury work, including cash flow planning and GIC investment strategies.
• Challenge the status quo in a professional manner and communicate the need for change to managers/leads using tact and diplomacy.
• Be a key support person to the Director in the development of efficient processes for financial reporting, including related ERP Automation.
• Manage task distribution and team workload to achieve optimal performance.

Qualifications

• CPA designation and a degree in accounting.
• 10 to 12 years of experience in operational accounting, management reporting, and KPI development in a publicly traded company of comparable size, preferably listed on NASDAQ.
• Experience working in Canada, the USA and Europe.
• Strong experience in procure-to-pay processes and inventory management.
• Proven leadership skills with experience managing accounting teams.
• Proficiency in ERP systems with a hands-on approach to data and reporting.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Experience working in Big 4.
• Experience working in a SOX-compliant environment.

Work Environment

• Primarily office-based with flexibility for some remote work.
• Occasional travel may be required for audits or meetings.

Does this sound like it is an opportunity that you have been waiting for? Then apply today and grow with us!

The job posting reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions and duties as required for proper evaluation of the job. There may be additional duties, responsibilities, and qualifications for this job.

Please note that candidates applying for openings must be authorized to work in Canada.

High Tide Inc. is the leading community-grown, retail-forward cannabis enterprise engineered to unleash the full value of the world’s most powerful plant and is the second-largest cannabis retailer globally by store count. High Tide (HITI) is uniquely-built around the cannabis consumer, with wholly-diversified and fully-integrated operations across all components of cannabis, including

• Bricks & Mortar Retail: Canna Cabana is the largest cannabis retail chain in Canada, with 200+ current locations spanning British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and growing.
• Retail Innovation: Fastendr, a fully automated technology that employs retail kiosks to facilitate a better buying experience through browsing, ordering and pickup.
• Consumption Accessories: High Tide operates a suite of leading accessory e-commerce platforms across the world, including Grasscity.com, Smokecartel.com, Dailyhighclub.com, and Dankstop.com.
• E-commerce Platforms: High Tide operates a suite of leading accessory sites across the world, including Grasscity.com, Smokecartel.com, Dailyhighclub.com, and Dankstop.com.

Brands High Tide’s industry-leading and consumer-facing brand roster includes Queen of Bud, Cabana Cannabis Co, Daily High Club, Vodka Glass, Puff Puff Pass, Dopezilla, Atomik, Hue, Evolution and more.

CBD High Tide continues to cultivate the possibilities of consumer CBD through Nuleafnaturals.com, FABCBD.com, blessedcbd.de and blessedcbd.co.uk. Wholesale Distribution High Tide keeps that cannabis category stocked with wholesale solutions via Valiant. Licensing High Tide continues to push cannabis culture forward through fresh partnerships and license agreements under the Famous Brandz name.

High Tide consistently moves ahead of the currents, having been named one of Canada’s Top Growing Companies in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 by the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Magazine, and was named as one of the top 10 performing diversified industries stocks in both 2022 and 2024 TSX Venture 50. High Tide was also ranked number one in the retail category on the Financial Times list of Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies for 2024.

To discover the full impact of High Tide, visit www.hightideinc.com. For investment performance, don’t miss the High Tide profile pages on SEDAR+ and EDGAR.

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