Overview:
High Tide Inc. is one of the largest and fastest-growing cannabis retail and consumer accessories companies globally, operating a diverse portfolio of retail, e-commerce, and CBD brands across North America and Europe, including Canna Cabana, Smoke Cartel, Daily High Club, and NuLeaf Naturals.
As we continue expanding our operations globally, we are looking for a highly analytical and detail-oriented Lead Operations Accountant to join our growing Finance team in Calgary. This role is ideal for a CPA who thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and enjoys leading operational accounting processes, improving efficiencies, and partnering cross-functionally across the business. This role reports to the Controller.
If you are passionate about operational accounting, process improvement, lease accounting, reconciliations, and mentoring team members, we would love to hear from you.
Responsibilities:
- Review monthly SOX-compliant salary and wage reconciliations, including related accruals.
- Review consolidated reconciliations for deferred revenue and prepaid accounts.
- Review and approve deferred revenue and prepaid journal entries.
- Oversee fixed asset accounting for retail stores, e-commerce operations, and international entities.
- Review IFRS 16 lease accounting for a rapidly growing portfolio of retail stores, warehouses, and international operations.
- Review consolidated intercompany reconciliations and OCI workbooks to ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Partner closely with Treasury to coordinate timely intercompany settlements and accurate accounting entries.
- Support and guide the accounting team to ensure accurate and timely monthly close deliverables.
- Collaborate with various departments to ensure accurate variance analysis and financial reporting.
- Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, controls, and efficiencies.
- Support quarterly and annual audit requests by coordinating with internal teams and external auditors.
- Assist the Controller with key accounting deliverables, projects, and ad hoc analysis.
Qualifications:
- CPA designation required.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 4–7 years of progressive accounting experience, ideally within retail, manufacturing, distribution, multi-entity, or high- growth environments.
- Strong understanding of IFRS 16 lease accounting, fixed assets / PP&E, intercompany reconciliations, deferred revenue, and payroll accounting.
- Experience working with ERP systems such as Sage, Oracle, or SAP.
- Advanced Excel skills with strong analytical and reconciliation capabilities.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across teams.
Why You Should Apply:
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The opportunity to work for a growing company that is globally recognized brand in the cannabis industry.
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Significant opportunity for growth, experience and learning.
Additional points: 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.
We thank all applicants in advance for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
About Us:
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 count⁷. High Tide (HITI) is uniquely-built around the cannabis consumer, with wholly-diversified and fully-integrated operations across all components of cannabis, including:
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Bricks & Mortar Retail: Canna Cabana™ is the largest cannabis retail chain in Canada, with 200 plus current locations spanning British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and growing. In 2021, Canna Cabana became the first cannabis discount club retailer in the world.
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Retail Innovation: Fastendr™ is a unique and fully automated technology that employs retail kiosks to facilitate a better buying experience through browsing, ordering and pickup.
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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.
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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.
