Location
Calgary, AB | Canada
Job description
High Tide Inc. , the fast paced, growing, and highly successful cannabis retail is seeking for Tax Manager . Reporting to the CFO, the Tax Manager is responsible for ensuring the Company's continued compliance with tax legislation along with providing strategic tax guidance for the Company's business operations.
Key Accountabilities:
- Work with external service providers to coordinate the preparation and filing of Canadian and International corporate tax returns including income and excise taxes.
- Work with external service providers to prepare legal entity and consolidated, quarterly and year-end internal and external tax provisions, including preparation of required financial statement note and MD&A disclosure.
- Oversee the preparation of Indirect Tax filings such as GST/HST/PST/US Sales tax etc.
- Prepare foreign affiliate information returns, non-resident withholding tax returns, and foreign affiliate surplus calculations and determine the tax implications arising from dividend repatriations and upstream loans.
- Coordinate the response to income tax audits and indirect tax auditswith the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and other tax authorities as required.
- Identify tax savings opportunities.
- Maintain transfer pricing documentation for intercompany transactions.
- Perform tax research on specific tax issues or transactions as required and draft memos outlining analysis, conclusion and recommendations.
- Participate in corporate tax planning and structuring.
- Participate in tax due diligence relating to merger and acquisition opportunities.
- Calculate and/or review estimated tax balances and loss utilization profiles for budgeting, forecasting and tax planning purposes as required.
- Ensure adherence to finance process and controls, with an emphasis on continuous process improvements and gaining efficiencies through automation.
- Ad hoc financial analysis and other duties as required by direct reporting manager.
- Manage relationships with external tax service providers including engagement agreements, performance management and account management.
Qualifications:
- University degree in accounting, finance or related fields.
- CPA Designation (CGA/CMA/CA).
- Completion of the CICA or enrolled, In-Depth tax course would be an asset.
- At least 5 years of work experience in corporate tax.
- 3 years of post designation work experience.
- Experience in dealing with CRA tax audits.
- Experience in indirect tax returns.
- Strong knowledge of Canadian Tax legislations and reporting.
- Exposure to USA Tax legislation would be an asset.
- Well organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities and tight deadlines.
- Self-directed, detail-oriented, professional.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen focus on operational performance measures.
- Effective organizational and time management skills.
- Intermediate to advanced computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite.
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. 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 non-franchised cannabis retail chain in Canada , with 162 current locations spanning British Columbia , Alberta , Saskatchewan , Manitoba and Ontario and growing. In 2021, Canna Cabana became the first cannabis discount club retailer in Canada .
Retail Innovation : Fastendr™ is a unique and fully automated technology that integrates retail kiosks and smart lockers to facilitate a better buying experience through browsing, ordering and pickup.
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.
High Tide consistently moves ahead of the currents, having been named one of Canada's Top Growing Companies in 2021, 2022 and 2023 by the Globe and Mail's Report on Business Magazine and was ranked number one in the retail category on the Financial Times list of Americas' Fastest Growing Companies for 2023. To discover the full impact of High Tide, visit .
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