Audit & Controls Analyst

Overview:
We are seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented **Audit & Controls Analyst** to join our team and play a key role in supporting our SOX compliance efforts. This role focuses on the independent execution and documentation of General IT Controls (GITCs), IT Application Controls (ITACs) and Information Produced by the Entity (IPEs). Your work will help ensure that our IT environment effectively supports accurate financial reporting and meets regulatory requirements.

As the organization continues to evolve, this role is designed with growth in mind. Initially, you’ll focus on enhancing the consistency, quality, and audit-readiness of our IT control testing program. You’ll work closely with control owners and stakeholders across IT, internal SOX team, compliance, and external audit to streamline testing processes, strengthen control design assessments, and support external audit coordination.

Over time, as our IT controls mature and stabilize, this position will also expand to include testing of business process controls, such as those within finance, procurement, HR, and other operational areas, giving you a broader understanding of our internal control landscape and greater career development opportunities. This strategic progression not only supports the company’s compliance roadmap but also positions you for future advancement within the risk, compliance, or audit space.

This is a high-impact role ideal for someone who thrives in a structured environment, enjoys working independently, and is passionate about improving control quality and reducing risk exposure.

**Responsibilities**:

- Execute testing GITCs, ITACs, and IPEs according to SOX requirements and internal testing plans.
- Ensure independence in control testing while collaborating effectively with control owners and process teams.
- Document testing procedures and results with a high degree of clarity and audit-readiness.
- Track and validate remediation of control deficiencies.
- Coordinate walkthroughs between external advisors/auditors and internal teams, evidence collection, and control updates across IT and compliance stakeholders.
- Support the continuous improvement of our internal testing framework and tools.
- ** Future scope**: Assist in testing business process controls as our environment matures and the control testing program expands.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Accounting, Business, or related field.
- 2-5 years of experience in SOX testing, IT audit, or compliance.
- Solid understanding of GITCs, ITACs, IPEs, and testing requirements.
- Strong documentation, analytical, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities.
- Clear communications skills and the ability to interact with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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 count**⁷**. 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 197 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.
- 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.

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.