Senior Accountant, Tax & Reporting - Work From Home

100% Remote ~ Alternative Medicine, Cannabis, Consumer Goods Industry Another Senior Accountant role at another company doing the same thing. The finance team is lean, remote, and built for people who want to make a real impact. The CFO built this finance function from scratch, going from Analyst to CFO in four years. You will own the relationship with the external tax advisors across Canada and abroad, stay close enough to the books to know what every number means, and report straight to the CFO with no tax department above you and no one looking over your shoulder. If you are a firm Senior or Supervisor who wants to run something end to end, learn international tax on live files, and work fully remote from Ontario, this is the seat. Base salary up to $110,000 CAD (flexible and can go higher for the right candidate)

• 10% annual bonus
• Medical benefits
• 3 weeks of vacation
• 100% remote, permanently
• Controller, VP Finance, Director

This role exists because the CFO has been running the company's tax engagements personally and has been pulled in too many directions. You take that file over completely: you manage and review the work of the external tax accountants across the Canadian and international entities, and you stay hands-on with the accounting team so you understand the business behind every number. Roughly 60% tax and compliance, 40% accounting and reporting. Tax & Compliance (approx. Own Our Tax Engagements: Act as the main contact for our external tax accountants across our Canadian and international entities. Review corporate tax returns, filings and workpapers prepared by our advisors. Build and maintain a group-wide compliance calendar covering income tax, foreign reporting (e.g., T106, T1134), withholding tax, and commodity tax (GST/HST, VAT). International Tax : Build our understanding of transfer pricing and intercompany loans through a tax lens, including interest rates, documentation, withholding and thin capitalization. Withholding Tax & Treaties: Identify cross-border payments that may trigger withholding tax, confirm treaty eligibility with our advisors, and coordinate remittances and related filings. Year-End Tax Provision : Prepare or support the income tax provision (current and deferred tax under IAS 12) in coordination with our external advisors and auditors. Be Proactive, Not Reactive : Spot business changes (new entities, new markets, new intercompany agreements) that have tax consequences, bring the right questions to our advisors, and explain the answers to the team in plain language. Accounting & Reporting (approx. Month-End & Year-End Close : Prepare journal entries, accruals, revaluations and intercompany reconciliations. Compile supporting schedules for audit and tax (e.g., accruals, prepaids, capital assets). Intercompany Accounting : Reconcile intercompany balances and loans, and make sure the accounting lines up with our tax and transfer pricing positions. Reporting & Data: Pull reports and data from our ERP on your own to support tax filings, audits and requests from the CFO. Financial Statements & Audi t: Help prepare IFRS financial statements and support the year-end audit. Process Improvement : Build the checklists, calendars and workflows that move our tax and close processes from reactive to proactive. You came up through a National OR Small - Mid size public accounting firm. You are used to doing it all, from compilations and reviews to tax returns and full-cycle accounting, not just one narrow slice. You are CPA designated or close to it, and you can hold your own on technical questions without always escalating. CPA designation and a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field

• 3 to 7 years in public accounting at a small or mid-sized firm , as a Senior or Supervisor, where you saw a bit of everything
• Comfortable in month-end close and in pulling your own reports, with strong Excel skills and ERP experience (Sage 300 or Microsoft Business Central preferred)
• IFRS experience is an asset; Real curiosity about international tax (transfer pricing, withholding tax, foreign reporting). No prior experience required, but be ready to explain how you teach yourself new material
• A generalist's range: you want both tax and accounting, and you are willing to do the detailed work yourself, even at a senior level
• Confident with external advisors: you ask clear, specific questions, explain tax in plain language, and follow up without being reminded
• Self-directed and comfortable working fully remote, motivated by ownership and growth

** Not a fit if you want to prepare returns, want only tax or only accounting, or need close direction day to day. You own the company's tax picture from the first inter-company question to the final filing, instead of touching one slice of a client file. International tax on live files. Transfer pricing, withholding tax and foreign reporting arrive as real questions from a growing multi-country group, with external specialists a phone call away. Fully remote and trusted to run your own calendar and engagements, with nobody standing over your shoulder. The finance leaders here grew up through the company, and Controller, Director and VP titles are all on the table for the right person as the group scales. You support the finance side of a hydration brand putting its name on a Premier League shirt, in a business that is adding sponsorships and people. There is no formal training program, but the CFO and accounting lead will talk concepts through with you and bring in outside advisors when it matters.