Canonical is hiring a
Financial Planning & Analysis Lead Analyst

Summary

The job is for a Financial Planning & Analysis Lead at Canonical, a global open source software provider. The role involves leading monthly business reviews, quarterly forecasting, annual planning, and cross-functional business alignment. The ideal candidate should be an analytical thinker with leadership experience in a high growth, multi-currency/geography technology business.

Requirements

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
• Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation
• Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
• Experience and a deeply rooted passion to mentor team members, and aid in peer career growth
• Have operated in a high growth, multi currency/geography technology business with a mixed go-to-market motion
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities
• Highest ethical standards, integrity, authenticity, credibility, and character
• Curiosity and willingness to work on a wide range of projects
• Proficiency in spreadsheets and financial modeling
• Understanding of core accounting principles
• The work ethic and confidence to shine alongside motivated colleagues
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
• Passionate, thoughtful, and self-motivated
• Appreciative of diversity, polite and effective in a multi-cultural, multi-national organisation
• Thoughtfulness and self-motivation
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long

Responsibilities

• Develop dashboards and reports including Board materials, monthly financial results and other management presentations
• Analyse & report monthly results, leading indicators and KPIs to support monthly forecasting and annual plan attainment
• Provide commercial analysis, develop growth targets, and evaluate strategic initiatives
• Work with product managers to produce, aggregate, and distribute market insights and competitive intelligence
• Manage financial models, including budget, forecast and long range plans
• Design processes, methodologies, and models to ensure low variance budget to actual
• Support month end close, flux review processes, and financial reports
• Design and drive initiatives to enhance systems, processes, and data accuracy
• Support the IPO process, including the production of investor materials and public filings
• Develop and mentor colleagues within the FP&A team, as well as peer teams
• Review department spend, procurement strategies, and business wide process efficiency

Preferred Qualifications

• * MBA or equivalent combination of professional certifications and experience
• * Previous experience as a subject matter expert in Financial Planning & Analysis
• * Experience with Business Intelligence reporting, CRM and ERP systems

Benefits

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• * Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events