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    Head of Financial Planning & Analysis

    Canonical
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    Remote
    Senior
    Full Time
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    Requirements

    • •An exceptional academic track record
    • •Experience and a deeply rooted passion to lead successful team members, and aid in their 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, financial modeling, and BI tools
    • •Understanding of core accounting principles
    • •Professional written and spoken English
    • •Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
    • •Passionate, thoughtful, and self-motivated
    • •Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet and exceed commitments
    • •International travel 2-4 times a year for company events up to two weeks long

    What You'll Do

    • •Develop executive reporting dashboards and documents including Board reporting, 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 both market insights and competitive intelligence
    • •Manage financial models, including budgeting, forecasting, and long range planning
    • •Drive improvements in data analysis, and determine the appropriate processes, methodologies, and modeling techniques to deliver insights
    • •Partner with Accounting and Investor Relations to support month end close, flux review processes, and financial reporting
    • •Drive multi-functional change projects designed to enhance systems, processes, and data accuracy
    • •Play a key role in preparation of critical public financial documents to support an IPO process, including supporting the production of investor materials and public filings
    • •Guide the annual FP&A activity calendar to provide decision support to the executive team
    • •Mentor colleagues within the FP&A team, as well as peer teams
    • •Control costs via methodical reviews of department spend, procurement strategies, and business wide process efficiency

    Nice to Have

    • •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
    • •Bi-annual compensation review
    • •Company recognition rewards
    • •40 days annual leave per annum, including public holidays and our All Company holiday periods
    • •Maternity and paternity leave
    • •Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
    • •Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues, with Priority Pass for lounge access

    About Canonical

    Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, delivers trusted open source for everyone and provides security, support and services to enterprises.

    London, UK
    1000 - 5000
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