Canonical
Financial Analyst at Canonical
Role overview
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- Company
- Canonical
- Location
- Remote, United States
- Work arrangement
- Remote
- Employment type
- Full-time
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Role overview
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Canonical is hiring a full-time Financial Analyst to join its FP&A and broader finance teams. The role contributes to monthly business reviews, quarterly forecasts, annual planning, financial modeling, and coordination across business functions. It calls for a data-focused analyst who can develop business judgment and inform financial, commercial, and strategic decisions.
The position is remote in Americas time zones. Work includes analyzing business performance and commercial initiatives, supporting planning and reporting cycles, building scalable analytical processes, and helping improve systems, workflows, and data quality. The analyst will also communicate progress against financial and strategic goals to stakeholders.
Canonical describes its compensation as based on location, experience, and performance, with annual reviews and a performance-based annual bonus or commission in addition to base pay. Listed benefits include a USD 2,000 yearly learning and development budget, annual holiday leave, parental leave, a wellness and assistance program, recognition rewards, and twice-yearly in-person team sprints. Company-event travel may include travel upgrades and Priority Pass.
Role at a glance: Remote Financial Analyst role supporting Canonical’s FP&A team with forecasting, planning, performance analysis, and cross-functional decision support.
Responsibilities mentioned in the listing
- Analyze unit economics, performance drivers, variances, and other KPIs to identify insights into business operations.
- Support quarterly and annual planning, forecasting, financial reporting, and monthly budget reviews.
- Assess commercial initiatives with strategic or financial implications.
- Develop objective analyses and processes to support efficient scaling and data-informed decisions.
- Contribute to cross-functional change projects that improve systems, processes, and data accuracy.
- Work with stakeholders and communicate progress against financial and strategic targets.
Qualifications stated in the listing
- Strong academic record in high school and university.
- Previous experience in an analytically focused finance or business role.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with proficiency in spreadsheets and financial modeling.
- Understanding of core accounting principles.
- Excellent written and spoken English, communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Curiosity, flexibility, accountability, self-motivation, and a willingness to work across a variety of projects.
- Demonstrated initiative, a results-oriented approach, and a record of meeting commitments and exceeding expectations.
- Ability to travel twice per year for company events lasting up to two weeks.
Full details from the source listing
The role of a Financial Analyst at Canonical
As a Financial Analyst, you'll be a core member of the FP&A Team and wider finance team. You will play a key part in our monthly business reviews, quarterly forecasting, annual planning, financial modeling, and continuously drive cross-functional business alignment. Our ideal candidate is a highly analytical independent thinker, who has a desire to learn how to leverage business judgment, driven by data, to advise on critical financial, commercial and strategic decisions.
Location: This is a remote role in Americas time zones.
Key Responsibilities
- Generate insights into business operations by analyzing unit economics, drivers of variance, and other KPIs
- Support quarterly and annual financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and monthly budget reviews
- Provide analysis of commercial initiatives that have a strategic or financial impact on the business
- Create objective analyses and processes for a fast-growing tech company to scale efficiently and make data-driven decisions
- Support multi-functional change projects designed to enhance systems, processes, and data accuracy
- Partner with and communicate business progress to key stakeholders against financial and strategic targets
Valued skills and experience
- An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
- Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
- Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities
- Excellent presentation and communication skills
- Curiosity and willingness to work on a wide range of projects
- Proficiency in spreadsheets and financial modeling
- Understanding of core accounting principles
- Professional written and spoken English
- Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
- Passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
- Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
- Previous experience in an analytically focused finance or business role
Additional skills that you might also bring
- Bachelor's degree in finance, business, or related field
- Experience with Business Intelligence reporting, CRM and ERP systems
- Experience with Budgeting and Planning Software, or Data Visualization tools
What we offer you
We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.
- 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
- Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
About Canonical
Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world on a daily basis. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.
Canonical is an equal opportunity employer
We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
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