Financial Analyst

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 EMEA or 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 pers...