Technical & Reporting Accountant
Job description
A Technical and Reporting Accountant role at Canonical to provide IFRS technical accounting expertise and reporting support, helping prepare the business for public market scrutiny ahead of a planned IPO. The role may be office based in London or remote in EMEA time zones.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Work mode
- Remote · EMEA Time Zones
- Languages
- English – Business level
What you'll do
- Research and interpret new and existing accounting standards
- Provide technical accounting advice for complex transactions
- Draft accounting papers and policy documentation
- Monitor regulatory changes and assess their impact on the business
- Assist with the year end external audit process and support the internal audit team
- Assist in the month end reporting process to deliver timely and accurate information to management
- Ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards (e.g. IFRS, local GAAP)
- Assist in the preparation of statutory accounts and annual reports across multiple subsidiaries and jurisdictions
- Support the finance team's wider plans to prepare for an IPO
- Improve the efficiency of financial processes and procedures and monitor compliance
- Share knowledge between team members to ensure cover is available when needed
- Actively develop your own skills to ensure current knowledge of applicable standards and regulations
- Establish strong relationships with key colleagues outside the wider finance team
What we're looking for
- Exceptional academic track record and subsequent career performance
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or equivalent
- Qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, ACMA, CPA, etc.)
- Strong knowledge of IFRS and local GAAP
- Experience in financial reporting and statutory accounts preparation
- NetSuite or similar enterprise grade systems experience
- Business level written and spoken English
- Sincere personal motivation aligned with our mission
- International travel 2-4 times a year for company events up to two weeks long
- Precise, taking care to deliver correctness and clarity
- Reliable, delivering high quality work that builds trust and confidence
- Accessible, collaborating to build products and systems that are usable
- Adroit, blending enthusiasm, knowledge, adaptability, style and character
Nice to have
- Experience at a large public accounting firm, or public multinational corporate accounting department preferred
Your team
Finance team
A growing Finance team looking for bright, motivated people who have a passion for making a difference and driving process improvements and change.
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
- 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
- Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
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About Canonical
A pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Its platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles.
Mission
Changing the world of software through open source, publishing Ubuntu as the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud
Key facts
- 1200+ colleagues
- 2004
- Open source software and operating systems
- 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries
- Very few office-based roles
- Teams meet two to four times yearly in person
- Founder-led, profitable, and growing
- Most colleagues have worked from home since inception in 2004
- Publishes Ubuntu
What they value
- Precise
- Reliable
- Accessible
- Adroit