Job Vacancies 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, 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.

What Your Day Will Look Like

• 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

What We Are Looking For In You

• 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

Additional Skills That You Might Also Bring

• Bachelor's degree in finance, business, or related field
• Previous experience in an analytically focused finance or business role
• Experience with Business Intelligence reporting, CRM and ERP systems

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What your day will look like

• Develop and execute go-to-market strategy for certain industries within the Americas region
• Set relevant KPIs for lead generation, demand generation and brand awareness campaigns; monitor and improve them on a regular basis
• Build organic and paid campaigns from scratch including crafting strong messaging, and creating visual assets for emails, social media and paid ads in line with canonical’s brand look & feel
• Own webinars and regional offline events at all stages from planning to execution including holistic pre- and post-event/webinar strategies, webinar set up, streaming
• Work with the CRM Team to attract, convert, engage and communicate with new and existing audiences  
• Be fully responsible for the regional budget planning and execution constantly monitoring and adjusting it accordingly
• Collaborate extensively with regional Sales teams to get their insights and implement them to the regional marketing strategy

We expect members of the Canonical marketing team to be excellent communicators who are at ease working with a complex mix of engineers, product managers, sales representatives and executives.

What we are looking for in you

• Experience in B2B marketing for enterprise IT products, SaaS experience…
• Experience working with the Americas market including the US, Canada and Latin America preferred
• Excellent academic results, with Bachelor’s or equivalent in Business, Marketing, or STEM
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation skills in English
• Hands-on mindset and ability to test various marketing assumptions attributing to scaling the most efficient ways of achieving positive marketing results
• Growth mindset - enthusiasm for challenges and work ethic with a ‘can do’ attitude
• Objectivity and openness to others' views while continuously building a positive team spirit
• Proven ability to prioritise and meet deadlines without sacrificing quality