Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1400+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing. Our business opportunity is significant; we can deliver both infrastructure and business applications to the enterprise market. As companies refresh their data centers, our goal is to be the platform for cloud and apps. As they re-architect their business applications to embrace open source, our goal is to deliver the majority of their databases, analytics, messaging, publishing, identity, security, workflow... everything that is open source. We are committed to do that at the most efficient price points possible to drive down the total cost of IT, but this is nevertheless a significant global market, and our ambition is to be counted among the most valued software suppliers to the Global 10,000. We are seeking a highly analytical and strategic Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager to lead a regional team in our financial forecasting, budgeting, and corporate performance tracking initiatives. In this role, you will bridge the gap between financial data and executive decision-making, aligned with the company roadmap. You will manage a talented team of analysts, build robust financial models, and provide actionable insights directly to senior leadership and department heads to drive sustainable growth. Location: This is a remote role, in AMER or EMEA time zones. What your day will look like • 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 What we are looking for in you • An exceptional academic track record • 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 • Passionate, thoughtful, and self-motivated • Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet and exceed commitments • Abi