Revenue Accountant

Canonical; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company is seeking a Finance role to support month-end reporting, ensuring compliance with revenue recognition standards. The ideal candidate will have a strong academic track record, a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, and experience in large accounting firms. The role offers a distributed work environment with travel opportunities. Monthly responsibilities include assisting with audits and improving financial processes. Join a diverse company that values collaborative innovation and provides a personal learning and development budget.

Benefits

Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record and subsequent career performance.
• IFRS 15/ASC 606 revenue recognition experience required.
• Experience at a large public accounting firm preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the month end reporting process.
• Take full responsibility for revenue recognition process.
• Support the year end audit process.

Skills

Revenue recognition

Accounting principles

Communication

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or equivalent

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with more than 1200 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.

This role may be office based in London, or Remote in EMEA Time Zones.

What your day will look like

• Assist in the month end reporting process to deliver timely and accurate information
• Have full responsibility for a part of the revenue recognition process relevant to your strengths
• Assist with the year end audit process and statutory reporting
• 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 coverage 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 are looking for in you

• Exceptional academic track record and subsequent career performance
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or equivalent
• IFRS 15/ASC 606 revenue recognition experience
• Experience at a large public accounting firm, or public multinational corporate accounting department preferred
• NetSuite or similar systems experience a plus
• Willingness to travel up to four times per year

What we offer colleagues

• 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

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.