Senior FP&A Manager — Growth & Strategic Forecasting

Canonical Ltd.; United States; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning budget

Annual compensation review

Maternity/paternity leave

Team wellness program

Travel opportunities

Team sprints in person

Annual holiday leave

Recognition rewards

Job summary

Canonical Ltd. is seeking an experienced FP&A Manager to lead regional forecasting, budgeting, and performance tracking. You will build robust financial models, provide actionable insights to executives, and guide strategic initiatives across the business.

The role involves collaborating with product, accounting, and investor relations, driving data accuracy, and occasionally traveling for in-person team sprints and events.

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record.
• Experience in FP&A in high-growth, multi-currency/geography technology business.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Proficiency in spreadsheets and financial modeling.
• Professional written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• 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 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.
• Prepare critical public financial documents to support an IPO process, including investor materials and public filings.

Skills

Analytical abilities

Financial forecasting

Financial modeling

BI tools

Spreadsheets

English proficiency

Problem-solving

Integrity

Education

MBA

Academic excellence

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Canonical Ltd. is seeking an experienced FP&A Manager to lead regional forecasting, budgeting, and performance tracking. You will build robust financial models, provide actionable insights to executives, and guide strategic initiatives across the business.

The role involves collaborating with product, accounting, and investor relations, driving data accuracy, and occasionally traveling for in-person team sprints and events.