Chief Financial Officer

vor 4 Wochen

Hamburg, Deutschland Canonical Vollzeit

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. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1000+ colleagues in 70+ 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 CFO will lead work across the organisation to achieve the rigorous reporting and governance expected of a public company, and guide us through an IPO . They will work with lines of business to provide high quality finance, budgeting, reporting, procurement, treasury, controls, accounting and investor relations.
A finance leader who is also a software industry leader can articulate that impact to customers and their team, and will be better able to partner closely with both the CRO and the CEO. It will be important for our CFO to have a strong voice in how we demonstrate those benefits in our own operations, and to represent that with customers. Lead our finance strategy and team

Lead finance activities for capital structure and listing
Partner with the CRO and our business development teams, including sales, channel, alliances, and field engineering
Partner with our General Counsel and legal team, informing profit and global compliance matters
Deliver operational finance
Strengthen the finance team through high quality hiring
Build a rigorous procurement capability, primarily for hardware, software and travel
Build an efficient treasury capability for global currency and cash management
Implement finance systems and integrate with other Canonical platforms
Deliver world-class transparency and insights into data
Maintain compliance and structure
Ensure global tax structure and transfer pricing agreements are fit for purpose
Respond to changes in the international tax environment
Qualified professional accountant with Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business or scientific or numerate discipline
Experience leading teams through transformational change to maturity and outstanding performance
Experience in a software business
Software engineering and architecture experience or skills
Software industry insights on trends, strategy and competition
We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Annual compensation review
Maternity and paternity leave
Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the technology world. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.
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