Canonical

Technology

CostAccountingManager

$135–195k ~AI est. Home Based - Americas Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Manager candidates.

The Brief

“Cost Accounting Manager at Canonical. Skills: Cost accounting, Systems accounting. Drive cost recognition process. Drive cost recognition decisions”

Industry & Context.

Technology

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Professionally qualified accounting leader, Expertise in cost accounting, Expertise in IFRS, Expertise in IFRS 16, Expertise in IAS38

Nice to Have

Passion for systems accounting

What You'll Do.

Drive cost recognition process

Drive cost recognition decisions

Drive cost recognition systems

Drive cost recognition reporting

Build scalable cost review processes

Build scalable cost recognition processes

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Information Systems; Legal; Business Services; Financial Planning

Full 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 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 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. The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing. We are hiring a Cost Accounting Manager, ideally a candidate with a passion for systems accounting, to drive cost recognition process, decisions, systems and reporting. In our finance function we aspire to set the industry pace for speed and accuracy of reporting. We aim to achieve this by driving alignment across operational processes, cost structures and financial systems to drive consistency, transparency and efficiency. We are looking for a professionally qualified accounting leader with expertise in cost accounting and IFRS (including IFRS 16/IAS38) to build scalable cost review and cost recognition processes. This lead will work across teams including Information Systems, Legal, Business Services, Financial Planning in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our 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. 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 considerati

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