Canonical and Ubuntu are a global firm with British leadership, at the forefront of cloud and IoT computing. We help customers master their open source technology strategy. We are a remote-first global company of 750 people and serve many of the worlds largest technology, financial, telco and public sector tech teams.We're growing our accounting team, to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting and management.With remote colleagues in more than 50 countries, our goal is to be the world's best, not biggest, global software company. Canonical sets the pace on the 21st-century digital workplace, through design, development and operations.**Role summary**:We're looking for an exceptional accountant with IFRS experience to help us ready the business for public market scrutiny through our planned IPO. You'll have domain expertise in either IFRS 15/ASC 606, international tax reporting/compliance or general ledger management. You are reliable, diligent and pay attention to details.This role may choose to be office-based out of London, and will report to our Global Controller.**Key responsibilities**:- Assist in the month end reporting process to deliver timely and accurate information- Have full responsibility for a part of the financial statements 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 cover 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**Required skills and experience**:- Exceptional academic track record and subsequent career performance- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or equivalent- Qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, ACMA, CPA, etc.)- IFRS 15/ASC 606 revenue recognition or international tax experience preferredWe also value experience at a large public accounting firm, or public multinational corporate accounting department. We use Microsoft Dynamics 365 and experience with that suite is certainly a plus.