Finance Business Partner

Job Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Where and how you can work

Our flagship Sydney campus is uniquely Canva - an extension of our Surry Hills neighbourhood. It’s a thoughtfully designed space with plenty of room to collaborate, focus, and connect.

This role is based in Sydney, and we’re looking for someone who calls it home. Our hybrid way of working gives you the flexibility to work remotely, and to come together on campus for meaningful in-person collaboration and connection when it matters most. We trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.

What you’d be doing in this role

As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.

At the moment, this role is focused on:

• Partnering senior business leaders to steer Canva’s future

  • Leverage data, financial insights, and business context to shape strategic planning, execution and efficiency

  • Deliver insights that help leaders intimately understand and influence the growth drivers in their groups

  • Drive connectivity and alignment from broader company strategy through to group strategy and team KPIs

  • Synthesise information across the business to form a clear narrative for Canva’s cost structure and investment thesis, backed by data and proven execution

• Creating frameworks for planning and performance to ensure that Canva achieves its financial objectives and operates as a well-managed business

  • Develop and integrate precise, driver-based forecasts that closely align with execution.

  • Freely translate between business strategy, initiatives, and financial modelling

  • Build and embed reporting processes that provide the right information at the right time and cut through to root causes and drivers for business leadership

  • Establish business case and trade-off rigour that ensure efficient capital allocation and investment decision making

  • Proactively identify risks and opportunities, inspiring action

  • Partner with business leaders to understand historical performance, headwinds and tailwinds to chart a path forward and achieve our financial goals

• Collaborating with the broader FP&A and Finance team to drive financial excellence

  • Build and implement robust financial close and planning cycles, with the appropriate businessbuy-in and operational processes to support

  • Promote a sound risk environment, driving business adherence to controls and processes like Purchase Orders

  • Playing a key role in developing the next generation of technology finance leaders within the Finance team

You're probably a match if

• Have experience in Strategic Finance, FP&A, Commercial Finance, in-house business strategy & operations or consulting roles at large organisations (bonus for SAAS experience).

• Skilfully connect the dots both ways between company objectives, business strategy, and financial models.

• Easily build trust and impactful connections with business leaders, deeply understanding what motivates them and being able to collaboratively work with them to drive outcomes and inspire action.

• Are a forward thinker, understanding that for actions taken today, there could be downstream impacts that require thought and pragmatic solutions.

• Have experience in key accounting concepts, financial statement analysis, governance and risk.

• Have experience conducting quantitative/financial analysis, developing recommendations and then telling the story in a variety of mediums to a broad spectrum of financial & non-financial stakeholders.

• Thrive on bringing clarity in complex situations and seeing projects through to completion.

• Have commercial acumen to ensure decisions are not only sound but rigorously tested.

• Are resourceful and pragmatic, thriving in a world of imperfect data but adept at using the right tools, insights and communication methods to influence stakeholders.

• Have a bias for action and adapt quickly to evolving business needs.

About the FP&A Team

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) is an incredibly powerful function, and it’s no different at Canva!

FP&A is a force multiplier, accelerating Canva’s journey on its 2-step plan! Step One – to become one of the world’s most valuable companies; and Step Two – to do the most good we can!

Working closely with Business Leaders across the entire company, we bring our financial expertise to bear - enabling strategic decision making that drives top-line growth, plotting the path from goals to execution through financial planning, driving financial rigour and prudent investment, delivering key insights that lead to meaningful action, and increasing the efficiency of our operations.

FP&A is on a journey to deliver a step-change in financial sophistication and rigour that will drive Canva’s growth!

What's in it for you?

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva, too. We also offer a range of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.

Here's a taste of what's on offer:

• Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too

• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers

• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more

• Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.

Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above - we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.