Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting

Company Description

Where and how you can work

Our flagship office is in Sydney, Australia, but we've made our way from down under, to a hub San Francisco, which is now home to our US operations. This role requires you to be either based in San Francisco.

About the Corporate Accounting team

Get ready to embark on an exhilarating journey with a global Finance team of over 180 and a dynamic Corporate Accounting team of more than 20 Canvanauts spread across the US, APAC, and Europe! 

As Canva continues to rapidly scale globally, we’re engaging with a broader range of external stakeholders, regulators and reporting requirements. Our Corporate Accounting team is the backbone of this operation ensuring our quarterly financials are not just timely and accurate, but also comparable and compliant. The Corporate Accounting team owns a significant part of the accounting close process, managing the financial accounting for key operational areas across the global Canva Group as well as facilitating the monitoring of month-end close processes of other teams. The team also supports all change management and policies that safeguard our general ledger and financial reporting structures in this space.

Our Corporate Accounting team is a powerhouse, divided into five key areas: Operational Expenses, Balance Sheet, Intercompany & Multibook, Compensation, and Controllership & Consolidation.

Now, we have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting to lead our Compensation and Balance Sheet teams.

About the role

Reporting directly to the Head of Corporate Accounting, you'll have the thrilling opportunity to coach and lead a talented team across the US and APAC locations. As a dynamic team leader, you'll inspire and empower your team to devise innovative solutions to complex challenges, fostering a culture of collaboration and driving the creation and optimization of processes to boost efficiency.

In this role, you'll forge strong partnerships with other Finance teams, including Revenue Accounting, Technical Accounting, Policy & Reporting, Tax, FP&A, and Finance Systems. Together, you'll strategize and execute on ambitious company goals, while also educating and supporting partner teams to ensure everyone is aligned and understands our financial objectives.

This is a golden opportunity for those who are passionate about leveraging their deep technical expertise, operational prowess, and leadership skills to tackle commercial problems. The role is a perfect blend of strategic vision and hands-on action, meaning you might occasionally dive into tasks like journal entries or whatever the situation demands.

We're on the hunt for a leader in Corporate Accounting who challenges the status quo and seeks to innovate rather than follow conventional paths. This role offers a significant chance to make a profound impact on both Finance and the overall company goals. If you're ready to lead with passion and drive transformative change, this is your moment to shine!

What you’ll do

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:

• Leading and mentoring a team of high-performing accountants and managers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional development.

• Overseeing all aspects of the monthly and quarterly close processes for the balance sheet accounting team, including leases, intangible assets and PPE, supporting all change management and policies that safeguard our general ledger and financial reporting structures in this space. 

• Overseeing all aspects of the monthly and quarterly close processes for the compensation accounting team across all personnel-related costs including payroll and equity, owning the policies and procedures to ensure completeness and accuracy of the accounting for payroll transactions for Canva’s global entities in line with reporting requirements and timelines.

• Ensuring timely and accurate preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and other relevant accounting standards required.

• Performing reconciliations and preparing commentary for reporting packs across balance sheet and compensation accounting.

• Developing and maintaining effective internal controls to safeguard our accounting and close processes and enhance the reliability of financial information.

• Assessing and mitigating f