Cloud Hosting Finance Analyst
Canva · Sydney, Australia · 1d ago
Company Description
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.
Tech & Product Finance owns the economics of Canva's technical engine, the infrastructure, cloud, compute, GPU and AI investments that power our products and increasingly define our cost base and margin profile. As Canva becomes an AI-native company, these are the fastest-growing and most strategically important lines on the P&L.
Within that, the Technology & Infrastructure team owns the finance seat around how Canva is built and run: the compute, storage and infrastructure that keeps the product running for hundreds of millions of users. Hosting is the single biggest cost lever we steward, and it's one of the fastest-moving: new AI workloads, new negotiation cycles and new savings mechanisms show up almost every quarter. We partner closely with Infra, Platform, Procurement and FinOps leadership to make sure every dollar of hosting spend is understood, forecast well and actively optimised.
Hosting is getting more complex as workloads scale with AI and organic growth, chargeback rolls out and new negotiation cycles come up. This role is the hybrid finance analyst and data analyst that keeps the spend understood, trusted and well forecasted. You'll sit alongside AI and non-AI hosting spend analysts, owning the data layer that both lean on, and partnering with Accounting and technical accounting on the methodologies that split hosting spend across the P&L. Your work gives Finance Business Partners the confidence to lift the numbers straight into strategic analysis, without worrying whether the data holds up. If you enjoy cloud cost data and turning complex data sets into something people can action and confidently rely on, this role is for you.
At the moment, this role is focused on:
- You'll get the hosting data reconciled across all our centralised cloud hosting vendor bill line items, so our AI and non-AI FP&A partners can confidently take the numbers and focus on strategic analysis, knowing the data is sound.
- You'll own the R&D reclass (COGS vs non-COGS) and free reclass (AI vs non-AI) methodologies in the Anaplan hosting model, the classification rules that split hosting spend across the P&L, partnering with Accounting and tech accounting on audit readiness.
- You'll own the finance rhythm for admin hosting: monthly close, quarterly Outlooks and the annual AOP, including ProsperOps accruals and tracking, AWS and GCP invoice validation and monthly billing console reconciliations, reclasses, Anaplan actuals and BvA commentary.
- You'll build and maintain the queries and dashboards that answer FBPs', Procurement's and Group Leads' questions about why a service moved or what a new workload will cost.
- You'll partner with FinOps and Finance Data on tagging, mapping, vendor onboarding (as providers like Anthropic, OpenAI, FAL and G-Core land in the model) and anomaly detection.
- You'll prepare the models and scenario analysis that feed cloud hosting vendor renewal or new negotiation conversations, including commit sizing, break-even analysis and realised-benefit tracking.
- You'll use AI tools fluently in your daily workflow, and help design and run the hands-on modelling for chargeback pilot groups as Canva moves to distributed hosting cost accountability.
You're probably a match if
We're looking for someone who gets excited by data and finance in equal measure. You see a messy CUR and want to turn it into clean numbers people can rely on. You're the kind of person who catches the reconciliation break before anyone else notices, writes variance commentary a non-finance stakeholder actually understands, and uses AI tools fluently to raise the leverage of your work. You've operated in an FP&A function or similar before, so the rhythm of monthly close, quarterly forecasting and planning cycles feels familiar. On top of that, you'll bring:
- Strong data proficiency and daily comfort with a BI tool (Mode, Looker, Omni or similar). This role leans heavily into data and finance analysis.
- Strong modelling skills, especially driver based modelling for cloud hosting spend.
- Hands-on experience with large transactional datasets, ideally cloud cost or billing data (CUR, FinOps tooling).
- Working knowledge of AWS or GCP billing, including Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Capacity Blocks and Committed Use Discounts.
- Experience operating within an FP&A function or similar, used to the rhythm of monthly close, quarterly forecasting cadences, variance analysis and the planning cycles that come with it.
- Fluent use of AI tools for model building and daily analytical work.
- Clear written communication and attention to detail across invoices, accruals, reclasses and reconciliations.
- Experience with Anaplan (strongly preferred) or another enterprise planning tool (Adaptive, Pigment, Oracle EPM) is a plus.
- Any exposure to FinOps practices and tooling (ProsperOps, Vantage, native cloud cost tools), or chargeback/showback model design, is a bonus.
About the team
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 topline 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?
- Equity packages
- Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parent carers
- An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup, and more
- Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge, and support you personally
- Virtual, hybrid, and in-person work options to suit you and your team
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.