Internal Auditor

About This Role

This Internal Auditor role reports to the CFO and covers multiple corporate entities in several countries. It is a unique opportunity for an astute and forward-thinking professional to build the audit function from the ground up at a profitable, fast-growing technology company. The role suits someone with a keen interest in technology and how it is changing the tax profession, who can translate that insight into a modern, effective strategy and hands-on execution.

Responsibilities

• Establish, develop and maintain the infrastructure for internal audit: templates, risk registers and reporting cadences
• Conduct the end-to-end internal audit cycle, including planning, performing walkthroughs, testing controls, and documenting every step with precision
• Evaluate global policies and processes to identify gaps and work with process owners to implement scalable improvements
• Partner with operational stakeholders to identify areas of elevated risk, execute internal audits, and drive corrective actions
• Deliver actionable insights on risk and controls effectiveness to senior leadership
• Collaborate with stakeholders on new initiatives to ensure risk mitigation is planned appropriately
• Develop risk-based internal audit programs, as well as monitor remediation of identified issues to closure

Requirements

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in business, finance, economics, technology or other quantitative field
• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent)
• Prior experience in an internal audit function
• Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, hold colleagues accountable, and share ideas without hesitation
• Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
• Work ethic and confidence to shine alongside motivated colleagues
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
• Thoughtfulness and self-motivation
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• International travel 2-4 times a year for company events up to two weeks long

Nice to have:

• Leadership ability
• Software or tech industry experience
• Public company finance and reporting experience

Benefits

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Bi-annual compensation review
• Company recognition rewards
• 40 days annual leave per annum, including public holidays and All Company holiday periods
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues, with Priority Pass for lounge access

Important Details

• Work format: remote in AMER or EMEA time zones, with an option to be office-based in London, UK

About the Company

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. Its platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. Canonical is founder-led, profitable, and growing. Powered by worldwide distributed collaboration since its inception in 2004, the company has no central headquarters and most employees work from home.