Senior Corporate Accountant - Global Finance (Night Shift)

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Where and how you can work

Our flagship campus is in Sydney, Australia, but with many of our Canvanauts calling the Philippines home, our office in Manila is a buzzing place. Whether your role needs you in the office, at home or a bit of both, we've created an environment that truly empowers you to thrive.

This is a full-time night shift role, aligned with US hours (PST), as you’ll be collaborating closely with our international teams.

About the Role/Specialty

We’re looking for a Senior Corporate Accountant to help scale and improve our accounting operations. You’ll be hands-on in managing key accounting processes, supporting financial close, and driving efficiency through automation and continuous improvement.

This role is a great fit if you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy problem-solving, and love finding smarter ways to work. You’ll play a key role in ensuring financial accuracy, strengthening compliance, and introducing automation to streamline accounting processes.

What you’ll do (responsibilities)

• Own key accounting processes, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting in compliance with GAAP and global standards.
• Strengthen internal controls and SOX compliance, ensuring financial accuracy and integrity.
• Introduce automation, AI, and new technology to streamline accounting processes and improve efficiency.
• Drive process improvements to make financial operations faster, smoother, and more scalable.
• Partner with teams across Canva to simplify financial processes, provide insights that drive better decision-making, and elevate financial understanding across the company.
• Support audits and regulatory requirements, working closely with external auditors and internal teams.
• Provide real-time support and collaboration with US-based teams, ensuring seamless accounting close processes across different time zones

What we're looking for
We’re after a strategic, hands-on Senior Corporate Accountant who thrives in fast-paced environments and loves building scalable financial processes. You’re a problem solver who embraces change, enjoys working cross-functionally, and is passionate about making complex things simple.

You’ll be successful in this role if you have:

• Bring 3–5 years of experience in regional/global financial corporate accounting, financial reporting, and operational finance—ideally in a high-growth or public company.
• Strong understanding of GAAP, SOX compliance, and internal control. CPA experience is a plus!
• A problem-solving mindset—you thrive in fast-paced environments and enjoy optimizing processes.
• Excellent communication skills—you can simplify complex financial concepts for non-financial teams.
• A passion for automation, technology, and improving workflows.
• Experience working with ERP systems (bonus points for NetSuite!).
• Are open to working night shifts Tuesday - Saturday 1:00AM - 10:00AM PH time to support our global operations.

What you candidate will learn and how will you develop at Canva

At Canva, learning and growth are at the heart of everything we do. As part of this role, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Innovate & build for the future – Get hands-on experience designing scalable financial processes, introducing automation and AI-driven solutions, and leveraging technology, building the foundations for long-term success.
• Work cross-functionally & drive impact – Partner with teams across Canva to transform financial processes, improve decision-making, and elevate financial understanding across the company—helping to shape the future of finance at Canva.

About the Group/Team

Our Corporate Accounting team is all about running a fast, accurate, and efficient close process while keeping things compliant, scalable, and always improving. We’re building finance foundations to support Canva’s growth and long-term success.

We focus on simplifying processes, leveraging automation, and using technology and AI to make accounting smarter and more efficient. As Canva continues to grow, so does our financial complexity, and our team plays a key role in keeping our financials accurate, timely, and reliable.

Beyond the numbers, we partner with teams across Canva to simplify financial processes and provide insights that drive better decision-making.

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 stack 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.