Cloud Hosting Finance Analyst

Canva • San Francisco, CA

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About The Position

The Cloud Hosting Finance Analyst supports Canva’s Tech & Product Finance and Technology & Infrastructure teams by making cloud hosting spend accurate, trusted, well forecasted, and actionable. The role owns the data layer used by AI and non-AI hosting spend analysts and partners with Accounting and technical accounting on methodologies for allocating hosting costs across the P&L. It works closely with Infrastructure, Platform, Procurement, FinOps, Finance Data, Finance Business Partners, and Group Leads as hosting costs grow and change with AI workloads and business growth.

The position covers hosting data reconciliation, classification methodologies, financial planning and close processes, dashboards and queries, vendor and tagging data, cloud cost analysis, negotiations, and chargeback pilots. It includes monthly close, quarterly Outlooks, annual AOP, invoice validation, accrual and reclassification work, Anaplan actuals and variance commentary, as well as modelling for renewals and new vendor negotiations. The role is based in San Francisco, and candidates must currently be located in the area. Canva offers flexibility in how and where employees work.

Requirements

• Experience operating in an FP&A function or similar, including monthly close, quarterly forecasting, variance analysis, and planning cycles.
• Strong data proficiency and daily comfort with a BI tool such as Mode, Looker, Omni, or similar.
• Strong modelling skills, especially driver-based modelling for cloud hosting spend.
• Hands-on experience with large transactional datasets, ideally cloud cost or billing data such as CUR or FinOps tooling.
• Working knowledge of AWS or GCP billing, including Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Capacity Blocks, and Committed Use Discounts.
• 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.
• Currently located in the San Francisco area.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Anaplan or another enterprise planning tool such as Adaptive, Pigment, or Oracle EPM.
• Exposure to FinOps practices and tooling such as ProsperOps, Vantage, or native cloud cost tools.
• Exposure to chargeback or showback model design.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile centralized cloud hosting vendor bill line items so AI and non-AI FP&A partners can rely on the data.
• Own R&D reclassification (COGS versus non-COGS) and free reclassification (AI versus non-AI) methodologies in the Anaplan hosting model, partnering with Accounting and technical accounting on audit readiness.
• Manage the finance rhythm for administrative hosting, including monthly close, quarterly Outlooks, annual AOP, ProsperOps accruals and tracking, AWS and GCP invoice validation, monthly billing console reconciliations, reclasses, Anaplan actuals, and BvA commentary.
• Build and maintain queries and dashboards to answer questions from Finance Business Partners, Procurement, and Group Leads about service changes and workload costs.
• Partner with FinOps and Finance Data on tagging, mapping, vendor onboarding, and anomaly detection.
• Prepare models and scenario analyses for cloud hosting vendor renewals and negotiations, including commit sizing, break-even analysis, and realised-benefit tracking.
• Use AI tools in daily work and help design and run hands-on modelling for chargeback pilot groups.
• Support distributed hosting cost accountability through chargeback pilot work.

Benefits

• Equity packages
• Health benefits plans
• 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution
• Inclusive parental leave policy
• Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance for wellbeing, social connection, office setup, and more
• Flexible leave options

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed