Senior Financial Data Scientist - Revenue Accounting

Canva•San Francisco, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design. Canva is looking for insightful data scientists to help them understand their data better and fuel future growth. This role is for a Senior Data Scientist on the Finance Data & Analytics team who understands financial data at Canva and can make it actionable. The position will support the Revenue Accounting team in building reusable data assets and dashboards for month/quarter-end close activities.

Requirements

Knowledge and experience with Python (or R) and SQL.
Strong knowledge and experience on data analysis (e.g. intermediate-advanced level of Excel, Alteryx Certified, Tableau Prep, Knime, etc).
Knowledge and experience using visualization and BI tools (e.g. Mode, Tableau, Looker, MicroStrategy, PowerBI, etc).
Soft skills & personal qualities: attention to accuracy, interpreting data faithfully, speaking persuasively in public, and writing concisely and clearly.
Grounding in mathematics/statistics or finance.
Degree in a STEM area.
Experience working with financial data and finance teams.
Experience at a company that has gone through an IPO is ideal.

Responsibilities

Establish automated, traceable, and immutable revenue data pipelines that meet external audit standards.
Reduce manual reconciliation effort through automation and anomaly detection.
Improve accuracy and completeness of revenue data within the Finance data warehouse across payment gateways and billing service data domains.
Develop compelling reports, dashboards, and presentations that effectively communicate insights to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Work with various stakeholders to continuously improve the efficiency and accuracy of data collection and preparation.
Support the Revenue Accounting team to build reusable data assets and dashboards to support month/quarter end close activities.