Cost Accounting Manager
About the job
- An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
- An undergraduate degree in Accounting or Finance, or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
- CPA, ACCA or equivalent with excellent technical accounting skills and IFRS experience
- A detailed understanding of IFRS 16, IFRS 18 and relevant rules related to Software as a Service and services
- Leadership or management responsibility
- A track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
- Experience in managing cost accounting processes and operational expenses
- Experience driving cost recognition and scaling accounting processes in a high-growth environment
- Experience with ERP and operational finance systems, including procurement, expense management, and reporting platforms — NetSuite preferred
- Experience in a multi-country multi-currency, operations and tax environment
- Professional written and spoken English
- Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
- Thoughtfulness and self-motivation
- Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
- Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
- Collaborate with Procurement, Commercial Systems, Operations, Legal, and FP&A teams to design and maintain scalable cost management, allocation and reporting processes. Drive process and configuration improvements in NetSuite and related systems for end-to-end automation of the cost life cycle
- Incorporate industry best practices, emerging technology and AI to raise the bar for reporting speed and accuracy
- Review and evaluate the cost recognition impact of non-standard expenses
- Lead, mentor and develop a team of cost accounting and systems accounting professionals
- Assist in month-end cost close, including reconciliations, fluctuation analysis, and other reporting
- Develop and maintain effective internal controls over cost transactions and reporting
- Research and write accounting memos on significant cost recognition and other related policy matters
- Act as the primary liaison with external auditors in matters related to purchase-to-pay
- Ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements while identifying and managing cost accounting risks
- Public company reporting and revenue accounting experience
- Software implementation, integration and user acceptance
- Software engineering qualification or experience
- A passion for technology and a desire to work with motivated colleagues
- MBA or other relevant business degree
About the company
Canonical provides commercial support and services for open-source software, led by the Ubuntu Linux distribution. It monetizes through paid subscriptions like Ubuntu Pro, which adds extended security maintenance, kernel live patching, and compliance features, while offering a free tier for individuals. The company also offers enterprise tools such as MAAS for bare-metal provisioning, Landscape for centralized Ubuntu systems management, and Charmed Kubeflow for end-to-end MLOps, along with partnerships with cloud providers and hardware vendors. Its goal is to help organizations deploy and operate open-source technology at scale by delivering professional services and managed software around Ubuntu and related projects.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
Early VC
Total Funding
$9.9M
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2004
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What believers are saying
- Ubuntu 26.04.1 opened upgrades for 24.04 LTS users on September 29, 2026.
- Canonical launched Myna, OpenShell, and Zephyr 26.04 LTS in September 2026.
- Canonical keeps hiring globally, with 307 open roles and founder-led profitability messaging.
What critics are saying
- CVE-2026-12249 in ADSys poisoned Ubuntu trust stores through plaintext HTTP enrollment.
- CVE-2026-11386 exposed ubuntu-pro-client root execution across LTS releases through 26.04.
- Repeated security failures or release delays push enterprises toward Red Hat and vendor images.
What makes Canonical unique
- Canonical sells 15-year support across Ubuntu, Zephyr, and device stacks in 2026.
- Ubuntu 26.04.1 and Zephyr 26.04 LTS extend one vendor across cloud-to-edge lifecycles.
- Canonical ships partner-certified Ubuntu for NVIDIA, Qualcomm, and Arduino hardware globally.
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↑ 0%How to try out 26.10's speech-to-text app in Ubuntu 26.04 | 24.04. Published: September 29, 2026 Discover more Open Source Linux & Unix This is a step by step guide shows how to install and try out Myna, Ubuntu's new offline speech to text feature in Ubuntu 26.04 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is developing a voice typing application called Myna. It's an opt-in feature in Ubuntu 26.10, while the current Ubuntu 26.04 can also try it out. How it works. Just press a keyboard shortcut and speak naturally, the app will record what you said, then use an AI model to convert the voice to text, finally type the text in your application. All the process works offline! And, myna is made up of three components: * myna-config - the graphical configuration tool, responsible for choosing which AI model to use (Whisper, Parakeet, or FunASR), set keyboard shortcut, language, etc. * myna client and AI models, installed as snap packages. * Gnome Shell extension for dictation activity indicator. Step 1: install myna-config graphical configuration tool. For user on modern Intel/AMD platform, Ubuntu developer maintains a PPA that contains myna-config package for Ubuntu 24.04 and Ubuntu 26.04. Linux & Unix To install the package, first press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to launch terminal, then run command to add PPA: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:charles05/myna-config Next, run command to install the configuration tool: sudo apt install myna-config If you're following this tutorial in Linux Mint, then run sudo apt update to refresh cache first. Finally, launch the tool from either Gnome Overview or by running myna-config in terminal. Linux & Unix Step 2: install myna client and AI models. Both the client app and AI models are available as Snap packages. To install then, first launch terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) then run the commands below one by one: * First, run command to allow snap packages to run background services as user: sudo snap set system experimental.user-daemons=true * Then, install the myna client (so far available in edge repository): sudo snap install myna -edge * Finally, download & install AI models (choose one that you prefer, or install all of them): sudo snap install -edge myna-parakeet sudo snap install -edge myna-whisper sudo snap install -edge myna-funasr Step 3: install GNOME Shell extension (only for default GNOME desktop). For better integration, you may install myna-shell extension that can display small on-screen overlay showing the status of dictation. The extension so far is not available in extensions.gnome.org, so you need to manually install it from source. * First, launch terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to grab the myna source code: git clone https://github.com/canonical/myna.git Run sudo apt install git to install if git does not exist. * Create the extension directory: mkdir -p ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected] * Finally, copy the extension from source to the directory you just created: cp -r myna/extensions/myna-shell/* ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected] After installed the extension, log out and back in. Then, launch "Extension Manager" (available in App Center / Ubuntu Software as Debian package) and enable that extension. Configure and use myna. Now, launch myna-config, choose AI model, set a keyboard shortcut, your spoken language (e.g., en) and other. Finally, launch a text editor or application to input, press the keyboard shortcut and speak naturally, and see if it works! Uninstall: If you don't like the new voice typing application, or it does not work properly for you, then launch terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and remove it by following steps. * First, remove the extension either by using "Extension Manager" or by simply removing the source: rm -R ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected] * Then, remove the client and AI models: snap remove -purge myna myna-parakeet myna-funasr myna-whisper * Finally, remove the configuration tool: sudo apt remove myna-config Also remove the PPA afterward by running command: sudo add-apt-repository -remove ppa:charles05/myna-config Enable this blog? Please spread the world:)
Canonical announces the alpha release of Charmed OpenShell to help secure autonomous AI agent fleets. Canonical teams up with NVIDIA on the NVIDIA Open Agent Safety Platform and the Broad Availability of NVIDIA OpenShell, delivering developer-friendly packaging and enterprise-grade infrastructure. Canonical is pleased to announce comprehensive agent-ready enterprise infrastructure for NVIDIA OpenShell which reaches broad availability today, and is part of the new NVIDIA Open Agent Safety Platform. As autonomous, self-evolving AI agents transition from experimental pilots into production operations, NVIDIA OpenShell provides an open source runtime that governs how agents execute, what resources they can access, and where inference traffic is routed. Canonical is teaming with NVIDIA to provide seamless deployment paths ranging from local developer workstations to production-scale enterprise infrastructure. Frictionless desktop experience for developers. The OpenShell snap was released in June 2026 to give developers straightforward access to governed agent runtimes. By packaging OpenShell as a snap, Ubuntu users benefit from a one-command installation, workload confinement, and automated updates. With the OpenShell snap, users can instantly run agent sandboxes locally and test autonomous workflows, without manually configuring complex runtime dependencies. Announcing the alpha release of Charmed OpenShell. To streamline enterprise deployment and lifecycle management, Canonical is announcing the alpha release of Charmed OpenShell. Developed in the open, Charmed OpenShell pairs OpenShell's control plane with Canonical's Juju operator ecosystem, providing a trusted, repeatable way to run and manage the gateway alongside the rest of the platform. Charmed OpenShell deploys and operates the OpenShell Gateway service on Canonical Kubernetes running on MicroCloud, automatically connecting the central control plane into essential enterprise services. This enables: * High availability (HA) and state persistence: automated integration with Charmed PostgreSQL for state store resilience and optimistic concurrency across gateway replicas * Identity and access management: native integration with Canonical Identity Platform for OpenID Connect (OIDC) user authentication and access control * gRPC ingress: managed Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) routing and end-to-end Transport-Layer Security (TLS) passthrough, powered by Traefik * Centralized observability: pre-configured binding to the Canonical Observability Stack (COS), delivering native Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards, and Loki log aggregation Enterprise agent infrastructure on MicroCloud. For organizations scaling agent fleets across multiple business units, Canonical provides agent-ready infrastructure through MicroCloud, its lightweight, low-touch cloud platform. To complement Charmed OpenShell, Canonical has engineered an open source LXD driver that connects the OpenShell gateway directly to MicroCloud's virtualization layer. By using LXD's system containers, the driver provisions isolated sandboxes at the container boundary for every agent execution. This architecture allows OpenShell to dynamically interact with MicroCloud storage, networking, and physical GPU passthrough primitives, while helping to guarantee that unverified binaries or compromised agent code remain safely contained. "Autonomous agents represent a fundamental shift in software execution, moving from predictable scripts to self-directed systems," said Cindy Goldberg, Vice President of Cloud and Silicon Partnerships at Canonical. "Deploying these agents at scale demands infrastructure that provides strict governance without stalling developer velocity. Through our collaboration with NVIDIA, Canonical is delivering a complete open source stack - from developer snaps to Charmed OpenShell on MicroCloud - giving organizations the safety, scale, and operational control needed to run AI agent fleets with confidence." Availability and resources. To install OpenShell locally on your Ubuntu machine run sudo snap install openshell To learn more about Charmed OpenShell consult the documentation, or contribute via the GitHub repository. About Canonical. Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, provides open source security, support, and services. Its portfolio covers critical systems, from the smallest devices to the largest clouds, from the kernel to containers, from databases to AI. With customers that include top tech brands, emerging startups, governments, and home users, Canonical delivers trusted open source for everyone.
Mir 2.30 released now with Rust required, mir roadmap published. Canonical today released Mir 2.30 as the newest release of this Wayland compositor library for building out different shells and other functionality from smart mirrors to other consumer devices. Mir 2.30 now explicitly requires a Rust compiler for building Mir where as previously it was considered optional. Mir is now using the Rust evdev input platform code. The other motivation is that Mir is now strictly targeting Ubuntu 26.04 LTS where there is Rust mandated. So thanks to upping their OS target focus of Ubuntu 26.04 and newer, Rust can be safely and always assumed for Mir purposes. The "MIR_ENABLE_RUST" build option is now removed and Rust must always be present for building Mir. Mir 2.30 also adds support for the Wayland wl_fixes protocol, fixes various bugs, and also brings various documentation improvements. Mir 2.30 can be downloaded from GitHub. With this release added to the Mir 2.30 documentation is a public roadmap. Among the roadmap plans include using a hardware plane for video playback, support for building a Mir-based compositor entirely in Rust, stabilizing the mir-shell Wayland extension, designing a long-term Mir rendering pipeline, Mir shell systemd integration, and security improvements.
Want to try Ubuntu's AI dictation feature? Here's how. Ubuntu's new AI-powered dictation tool Myna isn't officially ready, but you can give it an early test. Canonical has added the Myna orchestrator snap and a pair of speech-recognition AI models to the Snap Store recently, and made its new desktop Myna Settings tool available to test from a PPA. Ubuntu 26.10 also comes with another component preinstalled, as the gnome-shell-ubuntu-extensions package has a GNOME Shell extension that triggers an on-screen HUD when the Myna local AI speech-to-text tech is listening or transcribing. While a formal call for testing hasn't been made, all the pieces needed to test Myna are [...] As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
OpenShot video editor officially launches as a snap package. The OpenShot video editor is now officially available as a snap package in the Canonical Snap Store. This new option, which launched on September 22, is accessible through the App Center across all supported Ubuntu releases. Although a Debian package is still present in the Ubuntu archives, the addition of the snap makes installation more straightforward, especially for users on older LTS versions of Ubuntu who might be restricted by version compatibility with Qt. The recent OpenShot 4.0 release introduced significant enhancements, such as color grading tools, improved multitrack recording, and better integration with the cloud-based ComfyUI AI service. How to install the OpenShot snap package. To install the OpenShot snap via the command line, use: sudo snap install openshot-qt Please note that users will need to manually grant permissions for microphone, webcam, and access to removable or external drives. This can be done through Settings > Apps > OpenShot or via the command line with: sudo snap connect openshot-qt:audio-recordsudo snap connect openshot-qt:camerasudo snap connect openshot-qt:removable-media The developer, Jonathan Thomas, has also requested auto-connect approval for the snap and a possible name change to simply openshot, which may be decided in the upcoming days. Question about openshot deb packages. What does this mean for the existing OpenShot PPA? Likely, not much has changed. The PPA remains a viable option for those who prefer not to use snaps or AppImages and wish to keep receiving updates. While OpenShot is also available on Flathub, the package there has not yet been updated to version 4.0. With the recent snap release, there is hope for a formal update on Flathub soon.