Controller, Accounting, Financial Compliance

At Boundless Learning we are empowering our partners to deliver exceptional experiences that expand opportunities for learners around the world. We put learner success at the heart of everything we do, empowering our partners to deliver personalized, learner-centric experiences that boost access and create economic mobility. At Boundless Learning you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with passionate, diverse teams, where your ideas are valued, and your expertise is respected.

Join us on this meaningful journey towards transforming education and making a lasting difference in the lives of learners worldwide.

Job Description:

The Controller is the senior accounting authority for Boundless Learning. This role leads the integrity, timeliness and control environment of accounting and financial operations across the US, Canada and UK entities. This role is accountable for month-end close, financial reporting, technical accounting, external audit, tax, compliance and control.

The Controller also serves as the broader Finance team’s point person for technology-enabled improvement, partnering closely with Technology to identify and adopt new tools and processes. This role defines Finance’s requirements, prioritizes process and automation opportunities, establishes data requirements, leads testing and drives adoption and change management.

The ideal candidate pairs strong accounting leadership with demonstrated experience delivering process and technology transformation.

Responsibilities:

Controllership, close and financial reporting

• Lead the accounting function and ensure a complete, accurate and timely monthly close across the US, Canada and UK entities.
• Oversee the preparation and review of journal entries, account reconciliations, close checklists, financial analyses and supporting work papers.
• Prepare, review and explain monthly financial statements, including the balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement and relevant entity-level reporting.
• Partner with FP&A on actuals, reporting definitions, budget and forecast inputs and explanations of accounting-driven variances.

Audit, tax, treasury and accounting services governance

• Lead the relationship with external auditors and coordinate audit schedules, PBC requests, issue tracking, management responses and resolution of audit findings.
• Coordinate with tax advisers and internal stakeholders to provide complete, timely accounting support for tax filings, statutory reporting and compliance requirements.
• Own the accounting control model for cash, bank reconciliations, bank activity and payment-related controls, working closely with FP&A and other designated treasury stakeholders.
• Oversee the relationship with our accounting services partner, including the service catalog, RACI, procedures, SLAs, training, quality assurance and issue escalation.

Technical accounting, policy and internal controls

• Serve as the primary owner of technical accounting research, policy interpretation and documentation, including revenue recognition, intercompany activity and transfer pricing.
• Develop and maintain accounting policies, standard operating procedures, approval matrices, reconciliation standards and a practical internal control framework.
• Identify control, data and process risks; implement remediation that strengthens accuracy, auditability, segregation of duties and operational effectiveness.

Finance transformation

• Serve as the owner for the broader Finance team’s process and technology change, including D365 Finance, reporting data, close and reconciliation processes, AR workflow, AP workflow, automation and AI-enabled tools.
• Maintain a Finance transformation roadmap; translate business needs into clear requirements, process maps, data definitions, control…