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 workpapers.
- 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 requirements, test scenarios and acceptance criteria.
- Partner with Technology to evaluate solutions, lead testing, assess readiness, drive adoption and change management and confirm that delivered capabilities meet Finance's operating needs.
- Identify opportunities to simplify and automate recurring work while preserving effective controls, evidence, data quality and appropriate human review.
Leadership and partnership
- Partner effectively with the CFO, FP&A, Technology, Legal, Procurement, HR, external advisers and business leaders to support sound financial operations and decision-making.
- Provide updates to the CFO on close status, control risks, accounting issues, audit and tax matters, service provider performance and transformation progress.
- Shape the future finance operating model as the business and transformation agenda evolve.
Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in Accounting; CPA or MBA preferred.
- 10+ years of accounting experience, including at least 5 years in a leadership role.
- Strong knowledge of GAAP and internal controls; SOX-aligned environments a plus.
- Demonstrated success driving adoption of new process and technology solutions.
- Expert within Excel, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance, Power BI, Tableau, workflow/process automation tools (e.g., Power Automate) and AI-enabled productivity and analytics tools (e.g., Copilot, Claude).
- Experience with multi-entity and/or multi-currency accounting and consolidations across multiple jurisdictions (e.g., US, Canada, UK).
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills.
- Excellent project management and change management skills, with the ability to translate between finance and technical/IT stakeholders.
- Experience working within a private equity-backed company a plus.
If you are a motivated accounting professional who is energized by process improvement and finance technology, please apply today!
This position is based full-time in our Orlando, FL or Chandler, AZ office.
