COMPTROLLER (No Remote)

Location: Remote, Northeast US

Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent

BibliU is an award-winning, technology-led B2B company transforming the $65bn educational content industry. We've cracked the code on Day 1 access to affordable digital course materials for students, while delivering comprehensive campus store solutions that foster human relationships, and increase our stickiness in the world of AI.

10% higher student retention, 1-point GPA increases, and partnerships with 170 universities serving 600,000 students each year.

We've fundamentally changed how universities procure, distribute, and manage learning content. We partner with 4,000+ publishers, including Pearson, Oxford University Press, and Wiley to deliver content to universities, and provide rich engagement data and interactive tools like quizzes that help students actually learn.

Our Series B raised $23m led by Nesta Impact Investments (with Guinness Asset Management, Stonehage Fleming, and Oxford Sciences Enterprises). We're actively building our M&A pipeline as we compete head-to-head against legacy bricks-and-mortar providers to improve the faculty and student experience while boosting the financial sustainability of universities.

Our culture is collaborative, high-growth, and agile. BibliU is looking for a Corporate Controller to own financial control and reporting across our multi-entity group. This is a process-driven, calendar-driven role for someone who brings structure and rigor to the close cycle, treats reconciliations and audit controls as non-negotiable, and is comfortable owning the full picture across multiple legal entities and currencies. You will report directly to the group’s CFO and be the person accountable for accurate, timely, audit-ready numbers across the group.

Lead multi-entity consolidation, including intercompany eliminations, cross-entity reconciliations, and currency translation;

Own preparation of financial statements across entities, including the general ledger, chart of accounts, and accounting policies that sit behind them;

Own the integrity of balance sheet and bank reconciliations across all entities, with nothing aged and nothing unexplained;

Oversee accounting to ensure the data behind the numbers is clean;

Own the finance systems environment (Iplicit), including configuration, controls, and identifying opportunities to use AI tools to speed up and improve accuracy in recurring processes;

Own the external audit process end to end: planning, PBC list, fieldwork coordination, and query resolution;

Design, implement, and maintain internal financial controls, acting as the technical accounting escalation point for the wider finance team;

Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards and statutory/tax filing obligations across the jurisdictions the group operates in;

Manage and develop the accounting team, setting clear expectations and building a culture of ownership rather than task completion;

Act as the go-to finance contact for cross-departmental questions and financial input into business decisions.

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field;

Minimum 10 years experience in financial management, including multi-entity group consolidations;

Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of a close process and an external audit cycle;

Strong working knowledge of accounting principles and financial reporting across more than one jurisdiction (US and UK experience preferred, but the key requirement is proven multi-entity/multi-jurisdiction fluency);

Advanced Excel skills - complex modelling, reconciliation, and analysis;

Practical experience using AI tools to improve accuracy or efficiency in finance workflows;

Proven experience managing or mentoring a finance team;

Comfortable owning a deadline-heavy, calendar-driven workload with minimal supervision;

Clear, confident communicator with finance and non-finance stakeholders alike

CPA (or equivalent professional accounting qualification) - a plus, not a requirement;

35 holiday per year - yep, that’s not a typo! (in addition to public holidays)

• Medical, vision & dental insurance (BibliU contributing 70% of all monthly premiums)
• Flexible Spending Account
• Flexible working hours - we’re a remote team spread across the US and UK
• Work-from-home allowance to help you set up your dream WFH station

Each new hire is an opportunity for us to bring in a different perspective and BibliU is committed to building an inclusive and supportive workplace where everyone can do rewarding work.

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