Chief Financial Officer, BibliU

• The killer combination of strategic and operational: high-level and future focused, but able to get into the weeds where necessary
• Experience scaling a high-growth company, PE raises and reporting cycles, strategic vision for finance ensuring the business is consistently ready for what’s next - be it fundraising, acquisitions or exit, supporting a complex SaaS + retail operation with strong cash and margin discipline
• Senior finance leadership experience in high-growth scale up businesses (50%+ YoY growth, reaching ~$200m revenue)
• Proven experience in companies with complex working capital models, such as inventory-heavy models like eCommerce, retail, or hardware; or companies working with significant working capital swings such as OPMs (Online Program Managers) or publishers
• ACA / ACCA / CPA / CFA or equivalent

Desirable

• Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
• If you’re looking for a CFO role that blends strategy, complexity, and hands-on execution in a mission-driven business, then read on
• You'll partner directly with our CEO on the big strategic bets that will define BibliU's next chapter: evolving the finance function from a largely backward-looking function into a core strategic pillar — one that enables better decisions, supports our rapidly growing scale, and ensures the business is structurally ready for future funding rounds, acquisitions, and potential exit scenarios
• You will partner with the CEO on fundraising, M&A, and business strategy. But this isn't a "stay at 30,000 feet" CFO role. We need someone who can zoom out to see the big picture, dive deep into the details that matter, and bring commercial rigour to every strategic decision
• This is a rare "double-threat" CFO opportunity. You'll operate at the strategic leadership tier while also rolling up your sleeves to drive hands-on execution in a company with a variety of business models and revenue streams (digital SaaS, e-commerce, retail)
• You will oversee finance and legal, bring greater financial and strategic depth to the leadership team, and help build the systems, processes, and team required to support a business operating at real scale
• BibliU isn't a pure-play SaaS business. We're a blended SaaS and retail distribution company managing digital subscriptions alongside physical textbook inventory across 170 campuses
• That means you must deeply understand margin management, inventory optimization, working capital dynamics, and the operational complexity of physical fulfillment at scale. If your entire background is pure SaaS, this probably isn't the right fit
• You'll also be central to our active fundraising and M&A agenda. Our Texas Book Company acquisition was just the start—we're identifying and pursuing more strategic deals, which you will be a key partner in, ensuring the financial foundations, insight, and execution are institutional-grade
• Ensuring the exec team and the board have clear visibility on and trust in the numbers
• Scaling a finance function that matches the complexity and ambition of the high-growth business
• Embedding finance as a forward-looking strategic partner, not just a reporting function
• Supporting a blended SaaS + retail model with strong cash discipline and margin optimisation
• Ensuring BibliU is structurally ready for future funding rounds, acquisitions, and exit scenarios
• Creating clarity, confidence, and decision-quality for the CEO, Board, and investors
• Establish finance as a strategic pillar and trusted partner for data-driven planning and decision-making
• Oversee the build of robust and accurate 3-5 year financial models and rolling cash-flow forecasts (including 13-week cash tracking) across SaaS and retail
• Set Build real-time Exec/Board/investor dashboards for unit economics (ARR, MRR, CAC, LTV, margins)
• Ensure future raise/exit readiness; and advise the CEO on capital raise timing and structure
• Manage the complex inventory dynamics inherent in a blended SaaS/retail model, particularly the BibliU Campus retail footprint
• Establish and oversee end-to-end textbook inventory and supplier strategies, combining demand forecasting with just-in-time procurement, optimized payment terms, and cross-team alignment
• Improve working-capital performance (DSO, DPO, inventory turns) through quarterly reviews, aged-inventory/SKU rationalization, and stronger retail inventory efficiency
• Strengthen financial governance, controls, and reporting across a multi-entity, cross-border business
• Lead GAAP-compliant reporting and monthly management accounts, KPI and segment reporting with EBITDA and variance analysis
• Ownership of cross-border and intercompany financial arrangements, including tax structuring and transfer pricing, FX and treasury strategy, and managing differences in accounting standards, payroll, VAT/sales tax, and statutory reporting across jurisdictions
• Monthly Board and investor updates, regular performance/forecast governance meetings, and leadership of annual audit and tax processes
• Drive ERP, BI, and systems improvements — including post-acquisition integration — to support scale
• Bring rigour to capital allocation decisions across product, go-to-market, infrastructure, and acquisitions
• Ensure the business is consistently prepared for future fundraising or strategic transactions
• Partner with the CEO and others on M&A evaluation, valuations, due diligence, and integration from a financial perspective
• Position BibliU as an attractive acquisition candidate or platform company for financial sponsors or strategic buyers
• Create an institutional-grade finance and operations setup for BibliU by implementing investor-aligned KPIs and reporting, producing transaction-readiness materials (normalized EBITDA, 3-statement models, customer concentration analysis)
• Build and develop a high-performing finance team across two geographies and two business models
• Embed financial discipline and insight-driven decision-making across the organisation