controller

About this role

turbopuffer is looking for a Controller (based in Canada) who wants to evolve the finance function at a fast growing startup. This year we're migrating our ERP to an AI-native platform, rebuilding our billing stack, and putting agents to work across all of our projects. You'll be working directly with our CFO.

what you'll do

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• own month end close and reporting including variance analysis & statement prep
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• lead our ERP migration to an AI native platform; full oversight over system design & config
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• expand the AI orchestration layer for finance → repeatable work goes to agents
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• become our default billing systems lead, you'll oversee billing ops day to day
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• oversee multi-country payroll and benefits, commissions and equity management
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• coordinate w/ external providers to ensure global corporate and sales tax compliance
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• maintain an audit ready posture while ensuring appropriate controls & memos are in place
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• coordinate agents to run but ultimately own transactional accounting
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• collaborate on financial planning and maintain rolling forecasts
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• roll up your sleeves and dive in to various ad hoc projects…no shortage of those
• must have:
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• CPA w/ deep US GAAP accounting experience, ideally forged in an audited environment
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• progressive experience at previous high-growth tech startups
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• ability to rapidly context shift and rebalance priorities based on business needs
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• thrives on delivering consistent results in extremely fast paced environments
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• proven track record of deploying & configuring AI agents to automate complex tasks

nice to have

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• deep understanding of cloud architecture & associated billing + margin analysis
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• proficient in multi-entity rollups, international expansion
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• sql, python or general coding experience
• tpuf is hardcore & whimsical. we value:
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• overstep > understep
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• show > tell
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• complexity is earned
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• showing up as part of our customer’s team
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• making stuff easy to react to