Controller

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:

• own month end close and reporting including variance analysis & statement prep

• lead our ERP migration to an AI native platform; full oversight over system design & config

• expand the AI orchestration layer for finance → repeatable work goes to agents

• become our default billing systems lead, you'll oversee billing ops day to day

• oversee multi-country payroll and benefits, commissions and equity management

• coordinate w/ external providers to ensure global corporate and sales tax compliance

• maintain an audit ready posture while ensuring appropriate controls & memos are in place

• coordinate agents to run but ultimately own transactional accounting

• collaborate on financial planning and maintain rolling forecasts

• roll up your sleeves and dive in to various ad hoc projects…no shortage of those

must have:

• CPA w/ deep US GAAP accounting experience, ideally forged in an audited environment

• progressive experience at previous high-growth tech startups

• ability to rapidly context shift and rebalance priorities based on business needs

• thrives on delivering consistent results in extremely fast paced environments

• proven track record of deploying & configuring AI agents to automate complex tasks

nice to have:

• deep understanding of cloud architecture & associated billing + margin analysis

• proficient in multi-entity rollups, international expansion

• sql, python or general coding experience

tpuf is hardcore & whimsical. we value:

• overstep > understep

• show > tell

• complexity is earned

• showing up as part of our customer’s team

• making stuff easy to react to