controller

turbopuffer is looking for a Controller 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

CPA with deep US GAAP experience, preferably in an audited environment; progressive high-growth technology startup experience; AI agent deployment and configuration experience; SQL or Python experience preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• owning financial reporting
• leading ERP migration
• overseeing billing operations

Skills & Tools

ERP, AI agents, SQL, Python

Job Details

• Category: Finance and Accounting
• Seniority: Senior Level
• Commitment: Full Time
• Workplace: Remote — United States or Canada
• Languages: English

About turbopuffer

A technology company providing cloud-based search infrastructure and software. — Industry: Information Technology