Controller

Job summary

The Controller will own month-end close, financial reporting, and lead the migration of the ERP system to an AI-native platform. They will also oversee global payroll, billing operations, and collaborate on financial planning and forecasting.

Job details

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

What you’ll do

The Controller will own month-end close, financial reporting, and lead the migration of the ERP system to an AI-native platform. They will also oversee global payroll, billing operations, and collaborate on financial planning and forecasting.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a CPA with deep US GAAP experience and have a proven track record in high-growth tech startups. Proficiency in deploying AI agents for automation and experience with cloud architecture or international expansion is highly valued.

Listed skills

• SQL · Preferred
• Financial Reporting · Preferred
• Financial planning · Preferred
• Python · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• CPA
• US GAAP
• ERP Migration
• Financial Reporting
• Variance Analysis
• Billing Operations
• Payroll Management
• Tax Compliance
• Financial Planning
• AI Agent Deployment
• Cloud Architecture
• Margin Analysis
• Multi-entity Rollups
• SQL
• Python
• Accounting Controls
• Month-End Closing
• AI Agents
• Accounting
• Artificial Intelligence
• Auditing
• Billing
• Billing Systems
• Management
• Cloud Computing Architecture
• Finance
• Forecasting
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• Sales Tax
• Python (Programming Language)
• Memos
• SQL (Programming Language)
• Systems Design
• React.js (Javascript Library)

Job areas

• Finance & Accounting
• Management & Leadership
• Technology
• Software
• Controller
• Controller (General)
• Accountants
• Treasurers and Controllers
• Financial Managers

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