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
Skills Required
- CPA certification
- Deep US GAAP accounting experience
- Experience in an audited environment
- Progressive experience at high-growth technology startups
- Ability to rapidly shift context and reprioritize based on business needs
- Ability to deliver consistent results in extremely fast-paced environments
- Proven experience deploying and configuring AI agents to automate complex tasks
- Understanding of cloud architecture, billing, and margin analysis
- Experience with multi-entity rollups and international expansion
- SQL, Python, or general coding experience
What We Do
turbopuffer is a serverless search engine that combines vector and full-text search using object storage. It is designed to make large amounts of data searchable for AI applications, offering high scalability, performance, and cost-efficiency by separating compute and storage. It serves as a critical infrastructure layer for companies needing to retrieve context for AI models, handling billions of documents with low latency.
