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turbopuffer builds a search engine for vector and full-text search built directly on object storage. Registered in Ottawa, Canada, with an office in San Francisco.

Location
Remote
Company size
10–50
Posted
Today
Via
Ashby
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Job title
controller
Job location
Canada
Job description

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

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turbopuffer headquarters

Ottawa

Company size

10–50 employees

Founded

2023

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