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Global Controller

Turing
Remote - United States, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 26 May 2025

About the role

About Turing

Based in Palo Alto, California, Turing is one of the world's fastest-growing AI companies accelerating the advancement and deployment of powerful AI systems. Turing helps customers in two ways: working with the world’s leading AI labs to advance frontier model capabilities in thinking, reasoning, coding, agentic behavior, multimodality, multilingualism, STEM and frontier knowledge; and leveraging that expertise to build real-world AI systems that solve mission-critical priorities for Fortune 500 companies and government institutions. Turing has received numerous awards, including Forbes's "One of America's Best Startup Employers," #1 on The Information's annual list of "Most Promising B2B Companies," and Fast Company's annual list of the "World's Most Innovative Companies." Turing's leadership team includes AI technologists from industry giants Meta, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Twitter, McKinsey, Bain, Stanford, Caltech, and MIT. For more information on Turing, visit www.turing.com. For information on upcoming Turing AGI Icons events, visit go.turing.com/agi-icons.

Global Controller

Global controllership, audit and compliance leadership, and team scaling for IPO-readiness

Position Overview

The Global Controller will lead our global accounting organization and serve as a key member of the finance leadership team. Reporting to the CFO, this leader will be responsible for scaling a foundational team into a world-class function capable of supporting a complex, global, and fast-growing business.

This role requires a seasoned accounting leader with a track record of building high-performing teams, tightening core processes, and leading organizations through audit, compliance, and IPO readiness. The ideal candidate will be relentlessly focused on improving cycle times, reducing error rates, and instilling operational rigor across the accounting function.

The incoming leader will take over a core function in transition. While the team has delivered foundational outputs, there are meaningful opportunities for uplift in execution quality, structure, and leadership. This role offers the mandate and runway to drive a step-change in departmental maturity, build a durable organization, and ensure readiness for public company scrutiny.

The controller will oversee all core global accounting functions - including GL, revenue recognition, payroll, compliance, and controls - and will be accountable for ensuring global statutory and regulatory compliance across all current and future jurisdictions. This leader will drive significant headcount and process scale over the next 6-12 months, while raising execution standards and output quality.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Enablement & Executive Partnership

  • Serve as a core partner to the CFO and senior leaders across the business, including the GMs and Head of Delivery.
  • Synthesize technical accounting and operational complexity into clear, actionable insights for executive decision-making.
  • Contribute actively to IPO readiness initiatives, including structure, process, controls, and investor-grade reporting readiness.
  • Lead accounting integration and technical diligence for M&A, entity launches, and cross-border expansion.

Team & Organizational Buildout

  • Scale the global accounting team from a foundational state into a high-performing organization over the next 6-12 months.
  • Hire, mentor, and retain talent across geographies, with a focus on building strong leadership capability and deep bench strength.
  • Instill a collaborative, high-ownership culture that engages cross-functional partners while holding the line on quality and accountability.
  • Set clear performance standards and operating rhythms consistent with the expectations of a future public company.

Process Ownership & Execution Excellence

  • Lead all core accounting processes: GL, close, consolidations, intercompany, A/R, A/P, revenue recognition, payroll, treasury, and tax compliance.
  • Aggressively improve close timelines, reduce error rates, and increase the repeatability and auditability of outputs.
  • Drive automation and minimize manual processes in partnership with the Head of Business Systems; Netsuite is the core platform.
  • Ensure tight operational linkages with Finance, Legal, and other departments to support scalable, forward-looking execution.

Controls, Compliance & Audit Readiness

  • Own the global audit process, transitioning from AICPA to PCAOB standards in anticipation of IPO-readiness.
  • Strengthen internal controls and process documentation across al

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