Controller

Canopy Works•San Francisco, CA

33d•$200,000 - $235,000

About The Position

Canopy is one of the fastest-growing companies focused on workforce safety in healthcare. Backed by leading venture investors, Canopy is transforming how hospitals protect frontline staff and manage the care environment through a location intelligence platform that combines wearable safety technology, real-time location, intelligent alerting, managed services, and enterprise integrations built specifically for healthcare environments. We operate in high-trust, high-reliability environments where software quality, operational resilience, and customer experience matter deeply. Today, more than 70 leading health systems and 1,000 healthcare facilities rely on Canopy to protect frontline staff, improve emergency response, strengthen employee confidence, and support workforce retention. We are scaling rapidly, expanding our product portfolio, and partnering with some of the most recognized health systems in the country. This is an opportunity to join a high-growth, venture-backed company at a pivotal stage, where you can make a meaningful impact on both the business and the safety of healthcare workers nationwide. The Role: We're looking for a Controller to own not just every aspect of accounting at Canopy, but also help the CFO run the operations for crisp revenue contracting through recognition and collection. Canopy is moving into its next level of maturity and this leader will architect, implement and manage the systems, automation and AI-workflows that will allow us to scale efficiently while giving excellent service to internal and external customers. This is a high impact, cross-functional role for an accounting leader who can bring collaboration and a service orientation across the company while helping drive transparency and decision making.

Requirements

10+ years of accounting experience
At least 4 years owning the close at a high-growth, venture-backed startup.
Active license CPA
Big 4 experience.
Builder DNA with a genuine appetite for hands-on work.
Collaborative mindset to partner with other functions and deliver on joint deliverables.
Inquisitive pursuit that keeps you digging until the numbers make sense.
Demonstrable experience in hiring, mentoring and growing staff.
Experience and comfort with AI tools and native systems.
Experience owning a well run annual audit process.
Excellent technical accounting skills.
Experience with SaaS is a must.
A genuine connection to Canopy’s mission — keeping healthcare workers safe is meaningful work.

Nice To Haves

Implementation of an AI-native ERP is a big plus.
Experience in healthcare is a plus.

Responsibilities

Define the roadmap and deliver the services for Canopy’s accounting team, including modernized tech stack, revenue integrity, AI integration, inventory accounting, monthly close, technical ownership, compliance, managing the accounting team, and business-facing leadership.
Implement a new, AI-native ERP and uplevel the rest of the finance tech stack.
Full ownership of revenue recognition including 606, hardware, implementation services, contract modifications, deferred revenue, commissions and reporting.
Actively partner with Sales, Legal, CX and Finance to identify accounting implications and solutions in the order-to-cash process before decisions create downstream problems.
Treat AI tools and enabled systems as part of your daily operating environment, finding new ways to automate reconciliations, flux analysis, and all accounting workflows.
Partner with operations on inventory tracking, recording, reserve analysis and reporting.
Re-engineer monthly close processes and data integrations to consistently close in 7 business days and then build a path to 5 business days or better.
Own technical accounting policies and GAAP compliance.
Lead the annual audit including the inaugural audit, manage regular tax compliance, administer annual corporate insurance program and support investor reporting.
Hire, mentor and grow accounting staff to help them achieve company and career objectives.
Operate visibly and in real-time, not behind the scenes, with executive presence, strong communication skills, and commercial curiosity.
Develop relationships across the leadership team, participate in discussions involving major contracts and operational changes, and surface risks and opportunities early.
Hold other functions accountable for the inputs and processes that affect financial integrity.