Engagement Lead, Future Platforms (Accounting) | Housing

About The Role

As an Engagement Lead on the Future Platforms team, you will help found and scale a critical function at EliseAI: delivering its accounting platform from initial deployment through full operational adoption. You will own the accounting layer of complex engagements and drive successful implementations across multiple clients, working with Controllers, CFOs, and accounting teams to scope workflows, configure systems, drive decisions, and ensure a clean transition into live operations. This cross-functional role sits at the intersection of accounting, product, and customer success and involves building scalable systems and playbooks.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the accounting portion of multiple concurrent engagements from sales handoff through post-launch stabilization.
• Ensure accuracy, completeness, and operational readiness across accounting workflows.
• Partner with Controllers, CFOs, and finance teams to understand current workflows and define future-state processes.
• Lead decisions involving bank account onboarding, vendor onboarding, payment workflows, chart of accounts structure, transaction codes, and charge codes.
• Translate accounting needs into system configurations and requirements.
• Configure charts of accounts, vendors, entities, transactions, and workflows.
• Gather, validate, and refine client data inputs and resolve inconsistencies or gaps in general ledger structures.
• Ensure readiness for data migration and system cutover.
• Lead reconciliations, financial-data validation, workflow stabilization, and close-process setup after launch.
• Run trainings, walkthroughs, and tailored demos for accounting teams and resolve adoption blockers.
• Turn implementation learnings into repeatable processes, templates, and best practices.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to improve accounting workflows.

Requirements

• 5–8 years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, product management, and/or founder or operator roles at high-growth startups.
• Background in accounting or finance, such as Controller, Senior Accountant, accounting consultant, or accounting-focused operator.
• Experience managing complex, client-facing implementations or projects.
• Strong understanding of accounting fundamentals, including general ledger, reconciliations, close processes, and workflows.
• Comfort working with data, configurations, and systems.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build trust with senior finance stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent engagements under tight timelines.
• Autonomous, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating in ambiguity.
• Willingness to work in person at the office 4–5 days per week.

Why Join

You will join a rapidly scaling, funded startup at the ground floor of a new business line, helping create the playbook for scalable execution and implementation.

Benefits

• Equity in the company.
• Medical, dental, and vision premiums covered at 100%.
• Fully paid parental leave.
• Commuter benefits.
• 401(k) benefits.
• Fitness and home-services stipend.
• Collaborative in-office environment with meals covered.
• Unlimited vacation and paid holidays.
• Relocation packages.

Job Compensation Range

The salary range for this role is $160,000–$250,000. EliseAI offers total rewards including base salary, equity, benefits, and perks. Exact compensation depends on experience, skill level, location, and qualifications.