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Deployment Lead, Finance Transformation | Housing

Lead the deployment of an accounting platform at EliseAI, driving successful implementations and operational adoption.

Location
New York City
Compensation
$200k–$250k/yr
Level
lead
Type
full time · On-site

Posted by employer 3 months ago

First seen on Joblaze 3 days ago

Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago

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What you'll build

  • Own accounting engagement success end-to-end
  • Drive the accounting portion of multiple concurrent engagements
  • Lead accounting discovery, scoping, and decisioning
  • Ensure full readiness for data migration and system cutover
  • Run trainings, walkthroughs, and tailored demos for accounting teams

Must have

  • 6–8 years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, product management, and/or founder/operator roles
  • Background in accounting or finance
  • Experience managing complex, client-facing implementations or projects
  • Strong understanding of accounting fundamentals
  • Excellent communicator who can build trust with senior finance stakeholders

Practical constraints

  • Willingness to work in person at our office 4-5 days a week
  • Willingness to travel ~2x per month for ~2-3 days

AI in the day-to-day

By integrating AI agents deeply into existing workflows, we make them more efficient.

Requirements

Experience
6–8 years

Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.

Benefits

Unlimited PTO Equity/Stock Options Health Insurance Relocation Assistance Parental Leave

Joblaze summary

In the role of Deployment Lead at EliseAI, the individual will oversee the implementation of an accounting platform, ensuring successful transitions for multiple clients by collaborating closely with finance teams. This position requires a strong foundation in accounting principles and experience in managing complex client-facing projects, making it suitable for candidates with a background in finance or consulting. The role is designed for those who thrive in fast-paced environments and are eager to contribute to building scalable systems from the ground up.

Joblaze insights

  • Listed 3 days ago — first seen on Joblaze November 8, 2026. Last confirmed on EliseAI's careers page November 10, 2026.
  • This exact title is also open at 1 other location at EliseAI: New York City.
  • Salary band is above the typical range for Management roles (median ~$172,000).
  • Starts above 55% of 319 comparable lead management roles in United States we track (median $190,000 across 97 companies).

Quick facts

Is the Deployment Lead, Finance Transformation | Housing role remote?
No — this is an on-site role in New York City.
What's the salary range?
EliseAI lists $200,000–$250,000 for this role.
How much experience is required?
6–8 years of relevant experience for this Deployment Lead, Finance Transformation | Housing role.
Where is the role based?
EliseAI is hiring for this position in New York City.
What seniority level is this role?
EliseAI targets lead candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this Deployment Lead, Finance Transformation | Housing role at EliseAI.

From the original posting

  • Housing: We simplify how renters tour apartments, sign leases, submit maintenance requests, and stay connected with their property team—bringing everything they need for their home into one place.

  • Healthcare: We make it easy to schedule appointments, complete intake forms, and we help patients communicate with providers, so everyone can focus on health instead of paperwork.

The Future Platforms Team - Executing on EliseAI’s Future Products

The Future Platforms team is responsible for executing on the next generation of AI products and business lines. This team will blend go-to-market, product, operations, and strategy with a mandate to push the frontier of AI and own everything required to take them from idea to market leadership.

Our goal is to take Elise from agentic AI to truly end-to-end autonomous operations, fundamentally transforming how housing operators run their businesses and how residents experience their homes.

Future Platforms will operate as a startup within a startup, run like a Seed or Series A company but with the capital, resources, and market access of a well-funded Series E, deep C-suite involvement (CEO, CRO, CSO, CTO) and founder-level ownership from day one.

About The Role

As an Deployment Lead on the Future Platforms team, you will help found and scale a critical function at EliseAI: delivering our accounting platform from initial deployment through full operational adoption.

You will own the accounting layer of complex engagements, serving as the primary driver of successful implementations across multiple clients at once. This means working directly with Controllers, CFOs, and accounting teams to scope workflows, configure systems, drive key decisions, and ensure a clean transition into live operations.

This is a highly cross-functional, execution-heavy role at the intersection of accounting, product, and customer success. Because the platform is early and evolving quickly, you won’t just execute implementations—you’ll help define how they’re done, building scalable systems and playbooks from the ground up.

This role is ideal for someone who combines strong accounting intuition with a builder mindset, and wants to operate like a founder in a fast-scaling environment.

Key Responsibilities

Own accounting engagement success end-to-end

  • Drive the accounting portion of multiple concurrent engagements, from late-stage sales handoff through post-launch stabilization

  • Roll off accounts once they are fully live and operating successfully on the platform

  • Ensure accuracy, completeness, and operational readiness across all accounting workflows

Lead accounting discovery, scoping, and decisioning

  • Partner with senior accounting stakeholders (Controllers, CFOs, Finance teams) to understand current-state workflows and define future-state processes

  • Drive critical implementation decisions, such as:

    • Bank account onboarding strategy

    • Vendor onboarding and payment workflows

    • Chart of accounts structure and usage

    • Transaction and charge code design

  • Translate ambiguous accounting needs into clear system configurations and requirements

Own configuration and implementation

  • Lead hands-on accounting setup, including:

    • Chart of accounts (COA) configuration

    • Vendor and entity setup

    • Mapping of transactions and workflows

  • Manage detailed back-and-forth with clients to gather, validate, and refine data inputs

  • Ensure integrity and correctness of client-provided materials (e.g., validating GL structures, identifying inconsistencies, resolving gaps)

Drive migration and post-launch success

  • Ensure full readiness for data migration and system cutover

  • Lead post-launch activities, including:

    • Reconciliations and validation of financial data

    • Stabilization of accounting workflows in the new system

    • Kickstarting close processes and operational rhythms

  • Act as the primary owner of a clean, accurate transition into the platform

Enable adoption and training

  • Run trainings, walkthroughs, and tailored demos for accounting teams

  • Ensure end users are confident operating within the new system

  • Identify and resolve adoption blockers early

Build scalable systems and playbooks

  • Turn implementation learnings into repeatable processes, templates, and best practices

  • Partner with Product and Engineering to surface gaps and improve accounting workflows

  • Help define what “great” looks like for accounting implementations at scale

Move at rocket speed, build something massive.

We’re scaling fast, solving real client problems with precision and ambition. Here, you own your impact; full autonomy, no micromanagement, no fluff.

We hire the best, expect the best, and give you the masterclass of your career. It’s hard, it’s intense, and it’s the most rewarding work you’ll ever do. If you’re hungry, driven, and ready to build something massive, climb aboard.

Requirements

We’re looking for someone who blends accounting expertise with strong execution and ownership:

  • 6–8 years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, product management, and/or founder/operator roles at high-growth startups

  • Background in accounting or finance (e.g., former Controller, Senior Accountant, accounting consultant, or accounting-focused operator), ideally in a high-growth or tech-enabled environment

  • Experience managing complex, client-facing implementations or projects

  • Strong understanding of accounting fundamentals (GL, reconciliations, close process, workflows)

  • Comfortable getting into the weeds with data, configurations, and systems

  • Excellent communicator who can build trust with senior finance stakeholders

  • Highly organized and able to manage multiple concurrent engagements under tight timelines

  • Autonomous, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating in ambiguity

  • Willingness to travel ~2x per month for ~2-3 days

Why Join

Growth and impact. It’s not often that you can get in on the ground floor of a funded (unicorn!) startup that’s scaling so fast. That means that instead of following a playbook, you’ll be writing it. Every single day you will be challenged to identify how we can scale and execute on it. You’ll learn what works when you succeed and what doesn’t when you fail. Either way, the rest of the team will be here to support you.

  • Equity in the company

  • Fully paid parental leave

  • Commuter benefits

  • 401k benefits

  • Unlimited vacation and paid holidays

Job Compensation Range

The salary range for this role is $200,000 - $250,000 USD/CAD. EliseAI offers a competitive total rewards package which includes base salary, equity, and a comprehensive benefits & perks package. Exact compensation is determined based on a number of factors including experience, skill level, location and qualifications which are assessed during the interview process. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided by our Recruiting Team during the hiring process.

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