# Accounting Lead

**Company:** [EliseAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/eliseai)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Finance & Accounting
**Salary:** $160k – $230k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** ERP Systems, general ledger, Month-End Close, reconciliations, accruals, Financial Reporting, financial controls, Automation, data flows, chart of accounts, accounting operations
**Posted:** 2026-07-27

> Lead accounting operations for a high-growth AI company by owning month-end close processes while designing and implementing automation, system optimizations, and scalable workflows to create a low-touch, efficient accounting function.

## Job Description

## Key Responsibilities
- Own core areas of the month-end close (GL, reconciliations, accruals, reporting) while actively redesigning how the close is executed
- Identify manual, fragmented workflows and replace them with automated, system-driven processes
- Build automation across accounting operations (recs, journal entries, data ingestion, reporting) with the goal of reducing human intervention
- Take full ownership of improving close speed, reliability, and scalability, while continuously pushing toward a low-touch close
- Design and implement standardized workflows that eliminate inconsistency and reduce dependency on tribal knowledge
- Own and optimize financial systems (ERP and adjacent tools) as a core part of the role, not just usage, but how they are structured and leveraged
- Ensure financial data is clean, structured, and flows correctly across systems, proactively fixing root causes
- Rethink and evolve core structures (chart of accounts, mappings, reporting logic) to support scale from first principles
- Actively seek out inefficiencies and build solutions end-to-end, rather than working around broken processes
- Balance speed and automation with strong controls, ensuring systems are both efficient and audit-ready

## Requirements
- Background in accounting (e.g., public accounting, Big 4, or in-house at a high-growth company), with strong understanding of core processes (close, GL, reconciliations, reporting, controls)
- Strong inclination toward automation and efficiency; you naturally look for ways to eliminate manual work and reduce complexity
- Experience working with ERP systems and accounting tools, with an understanding of how systems should be structured to scale
- Comfortable working with large datasets, data flows, and identifying root causes of discrepancies
- High attention to detail with strong ownership over accuracy and outcomes
- Bias toward action and ability to independently drive improvements end-to-end
- Strong problem-solving skills and comfort operating in ambiguity
- Ability to balance speed, automation, and strong controls in a high-growth environment
- Excited to help build a modern, system-driven accounting function from the ground up
- Willingness to work in person at our office 4-5 days a week

## Benefits & Compensation
- Equity in the company
- Medical, Dental and Vision premiums covered at 100%
- Fully paid parental leave
- Commuter benefits
- 401k benefits
- Monthly fitness stipend
- A collaborative in-office environment with an open floor plan, fully stocked kitchen, and company-paid lunch
- Fun company social events through our Elise and the City program
- Unlimited vacation and paid holidays
- Relocation packages

**Job Compensation Range**: $160,000 - $230,000 base salary (total rewards include equity and benefits; exact compensation based on experience, skill level, location and qualifications)

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