Ai Engineers Wanted: Lead, Junior & Interns (Build Real Ai, Ship Real Products)

Ahara Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ahara Group is building AI-driven accounting in Australia, starting with Xero automation to handle bank reconciliation, bill capture, and reporting. You will own month-end, cash flow, BAS and GST across multiple entities, and drive real-time dashboards.

You’ll design AI workflows, decide what humans must handle, and collaborate with engineers to scale Ahara’s finance systems. A clear path to lead AusSII’s AI Accounting division awaits.

Qualifications

• CA or CPA qualified, or close to it, with solid hands-on accounting experience.
• You know Xero deeply and get frustrated doing things a machine should do.
• You already use AI tools in your work and want to go further.
• You can talk to engineers and understand APIs, data and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Run and automate our finance processes.
• Own month-end, management accounts and cash flow across multiple entities.
• Design and monitor AI automations on Xero: bank reconciliation, bill capture, payables, receivables, reporting.
• Decide what AI can handle and where human judgement must stay, and keep automations accurate and auditable.
• Real-time dashboards so the business knows its numbers daily.
• Payroll, BAS, GST and super compliance, working with our external accountant.
• Turn what works at Ahara into an AI accounting offering for other businesses.
• Help design the product, test it with clients and shape how it’s sold.
• Grow into the lead of AusSII’s AI Accounting division.

Skills

CA/CPA qualified

Xero expert

APIs & data fluency

AI tooling usage

Education

CA/CPA certification

Tools

Xero

APIs

Job description

Accounting is about to be rebuilt. Want to be the one who rebuilds it?

Most finance teams still spend their days matching transactions, chasing receipts and copying numbers between spreadsheets. We think AI will do most of that within a few years. The accountants who thrive won’t be the ones who type fastest. They’ll be the ones who design the systems that do the typing.

We’re looking for that person.

Who we are

The Ahara Group runs Australian healthy food brands including Macros, Soulara and vEEF. We’re an AI-first business: AI already forecasts our kitchen, runs customer service and drives our operations. Now we’re doing the same to finance, building automation directly on the Xero API.

What you’ll do

Now: run and automate our finance

Own month-end, management accounts and cash flow across multiple entities

Design and monitor AI automations on Xero: bank reconciliation, bill capture, payables, receivables, reporting

Decide what AI can handle and where human judgement must stay, and keep the automations accurate and auditable

Real-time dashboards so the business knows its numbers daily, not monthly

Payroll, BAS, GST and super compliance, working with our external accountant

Next: build AI accounting for others

Turn what works at Ahara into an AI accounting offering for other businesses, through our sister company AusSII

Help design the product, test it with clients and shape how it’s sold

Grow into the lead of AusSII’s AI Accounting division

You might be right for this if

You’re CA or CPA qualified, or close to it, with solid hands- on accounting experience

You know Xero deeply and get frustrated doing things a machine should do

You already use AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot) in your work and want to go further

You can talk to engineers. You don’t need to code, but you understand APIs, data and workflows.

You think like a builder and a business owner, not just a controller

Why this role is different

You’ll help invent how accounting works, not just follow the process

A live business to build and test on, with real transactions every day

A direct line to the founder

A real path from controller to leading a new venture