AI Accounting Lead

Arboreal Management; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mission-driven

Autonomy

Cutting-edge tools

Leadership access

Job summary

Arboreal Management in Seattle, WA is seeking an AI Accounting Lead to own AI-driven accounting workflows, from design to operation, across reconciliations, billing, cash management, and reporting. You will work with the CEO, CFO, and engineering team to continuously improve automated processes and expand integrations.

Ideal candidates have a strong accounting foundation and a passion for AI tools and automation.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in accounting, including reconciliations, journal entries, and financial statements.
• Enthusiasm for AI tools and coding agents such as Claude Code or Codex.
• Willingness to learn new tools, APIs, and build automations.
• Analytical and proactive problem-solving skills.
• Entrepreneurial, self-directed mindset with ownership of workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate AI-powered workflows for reconciliations, billing, cash management, and reporting.
• Leverage Maynard platform and coding agents to automate multi-step processes.
• Monitor workflows, investigate exceptions, ensure timely results.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual work and improve processes.
• Collaborate with engineering to expand system capabilities.
• Develop repeatable processes and enable offshore accounting team.

Skills

Accounting fundamentals

AI tooling

Automation design

Problem solving

Ownership mindset

Tools

Python

SQL

APIs

Job description

AI Accounting Lead

Arboreal Management | Seattle, WA | Full-Time

About Us

Arboreal Management is a rapidly growing mission-driven property management company overseeing 10,000 apartments. We close the books on 160 entities with 600 banks accounts every month.

We’re rethinking how accounting gets done by combining AI agents, automation, and our proprietary software platform, Maynard.

We’ve already automated significant portions of our accounting operations, including utility billing, bank reconciliations, and cash management, allowing us to dramatically reduce manual work and operate with a much smaller team.

We’re now looking for an AI-native accountant to take ownership of these efforts and help us build a fundamentally more efficient accounting operation.

The Role

This is a hands-on position at the intersection of accounting, software, and artificial intelligence.

You’ll use AI coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex, along with our internal software and APIs, to develop, operate, and continuously improve automated accounting workflows.

You’ll work directly with company leadership (CEO, CFO) and our software engineering team, with support from a talented offshore accounting team responsible for client communication and exception handling.

Your goal is simple: build the best accounting platform in the real estate industry by automating as much routine accounting work as possible.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate AI-powered workflows for bank reconciliations, utility billing, cash management, month-end close, and financial reporting.




• Use AI coding agents and our proprietary Maynard platform to automate complex, multistep accounting processes.




• Monitor automated workflows, investigate exceptions, and ensure accurate, timely results.




• Identify opportunities to eliminate manual work and continuously improve accounting processes.




• Collaborate with our engineering team to expand system capabilities and integrations.




• Develop repeatable processes and help our Philippines-based accounting team effectively use AI tools.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in accounting, including reconciliations, accruals, journal entries, and financial statements.




• Demonstrated enthusiasm for AI tools, particularly coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, or similar platforms.




• Technical curiosity and a willingness to learn new tools, work with APIs, and build automations.




• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to independently investigate complex accounting issues.




• A self-directed, entrepreneurial mindset and a preference for building better systems rather than repeating manual processes.




• Ability to take ownership of workflows from initial development through ongoing operation.

Preferred, but not required:

• 2–5 years of accounting or finance experience.




• Experience with Python, SQL, APIs, or workflow automation.




• Property management or real estate accounting experience, or other heavily multi-entity settings




• Experience building custom software or automations using AI coding agents.

A CPA or computer science degree is not required. We’re more interested in what you can do than your credentials.

Why Join Arboreal?

• Support our mission. We focus almost exclusively on affordable homes serving low income renters in need of high quality housing.




• Build something new. Help create an AI-first accounting operation rather than simply maintaining existing processes.




• Work with cutting-edge tools. You’ll have access to modern AI coding agents, proprietary software, and extensive accounting and banking integrations.




• Make a measurable impact. Your work will directly improve operations across thousands of apartments and hundreds of bank accounts.




• Own your work. You’ll have substantial autonomy, direct access to leadership, and the opportunity to turn your ideas into production systems.

We’re looking for someone who understands accounting but gets genuinely excited about using AI to make traditional accounting processes obsolete.

If you’ve been experimenting with AI tools and wondering why your accounting department isn’t doing things differently, we’d love to hear from you.