Deployment Lead, AI Accounting Platform (Equity)

Elise A.I. Technologies Corp.; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in the company

Medical, Dental and Vision premiums 0

Fully paid parental leave

Commuter benefits

401k benefits

Fitness & home services stipend

In-office environment with meals

Unlimited vacation and paid holidays

Relocation packages

Job summary

EliseAI in New York is seeking a Deployment Lead to found and scale the accounting platform deployment across multiple clients. You will own the accounting layer, work directly with Controllers and CFOs to scope workflows, configure systems, and drive live operations.

This role blends accounting, product, and customer success in a fast-scaling startup. You’ll build scalable playbooks, lead configurations, and ensure data migration readiness while operating with founder-level ownership.

Qualifications

• 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 work in person at our office 4-5 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Own accounting engagement success end-to-end across multiple concurrent engagements.
• Lead accounting discovery, scoping, and decisioning with senior stakeholders.
• Own configuration and implementation including COA, vendor/entity setup, and mapping of transactions.
• Drive migration readiness and post-launch reconciliations and stabilization.
• Enable adoption through trainings, demos, and user enablement.
• Build scalable systems and playbooks with Product and Engineering.

Skills

Management consulting

Corporate strategy

Product management

Founder/operator experience

Accounting fundamentals

Client-facing implementations

Data/configuration skills

Job description

EliseAI in New York is seeking a Deployment Lead to found and scale the accounting platform deployment across multiple clients. You will own the accounting layer, work directly with Controllers and CFOs to scope workflows, configure systems, and drive live operations.

This role blends accounting, product, and customer success in a fast-scaling startup. You’ll build scalable playbooks, lead configurations, and ensure data migration readiness while operating with founder-level ownership.