Staff Property Accountant | Housing

EliseAI; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Full health benefits

Parental leave

Commuter benefits

401k

Fitness stipend

Relocation package

Unlimited vacation

Office meals provided

Job summary

EliseAI, a NYC-based AI startup, seeks a Property Accountant to ensure accounting integrity across resident ledgers and related workflows. You will become the in-house authority on multifamily accounting, interfacing with client accounting teams and systems to deliver accurate, scalable results.

Responsibilities include advising on rent and procedures, translating real-world cases into requirements, validating calculations, and leading test cycles with clients.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years in multifamily property accounting or controllership at a PMC/owner-operator/REIT (ideally multifamily)
• Deep knowledge across GL & sub-ledgers, resident ledgers, deposits, and close; strong US GAAP grounding
• Comfortable communicating with client accounting/operations/leasing teams

Responsibilities

• Advise on core scenarios - Guide treatment of rent, concessions, deposits/refunds, subsidies/HAP, delinquencies, utilities, move-in/out, and month-end close
• Translate workflows into requirements - Turn real-world accounting cases into clear requirements and acceptance tests; pressure-test features before release
• Review calculations and language - Validate prorations, allocations, adjustments, and charge/credit logic for accuracy and explainability
• Lead testing and validation - Develop representative test cases, run UAT with client accountants, and confirm outputs reconcile to expectations
• Define standards and terminology - Establish consistent event lifecycles, terms, and concise reference guides for controllers and onsite teams
• Capture best practices - Distill patterns and edge cases from enterprise customers into durable standards and playbooks
• Move at rocket speed, build something massive

Skills

Multifamily accounting

US GAAP

Ledger reconciliation

Client communication

Stakeholder presentations

Job description

About EliseAI

At EliseAI, we’re improving the industries that matter most: housing and healthcare. Everyone needs a place to live and access to quality healthcare, yet both are often harder to secure than they should be. By integrating AI agents deeply into existing workflows, we make them more efficient, reduce costs, and improve the experience for everyone. 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. With EliseAI, organizations reduce manual work, improve accessibility, and deliver a seamless experience across essential services. We recently raised a $250 million Series E round led by Andreessen Horowitz to accelerate this mission.

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.

About The Role

We are looking for a Property Accountant to ensure accounting integrity across features that touch our clients’ resident ledgers and accounting workflows. You will be the in-house authority on multifamily accounting, helping teams deliver products that interact seamlessly with our client accounting teams and systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise on core scenarios - Guide treatment of rent, concessions, deposits/refunds, subsidies/HAP, delinquencies, utilities, move-in/out, and month-end close
• Translate workflows into requirements - Turn real-world accounting cases into clear requirements and acceptance tests; pressure-test features before release
• Review calculations and language - Validate prorations, allocations, adjustments, and charge/credit logic for accuracy and explainability
• Lead testing and validation - Develop representative test cases, run UAT with client accountants, and confirm outputs reconcile to expectations
• Define standards and terminology - Establish consistent event lifecycles, terms, and concise reference guides for controllers and onsite teams
• Capture best practices - Distill patterns and edge cases from enterprise customers into durable standards and playbooks
• Move at rocket speed, build something massive

Requirements

• 2-4 years in multifamily property accounting or controllership at a PMC/owner-operator/REIT (ideally multifamily)
• Deep knowledge across GL & sub-ledgers, resident ledgers, deposits, and close; strong US GAAP grounding
• Comfortable communicating with client accounting/operations/leasing teams
• Crisp stakeholder communications, including writing & presentations
• Willingness to work in person at our office 4-5 days a week

Preferred

• Experience working in a software / SaaS environment
• Familiarity with leading multifamily systems and data handoffs
• Familiarity with AI and/or automation as they relate to accounting workflows

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.

Benefits

BenefitsIn addition to the growth and impact you’ll have at EliseAI, we offer competitive salaries along with the following benefits:

• Equity in the company
• Medical, Dental and Vision premiums covered at 100%
• Fully paid parental leave
• Commuter benefits
• 401k benefits
• Fitness & home services stipend to cover part of your expenses so you can focus on what matters
• A collaborative in-office environment with an open floor plan, fully stocked kitchen, and all meals covered in the office
• Unlimited vacation and paid holidays
• We’ll cover relocation packages and make the move exciting, not painful!

Job Compensation Range

The salary range for this role is $70,000 - $110,000. 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.

EliseAI provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.