Property Accountant | Housing

Eliseai
New York, US
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to mid-level property accountants with multifamily housing experience who thrive in fast-paced, in-office environments.

Best fit for

  • Experienced multifamily property accountants seeking high-impact roles in AI-driven housing solutions.
    — “5+ years in multifamily property accounting or controllership
  • Candidates comfortable translating real-world accounting scenarios into software requirements.
    — “Translate workflows into requirements - Turn real-world accounting cases into clear requirements
  • Professionals who excel in client-facing accounting communications and validations.
    — “Comfortable communicating with client accounting/operations/leasing teams

Things to consider

  • Requires in-person office presence 4-5 days per week.
    — “Willingness to work in person at our office 4-5 days a week
  • Expects rapid execution in a high-growth startup environment.
    — “Move at rocket speed, build something massive

How to stand out

  • Highlight specific examples of multifamily accounting edge cases you've resolved.
    — “Distill patterns and edge cases from enterprise customers
  • Demonstrate experience bridging accounting practices with software implementations.
    — “Experience working in a software / SaaS environment
  • Prepare to discuss AI/automation applications in property accounting workflows.
    — “Familiarity with AI and/or automation as they relate to accounting workflows
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Mid Level

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • accurate accounting treatment
  • clear requirements and acceptance tests
  • representative test cases
Typical background
5+ years in multifamily property accounting or controllership

Skills & requirements

Required

Multifamily Property AccountingAccounting IntegrityGL & Sub-ledgersResident LedgersClose

Preferred

Multifamily ControllershipEnterprise Customers

Stack & domain

Multifamily Property AccountingControllershipGl & Sub-ledgersResident LedgersDepositsCloseHousingAccounting

About the role

Original posting from Eliseai via Ashby

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 https://www.eliseai.com/blog/eliseai-raises-250m-series-e 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.

We’re scaling fast, solving real client problems with precision and ambition. Here, you own your impact; full autonomy, no micromanagement, no fluff.

We hire the best, expect the best, and give you the masterclass of your career. It’s hard, it’s intense, and it’s the most rewarding work you’ll ever do. If you’re hungry, driven, and ready to build something massive, climb aboard.

Requirements

  • 5+ 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 https://www.eliseai.com/blog/eliseai-raises-250m-series-e!) 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

In 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 $100,000 - $180,000. 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.

Please note that employment with EliseAI is on an "at-will" basis, which means that either the employee or the company may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or notice.

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

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at recruiting@eliseai.com

Source: Eliseai careers (Ashby)

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