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Accounting Manager – AI & Automation

About the role

• Own accounting for an assigned book of work, primarily executed through AI agents running on Maynard alongside AppFolio
• Direct, supervise, and quality-control AI agent output
• Use AI to perform complex reconciliations, investigate accounting problems, and automate manual work
• Prepare and review journal entries and reconciliations
• Review AI- and system-generated entries and reports for accuracy, completeness, proper coding, and U.S. GAAP compliance
• Investigate and resolve exceptions and determine when human intervention is required
• Improve agent workflows, prompts, rules, and controls in partnership with the CFO and engineering team
• Work with three other Accounting Managers to deliver timely and accurate financial statements
• Coordinate the close calendar and hand-offs across the manager group
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual close and produce U.S. GAAP-compliant financials
• Provide the CFO with variance explanations, supporting schedules, and management reporting for lenders, owners, external tax preparers, and auditors
• Ensure balance-sheet accounts are reconciled and supported
• Confirm AP and AR subledgers tie to the general ledger
• Investigate and clear aged, unapplied, or exception items and document resolutions
• Oversee accounts payable and accounts receivable processing, payment runs, billings, receipts, and reconciliations
• Oversee corporate accounting close, including accruals, prepaids, intercompany activity, reconciliations, and corporate financial statements
• Oversee client onboarding and offboarding accounting workstreams
• Review property financial statements for abnormal balances, misclassifications, and unreconciled items
• Report directly to the Chief Financial Officer

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance (or equivalent professional experience)
• Solid accounting experience with a strong grasp of general ledgers, reconciliations, and financial statements
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and U.S. accounting practices, including accruals, reconciliations, and month-end close
• Hands-on experience with AppFolio, including transacting, configuring, and reporting
• Real enthusiasm for AI tools such as Claude Code, Codex, ChatGPT, or similar
• Analytical mindset and willingness to learn SQL, APIs, and automation
• Strong review judgment and ability to identify errors in accounting outputs
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of complex accounting problems
• Excellent written and verbal English communication
• Ability to coordinate with a U.S.-based leadership team and peer managers
• Ability to work remotely from the Philippines with dependable internet
• Regular overlap with U.S. Pacific business hours
• Experience in U.S. property management, real estate, or multi-entity accounting environments is nice to have
• CPA (Philippines or U.S.) or equivalent professional certification is nice to have
• Experience with accounting automation, RPA, AI tooling, or proprietary/custom accounting systems is nice to have
• Experience onboarding new properties/entities or converting balances from a prior accounting system is nice to have
• Comfort working across multiple AppFolio databases/tenants is nice to have

• Fully remote work arrangement
• Independent contractor engagement
• Direct access to the CFO, engineering team, and AI-enabled accounting tools
• Opportunity to experiment with and improve processes, agent workflows, prompts, rules, and controls
• Work with AI agents and automation tools including Maynard and AppFolio
• Regular overlap with U.S. Pacific business hours