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5,244 Active jobs
43 Added today
$86K Median salary Senior: $105K
Top skills Data Entry · Accounting · Corporate Financial Reporting
5,244 remote accounting roles
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The remote accounting job market in 2026
01
How many remote accounting jobs are there right now?
5,244 roles are live right now, and 700 of them were posted in the last seven days.
5,244
live roles
700
added this week
43
added today
Postings still live, per week, over the last 12 weeks. The earlier weeks read low: the roles that have been filled are no longer counted.
02
How much do remote accounting jobs pay?
The median advertised salary is $86K a year. Senior roles come in at $105K.
$86K
median advertised
$105K
senior median
54%*
senior or above
* Of the offers that state a seniority.
03
How does pay change as you move up?
General bookkeeping and staff accounting roles are competitive. But senior roles in technical accounting (revenue recognition, lease accounting, international tax), FP&A, and controller-level positions face significantly less competition remotely. The least competitive niche is senior accountants with both technical depth and technology fluency, professionals who can operate across ERP systems, implement automation, and handle complex multi-entity consolidations. Companies hiring remotely for senior accounting tend to be growth-stage tech companies with complex financial structures.
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Median advertised salary by seniority. 54 more roles state a salary but no seniority.
04
Which skills do these employers actually ask for?
ERP and tool filtering is the primary issue. Senior accountants often have deep expertise in one or two platforms (NetSuite, SAP, QuickBooks Enterprise, Sage), but companies filter for their specific stack. A controller with 15 years on SAP may be perfectly capable of running NetSuite but gets auto-rejected. Additionally, industry-specific accounting experience (SaaS revenue recognition, e-commerce, healthcare) is often an implicit filter that narrows the candidate pool significantly.
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4 15%
6 11%
8 10%
9 8%
10 8%
Share of the live postings naming each skill.
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Where can I work these jobs from?
Senior staff accountants and managers (7 to 12 years) have the broadest remote access. Controller and VP of Finance roles are increasingly remote at companies under 500 employees. CFO roles remain predominantly on-site except at remote-first companies. A notable trend: fractional CFO and controller arrangements are growing rapidly, offering experienced accountants flexible remote engagements without full-time commitment.
Open roles by the geography the employer can hire from. Totals overlap where a role covers several countries.
Before you apply
Are Controller roles available fully remote?
Yes, increasingly so at companies under 500 employees, particularly in tech and SaaS. The role requires strong systems fluency and the ability to manage a distributed finance team.
Which accounting specializations have the most remote demand?
Technical accounting (ASC 606, lease accounting), FP&A, and multi-entity consolidation roles have the highest demand and lowest competition at senior levels.
Do CPA credentials matter for remote accounting roles?
CPA is still the gold standard and most senior remote accounting roles list it as required or strongly preferred. At the controller level and above, it is effectively mandatory.
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