How much do remote accountants make?

Remote accountants earn $55,000-$150,000 depending on experience and credentials. Staff accountants earn $55,000-$75,000, senior accountants $75,000-$100,000, and accounting managers $95,000-$135,000. CPAs earn 15-20% more than non-certified accountants. Remote controllers earn $130,000-$180,000. Big 4 firms (Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG) now offer fully remote positions at standard compensation levels.

What remote finance jobs are available?

Remote finance roles include bookkeeper ($42,000-$62,000), staff accountant ($55,000-$75,000), financial analyst ($70,000-$105,000), FP&A analyst ($80,000-$125,000), tax preparer ($50,000-$95,000), senior accountant ($75,000-$100,000), and controller ($120,000-$180,000). Fintech companies offer the most remote finance positions. 65% of corporate finance roles now allow remote work, up from 15% in 2019.

What certifications do remote finance jobs require?

CPA (Certified Public Accountant) is required for senior accounting roles and increases salary 15-20%. CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) benefits investment analysis positions. CMA (Certified Management Accountant) applies to FP&A and management accounting. QuickBooks and Xero certifications are valuable for bookkeeping roles. CPA requires 150 credit hours and passing four exams; most candidates complete it in 12-18 months.

How do remote finance teams protect sensitive data?

VPN connections encrypt all data transmission. SOC 2 compliant cloud software (NetSuite, QuickBooks Online, Sage Intacct) meets security requirements. Two-factor authentication is mandatory. Access controls limit data to need-to-know basis. Employers provide secure laptops with endpoint protection and remote wipe capability. Annual security training is required. Cloud accounting platforms exceed on-premise security standards at 85% of organizations.

Can I work remotely as an entry-level accountant?

Entry-level remote accounting positions include accounts payable clerk ($38,000-$50,000), accounts receivable specialist ($40,000-$52,000), junior accountant ($48,000-$62,000), and bookkeeper ($42,000-$58,000). Accounting degree or bookkeeping certificate improves chances. QuickBooks Online certification demonstrates practical skills. Tax season (January-April) creates surge hiring for remote positions, with many converting to permanent roles.

How do I become a remote bookkeeper?

Complete QuickBooks Online certification ($150, 2-4 weeks) and Xero certification (free, 1-2 weeks). Learn accounting fundamentals through community college courses or Coursera ($39/month). Start with small business clients through referrals or platforms like Belay and Bench. Bookkeepers earn $25-$50/hour; certified bookkeepers managing 10+ clients earn $70,000-$100,000. No degree required—certification and client results matter.

What is FP&A and how much does it pay?

FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) builds budgets, forecasts, and financial models to guide business strategy. FP&A analysts earn $80,000-$120,000, senior analysts $110,000-$150,000, and FP&A managers $140,000-$190,000. Excel modeling and SQL skills are mandatory. Experience with Adaptive Insights, Anaplan, or Workday Adaptive Planning increases marketability. FP&A is the highest-paying finance track outside of investment banking.

What accounting software should I learn for remote jobs?

QuickBooks Online dominates small/medium business accounting with 80% market share—certification is essential. Xero is the leading alternative, especially for international companies. NetSuite serves mid-market and enterprise companies. SAP and Oracle are required for Fortune 500 roles. Excel proficiency is universal. Most companies train on their specific software, but QuickBooks + Excel qualifies candidates for 75% of remote accounting positions.

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Controller 13 APPLICANTS

CopilotIQ · Full Time · 16 Weeks Ago

CopilotIQ

🌎 Worldwide ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Finance Controller

The Controller will lead accounting operations, overseeing the close process, ensuring accurate financial reporting, managing internal controls, and leading audit readiness across all entities. This role involves delivering financial statements to inform executive decisions and collaborating cross-functionally to align financial infrastructure with strategic growth.

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Principal Contracts Consultant, Procurement

Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC · Full Time · 16 Weeks Ago

Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC

🌎 United States 💵 $103K - $129K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Finance

The Principal Contracts Consultant will act as the subject matter expert, leading the development and application of contract templates for supplier/subcontractor agreements and advising on terms and conditions for supply chain operations. Key duties include leading negotiations on complex T&Cs, supporting complementary agreements like NDAs, and ensuring flowdown of customer contract requirements to suppliers.

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Accounting Team Lead 12 APPLICANTS

Eneba · Full Time · 16 Weeks Ago

Eneba

🌎 Lithuania ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Finance

The Accounting Team Lead will oversee the accounting team, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting, compliance with accounting standards, and efficient financial operations. This includes leading the team, driving continuous improvement, implementing new tools, managing month-end closing, and handling compliance tasks like VAT and tax reporting.

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FP&A Analyst

Aon Corporation · Full Time · 16 Weeks Ago

Aon Corporation

🌎 Poland ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Finance FP&A Analyst

The analyst will support Finance Business Partners by reporting and analyzing key metrics such as revenue, cost, and premium, while diving into month-end processes and consolidating results to provide meaningful insights. Key duties include assisting with monthly revenue/cost forecasting, annual budgeting, analyzing headcount, and preparing accruals/deferrals.

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Senior FP&A Analyst

Aon Corporation · Full Time · 16 Weeks Ago

Aon Corporation

🌎 Poland ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Finance FP&A Analyst

The role involves being responsible for forecasting, planning, and business analysis for a business unit, supporting the annual budgeting process, and performing financial analysis to find cost optimization opportunities. Key tasks also include reviewing internal cost allocations and providing timely, accurate financial analysis to stakeholders to support decision-making.

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SAP Payroll Implementation Lead - Poland

Strada · Full Time · 16 Weeks Ago

Strada

🌎 Poland ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Finance

The Lead will collaborate with clients to capture payroll requirements, guide configuration, and validate/configure the customer payroll solution in compliance with Polish legal regulations. Responsibilities also include managing system testing phases, overseeing go-live activities, tracking project progress, and ensuring timely milestone delivery.

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VP, Direct Originations | Equipment Finance

Altius Search Group · Full Time · 16 Weeks Ago

Altius Search Group

🌎 United States 💵 $70000 - $150K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Finance

The Vice President will be responsible for daily prospecting for new clients and maintaining a calling program to develop equipment financing sales across a national territory. Key duties include targeting CFOs of large companies, structuring transactions between $1MM and $50MM, and managing opportunities within Salesforce.

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Senior Business Systems Analyst, Finance 16 APPLICANTS

Ōura · Full Time · 16 Weeks Ago

Ōura

🌎 United States ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Finance Business Systems Analyst

The primary responsibility is serving as the main point of contact and subject matter expert for the Accounting and Finance teams regarding the NetSuite platform, which includes creating customizations, reports, and managing basic administration tasks. This role also involves partnering with other departments to support, drive, and coordinate complex projects involving NetSuite integration and enhancement on behalf of Finance and Accounting.

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FP&A Analyst

Payabli · Full Time · 16 Weeks Ago

Payabli

🌎 United States ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Finance FP&A Analyst

The FP&A Analyst will be responsible for building and maintaining company-wide financial statements, including forecasts and budgets, while analyzing revenue and margin drivers across products and partners. Key duties also involve analyzing payments economics, supporting investor reporting, preparing management reports, and partnering cross-functionally to deliver insights on growth and profitability.

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Emergency Case Management Personal Financial Educator

Zeiders Enterprises, Inc. · Full Time · 16 Weeks Ago

Zeiders Enterprises, Inc.

🌎 United States ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Finance

This role involves providing one-on-one consultation, education, training, and crisis intervention services to service members and their families, often in emergency situations or during critical life transitions. Essential duties include assessing client needs, developing individualized action plans, coordinating community resources, and delivering financial education programs both virtually and in-person globally.

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Emergency Case Management Personal Financial Educator

Zeiders Enterprises, Inc. · Full Time · 16 Weeks Ago

Zeiders Enterprises, Inc.

🌎 Japan ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Finance

ECM PFEs offer one-on-one consultation, education, training, and crisis intervention services to support the Fleet and Family Support Program, assessing client needs during financial crises and developing individualized action plans. This dual-capacity role involves coordinating with community resources, delivering mobile training globally, and executing emergency response plans when required.

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Emergency Case Management Personal Financial Educator

Zeiders Enterprises, Inc. · Full Time · 16 Weeks Ago

Zeiders Enterprises, Inc.

🌎 Norway ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Finance

ECM PFEs provide one-on-one consultation, education, training, and crisis intervention services supporting the Fleet and Family Support Program, assessing client needs during financial crises and developing individualized action plans. Essential duties include serving as the point of contact for service members/families, coordinating referrals, executing emergency response plans, and delivering personal financial management classes.

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Senior Analyst, Pharmacy Finance

Clearway Health · Full Time · 16 Weeks Ago

Clearway Health

🌎 United States 💵 $92000 - $115K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Finance

The Senior Analyst will serve as a finance business partner for Client Services, focusing on building and refining financial processes at client sites, especially for new clients. This includes developing client-specific P&Ls, analyzing pharmacy financials, supporting forecasting/budgeting, and providing actionable analytics to stakeholders.

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Internal Auditor

Workstreet · Full Time · 16 Weeks Ago

Workstreet

🌎 United States ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Finance Auditor

The Internal Auditor will be responsible for reviewing and validating control evidence within the GRC platform (Vanta) to ensure ongoing compliance with standards like ISO 27001, ISO 42001, HIPAA, and GDPR. This includes coordinating internal audits, assessing control gaps, and communicating audit insights and remediation recommendations to internal teams.

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Tax Specialist

Vetcove · Full Time · 16 Weeks Ago

Vetcove

🌎 United States 💵 $60000 - $100K per year ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Finance

The Tax Specialist will manage sales tax compliance primarily using Avalara, which involves monitoring nexus thresholds and ensuring accurate tax rates and filings across jurisdictions. This role also includes supporting income tax organization, assisting with tax planning, and collaborating with internal staff and external CPAs.

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Finance Manager

GRAI · Full Time · 17 Weeks Ago

GRAI

🌎 Poland ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Finance Finance Manager

The Finance Manager will maintain clear visibility into cash position, track and control key costs, and support budgeting and simple budget vs. actuals tracking. This role also involves owning core accounting operations, preparing monthly managerial finance reports, and coordinating external accountants for month-end close.

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IT CONSULTANT | BILLING / ABRECHNUNG (M/W/D)

Wilken Software Group · Full Time · 17 Weeks Ago

Wilken Software Group

🌎 Germany ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Finance

The role involves supporting clients with the functional implementation and further development of billing processes within the ENER:GY ERP solution, focusing on complex billing logics and stable processes. Responsibilities include technically advising clients on billing systems, analyzing and optimizing processes, implementing functional requirements like setting up billing rules, and moderating workshops.

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SENIOR IT CONSULTANT / FINANCE & ACCOUNTING | UTILITIES (M/W/D)

Wilken Software Group · Full Time · 17 Weeks Ago

Wilken Software Group

🌎 Germany ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Finance

The role involves supporting energy suppliers and municipal utilities in implementing, developing, and utilizing the ENER:GY ERP billing solution, focusing on financial accounting and commercial processes. This includes advising clients on ERP-supported financial processes, analyzing, designing, and optimizing FiBu-related processes like payments, dunning, and reporting.

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Virtual Staff - Accounts Payable Clerk (Real Estate)

Outsource Access · Full Time · 17 Weeks Ago

Outsource Access

🌎 Philippines ⭐ 0-2 yrs exp 💼 Finance

The clerk will manage the full-cycle Accounts Payable process for over 200 invoices per cycle, ensuring financial accuracy for a large commercial real estate portfolio. Responsibilities also include meticulously cross-referencing historical ledgers for correct GL coding and documenting repetitive workflows.

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Director of Finance (Controller and FP&A)

Charter Impact · Full Time · 17 Weeks Ago

Charter Impact

🌎 United States 💵 $160K - $180K per year ⭐ 10+ yrs exp 💼 Finance Controller

The Director of Finance leads monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes, ensuring accurate reporting and managing junior resources, while also overseeing the preparation of financial statements and ensuring GAAP compliance. This role involves leading budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and analyzing performance to provide actionable insights to executive leadership.

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Senior Accountant – Nordics, Finance (m/f/d)

Isar Aerospace SE · Full Time · 17 Weeks Ago

Isar Aerospace SE

🌎 Germany ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Finance Accountant

The Senior Accountant will oversee and ensure smooth accounting processes for Isar Norway and Isar Sweden, securing timely and accurate month/year-end closings with external providers. Key tasks include recording payment transactions, supporting cost control, maintaining asset records, preparing financial reports, generating statements, and optimizing accounting processes.

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Financial Management SME (50502)

MIRACORP INC · Full Time · 17 Weeks Ago

MIRACORP INC

🌎 Switzerland ⭐ 10+ yrs exp 💼 Finance

The role involves serving as the primary technical resource for Defense Acquisition University (DAU) financial management curriculum, translating complex DoD financial topics into effective adult learning content for courses and credentials. This includes guiding the creation of design strategies, developing interactive components, and conducting comprehensive reviews to ensure policy compliance and accuracy.

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Long-Term Care Senior Underwriter - Medical Professional Liability

ProAssurance · Full Time · 17 Weeks Ago

ProAssurance

🌎 United States 💵 $87599 - $144K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Finance Underwriter

The Senior Underwriter primarily uses underwriting authority to develop external relationships to write profitable new business and retain existing policyholders within the Senior Living/Long-Term Care segment of medical professional liability. Responsibilities include examining, accepting, and rejecting risks based on guidelines, classifying and pricing accounts to meet profit goals, and monitoring the assigned book of business.

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Investment Banking Analyst - Healthcare

MUFG · Full Time · 17 Weeks Ago

MUFG

🌎 United States ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Finance

Analysts are integral to deal teams, collaborating with senior bankers across all execution phases, including research, due diligence review, and valuation analysis development. They are also responsible for preparing comprehensive marketing materials and assisting senior bankers with firm-building activities like training and recruiting.

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Lead Social Auditor

Control Union · Full Time · 17 Weeks Ago

Control Union

🌎 South Africa ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Finance Auditor

The Lead Social Auditor will ensure compliance with social and ethical standards, specifically adhering to WIETA, SIZA, and SMETA frameworks. This role requires playing a critical part in maintaining these ethical trade standards within the organization's scope.

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Managing Actuary (Medicaid Rate Advocacy)

CareSource · Full Time · 17 Weeks Ago

CareSource

🌎 United States 💵 $94100 - $164K per year ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Finance Actuary

The Managing Actuary will provide leadership and direction to achieve team goals, overseeing key actuarial processes such as pricing, forecasting, and reserving for assigned lines of business. This role involves developing and communicating strategic recommendations to leadership and managing the development and maintenance of actuarial models.

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Transactional Finance Analyst

Cawood · Full Time · 17 Weeks Ago

Cawood

🌎 Ireland, United Kingdom ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Finance

The Transactional Finance Analyst is primarily responsible for delivering high-quality end-to-end transactional finance support across Accounts Receivable and Billing, while also covering Accounts Payable duties. This involves ensuring accurate and timely processing of financial transactions, managing customer/supplier accounts, and executing collection activities to improve working capital.

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US Tax Manager

Tripledot · Full Time · 17 Weeks Ago

Tripledot

🌎 United States 💵 $100K - $130K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Finance Tax Manager

This role involves supporting third-party advisors with the preparation of US federal and state corporate income tax returns and managing the tax filing calendar while maintaining working knowledge of relevant tax rules. The manager will also assist the Head of Tax with audits, tax provision calculations, and implementing tax policies like Transfer Pricing and Pillar 2 requirements.

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US Tax Manager

Tripledot · Full Time · 17 Weeks Ago

Tripledot

🌎 United States 💵 $100K - $130K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Finance Tax Manager

This role involves supporting third-party advisors with the preparation and timely submission of the group's US federal and state corporate income tax returns and estimated tax payments. The manager will also maintain working knowledge of tax regulations to advise management and support the Head of Tax during US federal and state income tax audits.

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US Tax Manager

Tripledot · Full Time · 17 Weeks Ago

Tripledot

🌎 United States 💵 $100K - $130K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Finance Tax Manager

This role involves supporting third-party advisors with the preparation of US federal and state corporate income tax returns and managing the tax filing calendar. The manager will also maintain working knowledge of tax rules to advise management and support the Head of Tax during US federal and state income tax audits.

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