700+ Finance & Accounting Jobs in New York, NY

On the hard-data side, BLS metro figures for accountants and auditors show a median of $105,650, with the 25th percentile at $82,830 and the 75th at $137,490 in May 2025; financial managers sit higher at a $128,930 median and $225,390 at the 90th percentile. Proxy signals are broadly in the same zone: local posted salary ranges center on about $100k to $136k, and Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows a New York mean offered salary on new openings of about $111,368 in September 2026 (n=4,134).

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Advertised pay

Across the 618 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $77,500 at the 25th percentile, $97,675 at the median and $127,500 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 17, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

This is a big market with real opportunity, but it is not an easy one. Metro unemployment was 4.7% in August 2026, down from 5.3% a year earlier, and total metro nonfarm employment was up 0.5029% year over year, but metro Financial Activities employment was down -0.4046% year over year. At the same time, statewide Finance & Accounting signals were stronger: Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows New York Finance & Accounting employment up 3.1% year over year and active postings up 9.1% year over year in September 2026, while the local posting sample still captured more than 4,200 openings across more than 1,500 companies over the last 90 days. That points to a market worth pursuing if you bring a clear specialty, but a tough one for generic applications.

Best positioned: Candidates with CPA-backed tax, audit, financial reporting, or FP&A/data skills have the best odds right now, especially if they can work on-site or hybrid since about 70% of postings are on-site and about 30% are hybrid.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming New York volume means easy access: remote roles are only about 5% of the sample, and the market skews toward mid-level hiring.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 747 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Intuit, Inc.: 12 open roles
2. Amazon: 10 open roles
3. J.P. Morgan SE: 10 open roles
4. AST Defeasance: 7 open roles
5. Confidential: 5 open roles
6. Wiss & Company, LLP: 5 open roles
7. Accommodations Plus International: 4 open roles
8. Cbre: 4 open roles
9. Cfins: 4 open roles
10. IPC: 4 open roles

Where the openings are

• New York: 432
• Stamford: 16
• Jersey City: 15
• Brooklyn: 10
• Melville: 10
• White Plains: 9
• Morristown: 8
• Parsippany: 7

Work arrangement

on-site 471 (65%), hybrid 220 (31%), remote 30 (4%)

Where the demand is

Real demand is concentrated first in financial services and adjacent regulated business lines. In the local posting mix, financial services accounts for about 40% of sampled Finance & Accounting openings, followed by software development at about 15%, insurance at about 10%, finance at about 10%, and accounting at about 10%. That mix says the market is broad, but not random: candidates who can work inside lender, insurer, asset-management, or fintech-style reporting environments should see more relevant openings than pure generalists. A second cluster is tax and client-accounting work. H & R Block, Inc. and Intuit, Inc. are among the most consistently active named employers in the sample, and the most-requested local skills include tax preparation, financial reporting, Excel, financial analysis, tax planning, and bookkeeping. Credentials also skew tax/accounting rather than general business, with CPA showing up in about 30% of postings and Enrolled Agent in about 10%. The third opportunity pocket is finance transformation and CFO-office build-out work, but it is narrower and more senior. Recent New York-area leadership moves at Presidio, Polymarket, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole, CohnReznick, and Stonehenge NYC point to continued investment in finance strategy, reporting tools, treasury, tax, and long-range planning. For most job seekers, that means the best path is not 'apply everywhere'; it is 'pick one lane and match the employer type that buys it.'

• Tax preparation and client accounting (high): Named employer activity from H & R Block and Intuit, plus skill demand for tax prep, tax planning, and bookkeeping, make this the clearest volume lane.
• Financial reporting and controllership inside financial services and insurance (high): Financial services is about 40% of the local posting mix and insurance about 10%, creating steady demand for close, reporting, audit-readiness, and analysis skills.
• FP&A, analytics, and finance systems in software and fintech (moderate): Software development is about 15% of the mix, and national finance hiring signals increasingly emphasize FP&A, automation, Power BI, SQL/Python, and AI literacy.
• Executive finance build-outs (limited): Recent CFO appointments suggest selective hiring around senior finance leadership and infrastructure, but the openings are narrower and harder to access without prior leadership scope.

Where to focus: If you need interviews in the next 30-90 days, focus first on tax and reporting roles in financial services, insurance, and accounting firms, then layer in FP&A/data-enabled applications once your systems story is strong.

Roles worth searching next

• Business intelligence analyst: A strong fit if your best assets are Excel, reporting, dashboards, and quantitative storytelling rather than journal entries.
• Revenue operations analyst: This works for candidates who like forecasting, pipeline analysis, process controls, and cross-functional reporting.
• Financial systems or ERP analyst: Good option for accountants who are stronger in systems, controls, implementations, and workflow design than in advisory or tax work.
• Customer success or implementation specialist for finance software: Useful for candidates who know the finance workflow but want to move toward SaaS, product, and client-facing work.

What postings ask for

• CPA (premium | immediate): CPA is the clearest local screening credential: about 30% of sampled postings ask for it, far ahead of other named certifications. Who: Staff accountants aiming for audit, reporting, tax, or controller-track work.
• Excel / Microsoft Excel (table_stakes | immediate): Excel remains core rather than optional, appearing among the most-requested hard skills in local postings. Who: Everyone in this category, especially entry-level and career-switching candidates.
• Financial reporting (differentiator | immediate): Financial reporting is one of the most-requested local skills, which makes it a practical way to separate yourself from generalists. Who: Mid-career candidates, auditors, and anyone targeting close/reporting-heavy roles.
• Tax preparation and tax planning (differentiator | immediate): Tax preparation is the top-requested local hard skill at about 25%, and tax planning also shows up repeatedly. Who: Entry-level candidates, seasonal tax talent, and accountants trying to get interview volume quickly.
• Enrolled Agent (EA) / PTIN (differentiator | near-term): For tax-track candidates, EA appears in about 10% of sampled postings and PTIN in about 5%, which is meaningful in a market with strong tax demand. Who: Career switchers and accountants leaning into tax preparation, tax planning, or advisory work.
• FP&A and financial analysis (differentiator | near-term): Financial analysis is already a requested local skill, and national hiring guidance points to FP&A as an increasingly important finance capability. Who: Mid-career accountants who want to move beyond close/reporting into forecasting and business partnership.

Questions about this market

What do Finance & Accounting roles pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

On the hard-data side, BLS metro figures for accountants and auditors show a median of $105,650, with the 25th percentile at $82,830 and the 75th at $137,490 in May 2025; financial managers sit higher at a $128,930 median and $225,390 at the 90th percentile. Proxy signals are broadly in the same zone: local posted salary ranges center on about $100k to $136k, and Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows a New York mean offered salary on new openings of about $111,368 in September 2026 (n=4,134). This metro does pay above national accountant-and-auditor norms: the national median was $83,680 in May 2025, versus $105,650 locally.

Where is demand for Finance & Accounting roles in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ concentrated?

Real demand is concentrated first in financial services and adjacent regulated business lines. In the local posting mix, financial services accounts for about 40% of sampled Finance & Accounting openings, followed by software development at about 15%, insurance at about 10%, finance at about 10%, and accounting at about 10%. That mix says the market is broad, but not random: candidates who can work inside lender, insurer, asset-management, or fintech-style reporting environments should see more relevant openings than pure generalists. A second cluster is tax and client-accounting work. H & R Block, Inc. and Intuit, Inc. are among the most consistently active named employers in the sample, and the most-requested local skills include tax preparation, financial reporting, Excel, financial analysis, tax planning, and bookkeeping. Credentials also skew tax/accounting rather than general business, with CPA showing up in about 30% of postings and Enrolled Agent in about 10%. The third opportunity pocket is finance transformation and CFO-office build-out work, but it is narrower and more senior. Recent New York-area leadership moves at Presidio, Polymarket, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole, CohnReznick, and Stonehenge NYC point to continued investment in finance strategy, reporting tools, treasury, tax, and long-range planning. For most job seekers, that means the best path is not 'apply everywhere'; it is 'pick one lane and match the employer type that buys it.'

Which employers are hiring the most Finance & Accounting talent in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

Recent postings show the most activity from H & R Block, Inc. (more than 650 postings), Intuit, Inc. (more than 300 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

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