200+ Finance & Accounting Jobs in San Jose, CA

Observed local wage data for accountants and auditors put annual mean pay at $124,070 in May 2023. Later proxy sources point to about $121,700 median pay in May 2025 and typical local posted salary ranges centered on about $111k to $175k, with a broader band of about $90k to $220k. California finance and accounting openings averaged about $101,130 in offered salary in August 2026, versus about $90,597 across all California openings, so the category still pays above the broader state market.

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Advertised pay

Across the 175 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $100,000 at the 25th percentile, $128,000 at the median and $156,828 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

This is a good-paying market, but not an easy one. San Jose metro unemployment was 4.1% in July 2026, and the metro's jobless rate had improved from 4.5% to 4.0% over the year ending June 2026. California finance and accounting employment was up 1.2% year over year in August 2026, but finance and accounting postings in the state were down 2.1%, which points to employers keeping core teams while opening seats more selectively. Locally, we observed more than 700 postings across more than 300 companies in the last 90 days, yet the mix leans mid-to-senior and mostly on-site or hybrid rather than remote.

Best positioned: Your best odds are as a mid-to-senior candidate for corporate accounting, FP&A, or controller-track work who can show CPA progress plus strong reporting, modeling, forecasting, and ERP fluency such as SAP or Tagetik.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming Silicon Valley pay means broad access: only about 15% of postings are entry level, only about 5% are remote, and recent tech layoffs may have increased applicant competition.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 204 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Intuit, Inc.: 9 open roles
2. Google Inc: 6 open roles
3. Spacex: 6 open roles
4. DeWinter Group: 5 open roles
5. Applied Materials, Inc.: 4 open roles
6. Stanford University School Of Medicine: 4 open roles
7. AMISEQ: 3 open roles
8. Apple, Inc.: 3 open roles
9. Supermicro: 3 open roles
10. Adobe: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• San Jose: 40
• Mountain View: 25
• Santa Clara: 24
• Palo Alto: 22
• Sunnyvale: 19
• Fremont: 15
• Redwood City: 9
• Menlo Park: 8

Work arrangement

on-site 131 (66%), hybrid 56 (28%), remote 10 (5%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is clustered in a few lanes rather than spread evenly across the category. In the local posting sample, the most-active industries were software development and financial services at about 20% each, followed by technology at about 15%, then finance and professional services / consulting at about 10% each. That matches the live local examples: Senior Accountant hiring at FloQast and Spectro Cloud, strategic finance hiring around Adobe's Frame.io, and technical accounting / external reporting leadership in the same orbit. The second concentration is by problem type. Employers keep asking for financial reporting, financial modeling, Excel, budgeting, forecasting, SAP, and financial analysis, not just generic bookkeeping. Local examples also point to month-end close, consolidation, internal-use software cost accounting, AP, payroll, and Tagetik EPM work. The seniority mix is telling too: about 35% of postings are mid-level, about 30% senior, and about 20% lead+. Public accounting and tax are still worth a serious look. The most consistently active employers included H & R Block, Inc. and Deloitte, and national guidance says tax, audit, and assurance remain among the hottest public-accounting specialties in 2026, with projected starting-salary growth of 3.7%.

• Corporate accounting, close, and reporting in software/tech (high): This is the clearest local lane, with openings tied to month-end close, commission accounting, close-and-consolidation, technical accounting, and external reporting.
• Strategic finance and FP&A-style work (moderate): Strategic finance roles exist locally, but they skew analytical and senior, with modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and business-facing interpretation carrying more weight than generic analyst titles.
• Public accounting, tax, audit, and assurance (moderate): This remains a practical sub-market because local employer activity includes H & R Block, Inc. and Deloitte, and national demand remains solid for tax, audit, and assurance talent.
• Finance systems and transformation work (high): Candidates who bring ERP/EPM implementation value stand out because local roles referenced SAP and Tagetik-linked transformation work inside accounting teams.

Where to focus: Focus first on software, financial services, and consulting employers where you can pair accounting depth with reporting, modeling, or ERP-driven process ownership.

Roles worth searching next

• Finance systems analyst / ERP implementation analyst: Local accounting openings referenced SAP, Tagetik EPM implementation, and close-and-consolidation process work, which makes finance-systems roles a natural bridge for accountants who like process design more than period-end grind.
• Business intelligence / data analyst for finance teams: Local demand for modeling, forecasting, and analysis lines up with the broader shift toward data literacy and AI-assisted finance work.
• Strategy and operations analyst: Strategic finance roles in the metro and the broader shift of finance from reporting toward value creation make ops-oriented analytical roles a reasonable alternative for candidates with modeling and business-partnering strength.

What postings ask for

• CPA (differentiator | immediate): CPA was the most commonly required named certification in the local posting sample, appearing in about 20% of postings that specified a certification. Who: Accountants, auditors, senior accountants, and anyone targeting controller-track roles.
• Financial reporting (table_stakes | immediate): Financial reporting was among the most-requested hard skills in local postings, and several local roles centered on close, reporting, and external-reporting ownership. Who: Anyone targeting corporate accounting, senior accountant, or accounting manager work.
• Financial modeling and forecasting (premium | immediate): Financial modeling was one of the top local hard-skill asks, and budgeting, forecasting, and analysis also appeared repeatedly, which raises the ceiling for FP&A and strategic-finance candidates. Who: Analysts, finance managers, FP&A candidates, and career switchers coming from analytics.
• SAP and ERP fluency (premium | immediate): SAP showed up among the most-requested local hard skills, and systems-heavy roles locally reward candidates who can connect accounting process knowledge to ERP execution. Who: Mid-career accountants, finance systems candidates, and anyone trying to stand out in software-heavy employers.
• Tagetik EPM and close-and-consolidation workflows (premium | near-term): Local San Jose openings explicitly referenced Tagetik EPM implementation and close-and-consolidation work, which is a strong signal that finance-transformation capability is valued in this metro. Who: Accounting managers, senior accountants, controllers, and systems-minded candidates.
• Excel (table_stakes | immediate): Excel remained one of the most commonly requested hard skills in the local sample, which means weak spreadsheet fluency is still an easy knockout factor. Who: Everyone in this category, especially entry-level and career-switching candidates.

Questions about this market

What do Finance & Accounting roles pay in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA?

Observed local wage data for accountants and auditors put annual mean pay at $124,070 in May 2023. Later proxy sources point to about $121,700 median pay in May 2025 and typical local posted salary ranges centered on about $111k to $175k, with a broader band of about $90k to $220k. California finance and accounting openings averaged about $101,130 in offered salary in August 2026, versus about $90,597 across all California openings, so the category still pays above the broader state market. San Jose can pay very well for finance talent, especially compared with California overall at $98,678 for accountants and auditors. But the metro's price level was 110.4 relative to a U.S. baseline of 100, so some of the salary premium is offset by the local cost base.

Where is demand for Finance & Accounting roles in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA concentrated?

Real opportunity is clustered in a few lanes rather than spread evenly across the category. In the local posting sample, the most-active industries were software development and financial services at about 20% each, followed by technology at about 15%, then finance and professional services / consulting at about 10% each. That matches the live local examples: Senior Accountant hiring at FloQast and Spectro Cloud, strategic finance hiring around Adobe's Frame.io, and technical accounting / external reporting leadership in the same orbit. The second concentration is by problem type. Employers keep asking for financial reporting, financial modeling, Excel, budgeting, forecasting, SAP, and financial analysis, not just generic bookkeeping. Local examples also point to month-end close, consolidation, internal-use software cost accounting, AP, payroll, and Tagetik EPM work. The seniority mix is telling too: about 35% of postings are mid-level, about 30% senior, and about 20% lead+. Public accounting and tax are still worth a serious look. The most consistently active employers included H & R Block, Inc. and Deloitte, and national guidance says tax, audit, and assurance remain among the hottest public-accounting specialties in 2026, with projected starting-salary growth of 3.7%.

Which employers are hiring the most Finance & Accounting talent in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA?

Recent postings show the most activity from H & R Block, Inc. (30 postings), Deloitte (30 postings), Intuit, Inc. (20 postings), Hallbartsamhallsbyggande (20 postings), Amazon (15 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Finance & Accounting roles in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 30% hybrid, with 65% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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