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MON · OCT 26 · 20 ROLES |
The Remote Accountant
20 roles · top end $200K · 7 of 20 in Operational Accounting
Three of today's spotlights are companies mid-transition - a fresh Nasdaq listing, a post-acquisition balance sheet under construction, and a pre-IPO filer projecting $2B in revenue. That kind of corporate activity tends to pull accounting headcount with it. Operationally, this send skews toward senior individual contributors: seven of the 20 roles fall under Operational Accounting, with five of those six-figure on the top end.
TODAY'S FIND · FROM OUR DATA
1145 live roles are paying at least 25% above their own title's measured market rate right now.
The top premium runs 3.79x the measured median. Re-checked hourly against employers' own boards.
THE REMOTE MARKET RIGHT NOW
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4,119 LIVE REMOTE ROLES |
37 POSTED THIS WEEK |
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2,269 EMPLOYERS HIRING |
61% DISCLOSE PAY |
US remote accounting and finance postings, counted October 26, 2026. See the full dataset
| Accounting Leadership (3) | up to $190K |
| Tax (2) | up to $175K |
SPOTLIGHT
Liftoff Mobile
Corporate Tax Manager
🌐 Remote - US · $145K-175K
Liftoff Mobile listed on Nasdaq (LFTO) in June 2026 after withdrawing an earlier S-1 in February and refiling in April - its first year as a public company, with $685.7M in 2025 revenue and a net loss that IPO proceeds were partly structured to address. A Corporate Tax Manager hired now inherits the full post-IPO tax compliance build.
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| Operational Accounting (7) | up to $200K |
Seven of the 20 roles land here - the largest single category by count - with senior revenue accounting work at growth-stage companies making up most of the interesting volume.
Blake Willson Group
Senior Associate - Senior Financial Reporting Accountant
🌐 Remote, US · $100K-140K
SPOTLIGHT
Oura
Senior Manager, Commercial Partnerships Revenue Accounting And Lifecycle Enablement
🌐 Remote - US · $170K-200K
Oura raised $900M in a Series E in October 2025 at an $11B valuation and confidentially filed for an IPO in May 2026, with the CEO projecting revenue close to $2B for 2026. A Senior Manager-level commercial partnerships revenue accounting role at a company that close to a public offering carries real scope under pre-IPO revenue recognition scrutiny.
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Senior Accountant, Pediatric Orthotic & Prosthetic Services (Pops)
🌐 Remote - US
| External Audit (2) | up to $155K |
SPOTLIGHT
ServiceNow
Senior Auditor - Business & It Operations
🌐 Remote - US · $94K-155.1K
ServiceNow closed two acquisitions in early 2026 - Veza in March for roughly $1.2B and Armis in April for approximately $7.8B - pushing goodwill from $3.6B to $9.8B in a single half-year. An IT and business operations auditor joining now has a materially larger and more complex footprint to cover than a year ago.
| Accounts Payable (2) | up to $82K |
Prenuvo
Staff Accountant, Accounts Payable (Ap) & Corporate Accounting
🌐 Remote · $70K-82K
| Payroll (2) |
| Procurement & Purchasing (2) | up to $71K |
PAYING ABOVE MARKET
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LiveKit
Senior Payroll Specialist · Remote
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2.4× market
$132K-$178K
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Samsara
Contract and Billing Specialist · Remote
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2.1× market
$85K-$128K
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Caci
Quality Assurance/Project Controller · Remote
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2.0× market
$90K-$190K
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257 remote-first companies are hiring remote finance roles right now.
Affirm and Coinbase have the most open. Still Remote reads each company’s own job board every day and lists the 571 where at least 60% of open roles are remote. 23 joined this week, including Ashby and Mineralys Therapeutics.
WHAT REMOTE PAYS
Median pay by role
From 540 remote postings that disclosed a range.
| ROLE | MEDIAN | TYPICAL RANGE |
| Senior Accountant | $95K | $86K to $105K |
| Staff Accountant | $75K | $65K to $85K |
| Payroll Specialist | $68K | $55K to $81K |
| Billing Specialist | $52K | $43K to $60K |
| Controller | $138K | $118K to $170K |
| Accounting Manager | $125K | $107K to $135K |
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