In the postings we read, remote accounting jobs sat with three kinds of employer: remote-first companies hiring in-house, outsourced bookkeeping and fractional CFO firms that serve many small clients, and healthcare and services groups with central finance teams. In the 30 days to November 7, 2026 our feed picked up about 2,000 remote accounting postings. The ones that stated pay had a median of about $82k.
Newest remote accounting openings in our feed
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Who hires remote accountants?
The middle group is the easiest to miss. Both outsourced firms we read hire remote teams that keep the books for many clients at once. One firm's full-time and part-time remote accountant postings pitched the chance to "support multiple clients without having a draining tax season" and asked for a year or more of transactional work in QuickBooks or NetSuite. Another, which runs fractional CFO and accounting work for venture-backed startups, listed a senior accountant at about $100k to $115k plus bonus.
| Alignerr | 13 |
| Labcorp | 12 |
| Upwork | 12 |
| Sonic Jobs | 12 |
| DelegateCX | 11 |
| Frontline Accounting | 11 |
| Integrated Dermatology | 10 |
| RemoteHunter | 10 |
| Ensemble Health Partners | 9 |
| H2O.ai | 9 |
Counts are postings, not hires. Freelance marketplaces and AI-training platforms can appear here; their listings are gigs, not employee jobs.
Source: Our job data, Nov 13, 2026
The list is spread thin: in the 30 days to November 7, no employer posted more than 16. When Upwork shows up, those are freelance client projects you bid on. Alignerr is an AI-training platform hiring accountants to write and check tasks for AI models; our AI training jobs page explains that kind of work.
What remote accounting jobs pay
Source: Our job data, Nov 13, 2026
Middle half of postings with pay, dot at the median
| Staff or senior accountant | $73k to $103k |
| AP or AR | $50k to $82k |
| Bookkeeper | $38k to $62k |
| Tax | $53k to $132k |
Grouped by words in the job title. Bookkeeper and tax rest on fewer than 40 postings each, so treat them as rough.
Source: Our job data, Nov 13, 2026
Pay figures come only from postings that state pay, about a third of the total, and the middle half overall ran from about $58k to $120k. Bookkeeper and AP or AR titles pay least, and they are also the usual way in. Here is what individual postings we read offered.
| Role and employer | Stated pay | Notable ask |
|---|---|---|
| Junior Accountant PerfectServe | $45k to $55k | Cash application, reconciliations, AR |
| Senior Accountant Stanford Children's Health | $48 to $62 an hour | 3 years, bachelor's degree |
| Accounts Payable Supervisor Pinnacle Live | $80k to $100k | 5 to 7 years of AP, has led a remote team |
| Senior GL Accountant Mitratech | $90k to $110k | NetSuite, CPA or CPA eligible preferred |
| Senior Accountant Attivo Partners | About $100k to $115k + bonus | Startup clients, AP to GL |
| Revenue Accounting Manager Grafana Labs | $120k to $145k | SQL, Python or advanced Excel |
| US Accountant Acceldata (Bangalore) | Not stated | Night shift to noon US Pacific |
Pay as stated in each posting, read November 7, 2026. The live list above has the current openings.
Source: UnlistedRemote reading of live employer postings, November 7, 2026
Do you need a CPA for remote accounting jobs?
Mostly no. We read 16 live remote accounting postings in full on November 7. The CPA came up in 5 of them, and 4 of those treated it as preferred (one said "CPA or CMA preferred, not required"). The only one that asked for an active license was a revenue accounting manager role, and it accepted CPA eligibility instead. None of the staff accountant, junior or AP postings required it.
What they did ask for, again and again:
- NetSuite. It came up in 11 of the 16, far more than any other system. QuickBooks came up in 4, all at outsourced or fractional firms. SAP, Oracle and Workday showed up two or three times each.
- Month-end close and reconciliations, in 12 postings each.
- Excel, named in 8.
- A degree, in 13.
- AI or automation tools, in 4. Grafana Labs listed working knowledge of Claude or Codex as a plus, and one fractional CFO firm wanted someone to build small AI automations for client books.
If you have a free month, a NetSuite course gets you further with remote employers than another certificate does. That's our read, from a small but consistent sample.
Remote accounting jobs from India and the Philippines
| United States | 1,012 |
| Philippines | 170 |
| Canada | 83 |
| India | 43 |
| United Kingdom | 19 |
| Australia | 9 |
| France | 9 |
| Germany | 8 |
Only postings tagged with a country are counted.
Source: Our job data, Nov 13, 2026
The Philippines is a clear second, ahead of India and Canada. Our remote jobs in the Philippines page tracks those roles.
"Work from home accounting jobs" gets about 8,100 searches a month from India against roughly 110 from the US, by the keyword estimates we pulled. Yet India-tagged remote accounting postings were thin, about 45 in the 30 days to November 7. The one we read closely was US accounting work based in Bangalore, with a night shift that runs until noon US Pacific time, open to a newly qualified CA with 1 to 3 years or a B.Com, M.Com or MBA with 4 to 8 years. See remote jobs in India for more.
How to tell a real remote bookkeeping job from a scam
Walk away if a "bookkeeping" job
- Asks you to receive payments into your own bank account and forward them on. That is moving money for someone else, not bookkeeping.
- Asks you to deposit a check they send and return part of it.
- Wants your bank login or card details "for payroll setup" before any offer letter.
- Interviews only by chat app, with no company website or careers page you can check.
- Promises to hire with no experience and names no software. Real postings name the system (QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite) and ask for reconciliations.
We drop known reposters and spam employers from these lists, about 8% of raw accounting postings in the 30 days to November 7, but no filter catches everything. More checks are in our guide to legit remote jobs.
Questions people ask
Are there entry-level remote accounting jobs?
Yes, a few. In our read, a junior accountant role paid $45k to $55k for cash application and reconciliations, and another accountant role at a software company asked for a year or less of experience. AP, AR and bookkeeping roles are the usual first step, and they pay the least of the four groups.
How much do remote bookkeepers make?
Remote postings titled bookkeeper that stated pay had a median of about $57k in the 30 days to November 7, 2026, with the middle half from about $44k to $65k. That rests on fewer than 40 postings, so treat it as a rough guide. Hourly and part-time bookkeeping for several clients is common too, and these salary figures don't capture it.
Are there part-time remote accounting jobs?
Yes, mostly at outsourced bookkeeping and accounting firms that serve many small clients. One firm in our read posted full-time and part-time versions of the same remote accountant role. Our part-time remote jobs page lists more.
Which accounting software should I learn for remote jobs?
NetSuite first. It came up in 11 of the 16 remote accounting postings we read. Learn QuickBooks Online if you want to work for small-business clients, and keep your Excel sharp, since 8 postings named it.
Can I do US accounting work remotely from India?
Yes, but expect night shifts. The US accounting role we read in Bangalore ran a night shift until 12:00 PM US Pacific time. It did not state pay, so compare offers like it with Indian salaries, not US ones.