Finance Jobs in the US: Who's Hiring Right Now (Oct 2026)

You want to know who is actually hiring for finance roles in the US right now, not vague market talk. Here is the dated snapshot: on 14 October 2026, the JobRise live jobs feed (jobrise.io) showed 701 open finance listings in the United States. Of those, 483 were posted in the last 30 days, and 314 went up in the last 7 days alone. These are counts of open listings, not a market survey.

Treat the numbers below as one feed on one day, and recheck before you plan your week.

Who is hiring#

A handful of names dominate the feed. WealthBridge Financial Group has 194 open listings, and that volume usually signals a recruiting or staffing operation rather than one employer hiring for itself. Anthropic follows with 44, then Robinhood with 22, Stripe with 17, and Dean Dorton with 16.

Read that list and the pattern is obvious. Fintech and software companies are hiring finance people in volume: Stripe, Brex, Robinhood, Okta, Datadog, Fivetran, and Anthropic all sit near the top. Big tech wants accountants and compliance people, not just engineers.

Rounding out the top ten: City Wide Facility Solutions with 15, Brex with 15, Okta with 13, Datadog with 12, and Fivetran with 10. Dean Dorton is an accounting and advisory firm, so its openings point to the agency and professional services side. City Wide Facility Solutions is a facilities franchise business, which shows finance hiring is not limited to finance companies.

WealthBridge's 194 listings are worth a second look. Ask which end client each role supports before you spend an hour on the application.

Where the jobs are#

San Francisco leads with 110 listings, and New York follows with 74. Chicago has 21, Denver 16, and Seattle 11. Two metros carry most of the weight.

If you are searching in San Francisco or New York, you have the densest options by far, and if you are outside those two cities the pickings thin out fast. Remote roles exist here but are not the majority, so filter by location early instead of reading every posting.

What the job-type mix says#

Full-time roles account for 691 of the 701 listings. Part-time is 8, and contract is 2. That is a market chasing permanent hires.

For you, that cuts two ways. Contract-to-hire plays are scarce, so negotiate salary and benefits up front rather than counting on a conversion later. Employers investing in headcount usually run longer interview loops with more rounds, which means you need to keep pipeline volume high while one process drags.

Roles being filled#

The openings span seniority and function. Consigli Construction lists a "Project Accountant." Northern Trust lists a "Principal - Head of Compliance Architecture." Dutchie lists a "Financial Operations Specialist." BetterHelp lists a "Director, Corporate Counsel."

Asana lists a "Senior Manager, Payroll," and Gusto lists both an "Enhanced Due Diligence Investigations Analyst" and a "Fraud Investigations Analyst." Mindful Support Services lists an "Assistant Controller- Mountlake Terrace, WA." Compliance, payroll, tax, legal, and controllership all show up.

If your experience sits in one of those, you have live targets today.

What the pay data shows#

Only 15 of the 701 listings show salary, so treat these as outliers rather than benchmarks. Ramp posts "Business Lead" at $160K to $275K with equity, and "Director, Strategic Finance" at $280K to $385K with equity. Patreon posts "Director, Indirect Tax" at $232K to $348K with equity.

Ramp also posts "Financial Crimes Compliance Strategist" at $126K to $175K with equity and multiple ranges, and "Partner Development Representative | Accounting" at $110K to $120K with equity, commission, and total OTE at a 70/30 split. One Ramp listing, "Channel Partner Manager, Accounting," shows $14K to $214K with equity and commission across multiple ranges, which tells you the number spans several pay structures. Read the fine print.

Do not anchor on these. Ranges vary by level, location, and equity mix, so verify the current official source before you negotiate.

Entry-level openings are rare#

Titles with intern, graduate, junior, or trainee language total 10 out of 701. Examples: "Jr. Commercial Contracts Counsel" at Bully Pulpit International, "Entry Level Financial Professional (Long Island)" at WealthBridge Financial Group, "(New Grad) Account Development Representative II - Atlanta" and "(New Grad) Account Development Representative II - Phoenix" at Samsara, and "Junior Inbound Compliance Analyst (KYC)" at Carta.

Ten listings. That is thin. If you are early career, widen your search to adjacent titles like analyst, specialist, and coordinator, because those often hide the real entry points.

How to apply this week#

Apply direct on the employer site whenever you can. Staffing and recruiting listings funnel through third parties, and going direct gets your resume in front of the hiring manager faster.

Mirror the listing's keywords in your resume and your short note. If the posting says "KYC" and "enhanced due diligence," use those exact phrases. If it says "revenue accounting," do not write "billing experience." The recruiter skims for 6 seconds.

Before you send, run your resume through the free ATS resume checker to catch formatting that applicant tracking systems drop.

Here is a rewritten bullet to show what mirroring looks like.

• Before: "Helped the finance team with month-end tasks and reporting."
• After: "Owned month-end close for 3 entities, prepared revenue accounting reconciliations, and cut close cycle from 9 to 6 days."

The second version uses the words the job asks for and gives a number.

Your 7-step plan#

• Pull the top 20 listings from the US finance jobs hub that match your title and city, and save them in a spreadsheet.
• Sort them by posting date and apply to anything from the last 7 days first; 314 of the 701 listings are that fresh.
• Rewrite your top 5 bullets so each one uses the exact keywords from the target listing and ends with a number or outcome.
• Apply direct on the company site, then note the date, contact name, and next step in your tracker.
• Send a 3-sentence note to one person on the finance or accounting team at each target, not a generic HR inbox.
• Check the JobRise Hiring Report: the US for the wider picture: 13,720 open listings across all categories, with 8,471 posted in the last 30 days.
• Run every resume version through the free ATS resume checker before you submit, and keep one version per role family.

FAQ#

How current are these finance job numbers?

They are a snapshot dated 14 October 2026 from the JobRise live jobs feed (jobrise.io), counting open listings rather than surveying employers. Listings change daily, so verify counts before you act on them.

Should I apply to staffing and recruiter listings?

Yes, but know what they are. WealthBridge Financial Group's 194 listings suggest a recruiting operation, so ask early which end client the role supports and what the pay is.

Are remote finance roles common in this snapshot?

Most listings name a city, with San Francisco at 110 and New York at 74. Filter by location first and treat any remote tag as a bonus.

What if I am entry-level?

Only 10 of the 701 listings carry intern, graduate, junior, or trainee language. Broaden your search to analyst, specialist, and coordinator titles and be ready to relocate or commute.

How reliable are the salary figures?

Only 15 of 701 listings show pay, so the posted ranges are not market averages. Use them as a starting point and verify current pay on the official employer or government source before you negotiate.