Want to land top finance talent? Offer this perk
To attract and retain top-notch finance talent, many companies focus on the traditional lures. Examples: offering a competitive salary, touting health and wellness benefits, and so on.
One attractive factor to consider? Allowing accountants, analysts, auditors, tax managers and other finance specialists to work from home full-time.
Since 2020, accounting and finance jobs have jumped from 6th to 2nd overall among remote job postings, according to an annual analysis by FlexJobs out of Boulder, Colorado. (Coming in 1st once again are IT and computer-related jobs.)
Many of the top guns in the finance and banking realm are demanding workers come into the office at least three days per week. Employees who don’t comply are at risk of being fired.
Meanwhile the tens of thousands of other smaller companies competing for talent seem more open to flexible, hybrid or remote work. For example, as fewer college students go into the accounting field, the perk of working at home may be crucial to securing a prized candidate.
These job seekers want flexibility the most
For its online job seekers, FlexJobs describes finance and accounting responsibilities as “processing of financial data, handling accounts payables and receivables, organizing records, and assistance in tax preparation. [Professionals may also] assist companies with accounting records, bill paying and collections.”
Here are the top 10 most popular and searched-for remote job title searches, based on 2023 data from 60,000 companies that posted job openings:
- accountant
- executive assistant
- financial analyst
- product manager
- customer service representative
- software engineer
- customer success manager
- accounting manager
- product designer
- writer
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