Finance and Accounting Professionals in Highest Demand
Within each scoring indicator, a role is awarded points if its demand is above average compared with other finance and accounting roles. A role that had below-average demand received zero points toward its score. Roles were scored by comparing their quarter-over-quarter growth.
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Cost Accountants 4.85
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Finance Managers 3.63
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Compliance Officers 3.16
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Financial Analysts 2.31
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Accountants and Auditors 1.17
The ranking of roles is based on proprietary analysis of more than 8 million positions posted on more than 1,000 independent job boards and company websites, specialized unemployment rates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and placement data from Robert Half.
Finance and Accounting Managers Are Hiring — and Challenges Continue
January-June 2023
Hiring for new roles
Hiring for vacated roles
Facing challenges finding skilled talent
Demand for Contract Workers Increases
of finance and accounting managers plan to hire more contract professionals in the first half of 2023 (up from 54% in July-December 2022).
Top areas where managers plan to add contract professionals:
- Financial reporting
- Finance and FP&A
- Audit
Majority of Finance and Accounting Professionals Want Hybrid Roles
Types of jobs these workers are interested in pursuing:
- A fully remote position: 47%
- A hybrid position: 63%
- A fully in-office position: 25%
of finance and accounting professionals are looking or plan to look for a new job in the first half of the year.
Current Unemployment Rates
0.2%
Financial and investment analysts
0.5%
Billing clerks
0.8%
Compliance officers
1.6%
Financial managers
1.7%
Accountants and auditors
3.5%
Bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks
Current Population Statistics, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Jan. 6, 2023. Percentages reflect unemployment rates for select positions that were near or below the national unemployment rate at the end of fourth-quarter 2022.
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Data Sources:
*Robert Half calculations are based on job postings provided by TalentNeuron™
The Employment Situation — February 2023, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 10, 2023
Job Openings and Labor Turnover — January 2023, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 8, 2023
Online surveys were developed by Robert Half and conducted by independent research firms. Respondents included executives, senior managers and employees from small (20-249 employees), medium (250-499 employees) and large (500+ employees) businesses in private, publicly listed and public sector organizations across the United States.