Staff Accountant - 2026

Staff Accountant 2026

Location: Ithaca, NY

Insero Advisors is an accounting and business advisory practice with more than 150 employees throughout New York State serving businesses, nonprofits, governmental entities, and individuals. One of our core values is that we are Passionate about People. We don’t just talk about our values, we live them. That’s why we’ve consistently been recognized as a best place to work:

· Ranked the #1 Best Company to Work For in New York in the Medium Companies category (State, NYS-SHRM and Best Companies Group) 2025, ranked #1 in 2024, ranked #3 in 2023, ranked #1 in 2022

· Best Accounting Firms to Work For (National, Accounting Today, and Best Companies Group) 2012-2025, ranked # 30 in 2025 and #13 in 2024

· #1 Best Accounting Firm and Most Innovative Workplace, Reader Rankings (Local, Rochester Business Journal) 2025, consistently ranked since 2018

At Insero, we’re committed to transforming the employee experience beyond industry standards to enable you to build your ideal career.

Our Vision: We deliver bold, game-changing value to our clients by building the best place to work, empowered with the best talent, culture, and innovation.

The Insero Way – Our culture is guided by our core values and motivates result-orientated associates. Our values form the foundation of our daily practices.

We believe great teams are built on shared values: Be Passionate about People, Deliver Excellence, Grow to New Heights, and Go Further Together. If these speak to you, we encourage you to apply!

Let us show you how Life at Insero is different:

· We offer excellent advancement opportunities as well as advisor and mentor programs.

· We invest heavily in training and technology.

· We focus on flexibility, with an amazing hybrid working environment giving you the ability to work in the office as well as from home/remotely.

· We serve a wide variety of clients and offer many compliance and consulting services, giving our team members opportunities to explore different areas of practice.

· There are also many opportunities to get involved from day one, including our initiatives for outreach, innovation, wellness, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

We are seeking to hire a Staff Accountant to work in our Audit Dept.  Start date options: either January 2026, June 2026, or October 2026. This is a full-time position with our firm based in our Ithaca, NY office.

 Responsibilities:

· Working on engagements primarily in Audit, but potential exposure to other areas.

· Becoming familiar with the firm's policies, procedures, and technical resources.

· Assisting team in conducting audits, reviews, compilations, and other assigned tasks.

· Preparing assigned financial statements as needed.

· Supporting the Senior/Manager by maintaining a good working relationship with client personnel and other team members and demonstrating an awareness of the client's business.

· Promptly inform the appropriate person of any difficulties that you may experience with an assignment/task that could affect our scheduled deadlines.

· Bringing issues for inclusion in the letter of representation or management letter to the appropriate Engagement Manager. 

· Performing and recording all work in compliance with our firm policies. 

· Developing an understanding of the standards of the profession and progress toward passing the CPA exam.

· Assisting in administrative functions, practice development, and practice management as assigned.

Our Benefits: 

We offer competitive salaries, an outstanding paid time off program (4 weeks), 16 paid holidays, remote/hybrid work flexibly, 401(k) plan with firm contributions, tuition reimbursement program, 100% employer-paid parking, spot bonus program, CPA bonus, a variety of different medical plan options along with opt-out dollars if you do not need medical ins coverage. In addition, we offer tremendous growth and development opportunities to assist with both your personal and professional goals. We invite you to experience it firsthand! 

Salary Range:  $59,000 – $65,000

The above range is a reasonable estimate of the current salary range for this position. Actual compensation is influenced by a variety of factors, including but not limited to skills, experience, qualifications, and/or education, and geographic location.  It is not typical for a candidate to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the capabilities and experience of the candidate. You may also become eligible to receive discretionary spot bonus incentives. Incentives, if any, depend on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and firm performance.

Education and Experience

Minimum of a Bachelor of Science in Accounting with 150 credit hours and CPA eligibility required. Staff Accountants typically have 0-12 months’ accounting experience (or equivalent experience as deemed appropriate by the firm).

Insero is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer