Audit Staff Accountant Job Rochester New York USA,Accounting

Position: Audit Staff Accountant (2027)
Location: City of Rochester

Posted On 09/02/2026

Job Information

Work Experience 10+

Public Accounting/CPA Firm

City Rochester

State/Province New York

14604

Job Description

Pay: $60,000 – $64,000

Insero is an accounting and business advisory practice with more than 160 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 #4 Best Company to Work For in New York in the Medium Companies category (State, NYS-SHRM and Best Companies Group) 2026. Ranked #1 in 2025 and 2024, ranked #3 in 2023, ranked #1 in 2022
· Best Accounting Firms to Work For (National, Accounting Today and Best Companies Group)
· #1 Best Accounting Firm, Reader Rankings (Local, Rochester Business Journal) , consistently ranked since 2018
· #4 Best Places to Work for Career Growth, 2026 (Best Companies Group)

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 howLife 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 aStaff

Accountant to join our growing practice with start date options in either January, June or October 2027. This is a full-time position with our firm based in our Rochester, NYoffice.

Responsibilities:

· Working on engagements primarily in Audit, but potential exposure to Tax or Outsourced Accounting based on individual interest.
· 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.

Requirements:

Minimum of a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and CPA eligibility required. Staff Accountants typically have 0-12 months’ accounting…