Ascend
ascendtogether.com
Actively hiring
Accounting & Bookkeeping Services
Tax Advisory & Preparation
Audit & Assurance Firms
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How Ascend hires
Truth index
A 86/100
Median time to fill
107 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
36%
Reposted roles
0%
Ascend scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 36 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 36% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 107 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Overview
Ascend is a private equity backed platform for independent regional CPA firms, based in Arlington, Virginia, that gives partner firms growth capital, talent acquisition, technology, shared back-office services and equity incentives while they keep their own brands. Backed by Alpine Investors, it has grown to more than 22 partner firms across the United States, such as TSS Advisors in New Hampshire and William Vaughan Company in Ohio, and ranks among Accounting Today's top 100 firms. Its board lists roles at partner firms, including tax staff, seniors, managers and leaders, audit associates and managers, client accounting advisory staff, forensics and M&A tax specialists.
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Ascend over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
3
Postings analysed
8
Stack modernity
62/100AI adopter
Developer tools
Microsoft Excel
AI & ML
LLM
Practices & domains
SLI/SLO/SLA
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$150k
Typical range
$75k – $300k
Open positions
54
52
Jobs
Junior
1.9%
Middle
9.6%
Senior
76.9%
Staff
7.7%
Principal
1.9%
Architect
1.9%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $88k | $88k |
| Middle | 5 | $135k | $125k – $145k |
| Senior | 40 | $150k | $80k – $250k |
| Staff | 4 | $115k | $75k – $300k |
| Principal | 1 | $200k | $200k |
| Architect | 1 | $215k | $215k |
Highest paying role
Tax Leader
$300k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Ascend
By role, level and city, against the market · 54 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
59/100
Growing
Open positions
85
12 opened / 7 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
98 days
faster than 14% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Finance
88% ▲
Industrial Engineering
8%
Administrative
4%
Actively hiring for Finance (+13 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: San Luis Obispo
Oct 2026
New location: United States
Oct 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
44
Hiring now
38
Countries
2
Busiest office
Pasadena
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Arlington
United States
HQ
Pasadena
United States
Corporate office
Lucas Horsfall
12 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 17% remote 10-50 est. staff $161k Avg Salary
hires for Finance
New York
United States
Corporate office
LMC
8 open roles 1-10 est. staff $152k Avg Salary
hires for Finance
Irvine
United States
Corporate office
Lucas Horsfall
7 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 29% remote 1-10 est. staff $181k Avg Salary
hires for Finance
Boston
United States
Corporate office
Walter Shuffain
6 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 17% remote 1-10 est. staff $168k Avg Salary
hires for Finance
San Luis Obispo
United States
Corporate office
Glenn Burdette
6 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $132k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Industrial Engineering
San Jose
United States
Corporate office
PP&Co
5 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $134k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Sales
Lebanon
United States
Corporate office
TSS
5 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 40% remote 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance, Administrative
Colorado Springs
United States
Corporate office
BiggsKofford
4 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $190k Avg Salary
hires for Finance
Chapel Hill
United States
Corporate office
Blackman & Sloop
4 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
San Diego
United States
Corporate office
LevitZacks
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $189k Avg Salary
hires for Finance
Birmingham
United States
Corporate office
Jackson Thornton
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance, Industrial Engineering
Buffalo
United States
Corporate office
TSA
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $90k Avg Salary
hires for Finance
Kirkland
United States
Corporate office
Sweeney Conrad
4 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $144k Avg Salary
hires for Finance
Thornton
United States
Corporate office
Jackson Thornton
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance, Industrial Engineering
Tampa
United States
Corporate office
Saltmarsh
3 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 33% remote 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance, Administrative
Tyler
United States
Corporate office
GMP
3 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance, Industrial Engineering
Orlando
United States
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% remote 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
Bellevue
United States
2 open roles 1-10 est. staff $155k Avg Salary
hires for Finance
Vancouver
United States
Regional office
ODC
2 open roles 1-10 est. staff $155k Avg Salary
hires for Finance
Washington
United States
ODC
2 open roles 1-10 est. staff $155k Avg Salary
hires for Finance
Duluth
United States
2 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
Atlanta
United States
Wilson Lewis
2 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
Denver
United States
BiggsKofford
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $250k Avg Salary
hires for Finance
Montgomery
United States
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance, Industrial Engineering
Cleveland
United States
HD Growth Partners
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
San Antonio
United States
Regional office
ATKG
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% remote 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
Cheyenne
United States
Regional office
MHP
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
Boca Raton
United States
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
Alpharetta
United States
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
Leawood
United States
Regional office
GG Advisors
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
Charlotte
United States
Regional office
BGW
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
Miami
United States
KSDT
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
Fort Collins
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
Gainesville
United States
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
Worcester
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $120k Avg Salary
hires for Finance
Horsham
United States
Kreischer Miller
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
Miller
United States
Kreischer Miller
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
Bedford
United States
TSS
1 open roles 100% remote 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
Wilmington
United States
Regional office
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