Assistant Controller
Scion Staffing
Berkeley, CA · Posted November 6, 2026
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Where Berkeley, CA ranks
Where Berkeley, CA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #6Best cities for mid-career professionals in the West Coast62% · of 71
- #9Best cities for energy and utilities jobs91 openings · of 27
- #9Cities with the most jobs that need no experience in the West Coast1.3% · of 66
- #10Best cities for energy and utilities pay after cost of living$144k · of 18
- #11Cities that post pay most often43% · of 100
- #13Best cities for mid-career professionals62% · of 100
Rankings about finance jobs
- Best cities for finance jobs #1 New York (1,932 openings)
- Best cities for finance pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($162k)
- Most requested AI skills in finance jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (4.3%)
- AI tools named most often in finance jobs #1 Claude (0.55%)
- Employers with the most finance jobs #1 Amazon (475 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing does not state pay. Across 47 open assistant controller listings that state pay, the middle half runs $123,000 to $162,500 and the median is $125,000.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
How AI is used in this kind of work
Among financial managers, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks. Measured exposure for financial managers: 39% (high).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
Scion Staffing has been engaged to conduct a search for an experienced Assistant Controller on behalf of a well-established, mission-driven organization in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our client is de