Senior Editor, Accounting Lists

The role

This person will create lists and rankings of top CPAs by designing quantitative and qualitative methodologies and gathering data. They will manage the editorial process from creation to publication and collaborate with growth, marketing, revenue, and SEO teams.

What you will do

• Partner with Marketing, Growth, Revenue, and SEO stakeholders to align content strategy.
• Spearhead the creation of new revenue-generating best-of lists and accounting industry rankings.
• Establish quantitative and qualitative methodologies to evaluate industry excellence.
• Oversee the full editorial lifecycle from gathering nominations to final reporting.
• Write, assign, and edit high-impact articles and profiles.
• Collaborate with video, photography, and social media teams.
• Potential to act as the primary voice and face of editorial lists.

Required qualifications

• At least 7-10 years of writing and editing in a digital newsroom
• Knowledge, experience and deep sourcing in the accounting field
• Working knowledge of SEO best practices
• Readiness to work quickly on multiple projects with multiple stakeholders
• Commitment to detail and deadlines with high-level time management and organizational skills
• Ability to turn large quantities of data into a consumer storyline
• Familiarity with analytics and qualitative and quantitative research methods, formulas, survey design, and statistical analysis
• Highly skilled in working with spreadsheets and business data sources such as Hoovers and Dun & Bradstreet
• Engaging interpersonal communication skills
• People leadership experience and ability in managing writers, both staff and freelance
• Bachelor’s degree

Nice to have

• Experience working in business journalism is preferred

About the company

Forbes is an iconic global media brand that has symbolized success for over a century. The brand reaches more than 140 million people monthly worldwide through journalism, events, and licensed local editions.