Qualification and Experience Requirements for Corporate Accountants in Australia

ABSTRACT:
This assignment deals with the understanding of qualification and experience
requirement by the companies or firms which seek corporate accountants. It
shows details of what a company posts in their advertisement which targets such
aspirants. Location of the companies are from all around Australia and different
kind of jobs attract different kind of salaries based on interested candidate’s
experience or if he is a fresher. I have tried to provide all minute details as much
as I could and this assignment should clear the idea about what experience and
qualification is required for each kind of job.

Contents
ABSTRACT:............................................................................................................. 1
Contents................................................................................................................ 2
Introduction:.......................................................................................................... 3
“How many job advertisements you have collected in total? How many job
advertisements you have collected from each sources?”..................................4
“List the name of the organisations posting the job advertisements and show
the industry breakdown of the organisations posting the job advertisements.” 5
“List all the job titles mentioned in the advertisements that you have
collected.”.......................................................................................................... 7
“List all the personal attributes required from a corporate accountant that has
been mentioned in the job advertisements that you have collected.”...............9
“List all the key roles, tasks, responsibilities of a corporate accountant that
have been listed in the advertisements that you have collected and analyzed.”
......................................................................................................................... 11
“List all the academic and professional qualifications of a corporate accountant
that have been listed in the advertisements that you have collected.”...........13
“Based on the key roles, tasks, responsibilities identified from your collected
job advertisements, how those key roles, tasks or responsibilities are related to
the topics that you have learned in your MPA unit HI5020 Corporate
Accounting.”..................................................................................................... 15
“What additional topics, attributes or learning outcomes are missing from your
MPA unit HI5020 Corporate Accounting that are listed on the job
advertisement?”............................................................................................... 16
“Critically examine the skills, experience and attributes needed to become a
corporate accountant. Also critically evaluate how the topics that you have
learned in your MPA unit HI5020 Corporate Accounting have helped you in
gaining the skills, experience and attributes needed to become a corporate
accountant.”..................................................................................................... 17
Conclusion:.......................................................................................................... 18
Reference:........................................................................................................... 19

Introduction:
An accountant conducts a consultative and pragmatic function on a regular
schedule. An accountant plays a key role in analyzing a company's
previous behavior. An accountant can offer you financial predictions and expert
help on how to handle your economic aspects after analyzing your documents.
(Pcg-services.com, 2019).
Practically, an accountant is responsible for analyzing the data that has been
generated over period by your book keeper. As they have a powerful knowledge
of your taxes demands and annual reports, an accountant is eligible to provide
financial advice.
Other tasks that an accountant may be able to do on a daily basis include:
 Giving advice regarding taxation and financial plans
 Assistance in auditing
 Assistance on the compliance with corporate laws and reports
 Giving advice regarding superannuation of funds
 Giving advice on financial management
Accountants are also capable of doing record maintenance and the likes;
however, this list highlights an accountant’s analytical and advisory position (Job-
descriptions.careerplanner.com, 2019).
“How many job advertisements you have collected in total?
How many job advertisements you have collected from each
sources?”
I have collected 30 job ads for ‘corporate accountant’, ‘corporate and
management accountant’ ‘senior accountant’, ‘tax accountant’, ‘corporate
financial accountant’ ‘corporate financial and management accountant’,
‘accountant corporate finance’, ‘senior financial accountant’ ‘senior accountant:

tax and corporate reporting’ respectively. I used online job portals for searching
jobs for each kind. The portals used are seek, Jora, indeed and others. From
each portal I have tried to collect total of thirty job advertisements posted by
interested companies from all around Australia. All the details regarding each job
are discussed in the next headings.
“List the name of the organisations posting the job
advertisements and show the industry breakdown of the
organisations posting the job advertisements.”
List of organisations posting job advertisement and their industry breakdown are
as follows:
 HR Matrix Pty Ltd- They deal with Human resources consulting, Organisation
development, Engagement inside Survey and other job profiles. They are
located in Perth and are offering Aus $ 110 000 (Hrmatrix.com.au, 2019).
 Advanced Traffic Management Group of Companies- It is in manufacturing
sector and deal with material handling equipment manufacturing. They are
located in eastern suburbs of Perth and are seeking a dynamic corporate
accountant (Advancedtraffic.com.au, 2019).
 Mine Super- They are in mining industry from 1941. They also work on super
funds. They are located in Newcastle, Maitland & Hunter and offering fixed
term position until February of 2021.
 Hays Accountancy & Finance- They are located in Gold Coast. They deal with
all kinds of accountant jobs and promise an opportunity that will suit a career
driven and motivated Qualified Accountant.
 Beach Energy Ltd- It is Australia’s leading mid-cap & oil Company. They were
formed in 1961 and based in Adelaide. They are Australia’s largest oil
producer.