Corporate Accountant Job Advertisements in Australia: A Comprehensive Analysis

ABSTRACT:
This task helps with the knowledge by the businesses or firms seeking corporate
accountants of the eligibility and expertise specification. It demonstrates information
of what a business publishes to reach such candidates in their ads. Firms are
located throughout Australia and distinct types of employment draw distinct types of
wages depending on the expertise of the prospective applicant or whether he is a
newbie. It has been attempted to give as much depth as it could be done to every
small detail and this task should clarify the concept of what expertise and
competence is needed for each type of work.

Contents
ABSTRACT:..................................................................................................................1
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 analysed.”............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.”....14
“What additional topics, attributes or learning outcomes are missing from your
MPA unit HI5020 Corporate Accounting that are listed on the job advertisement?”
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“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:.................................................................................................................17
Reference:..................................................................................................................18
ANNEXURE OF THE JOBS SEARCHED..................................................................19

Introduction:
Accountants maintain monetary records and may concentrate on one or many areas
of accounting and finance. Corporate accountants concentrate on business
accounting and maintain an organization’s financial records to confirm compliancy
with laws, rules and also the organization’s policies (Ifac.org, 2019). Much of the
work of corporate accountants is employed internally to assist executives build
financial decisions for the organization. These professionals are stated as
management accountants. Corporate accounting relates to measuring, tracking and
interpreting vast amounts of economic info concerning a private corporation (a legal
entity or a joint stock entity). It actually implicates to factoring for bigger firms instead
of lower-scale small businesses or collaborations where the paperwork of account
criteria and requests appear to be less stringent. This is because companies have an
obligation to provide the wider populace and legislative organs with economic data,
while smaller companies do not have this obligation.
Any utilization of dual entry accounting structure is a main element of corporate
accounting, as compared to maintaining private accounts, in which each transfer that
happens will retain a note in two or more accounts.
Corporate Accounting is a unique accounting arm that functions with
 the accounting for companies ,
 preparation of their final accounts and cash flow statements,
 analysis and interpretation of companies’ financial results and
 Accounting for specific events like amalgamation, absorption,
preparation of consolidated balance sheets (Pcg-services.com, 2019).
“How many job advertisements you have collected in total?
How many job advertisements you have collected from each
sources?”
As per the instructions at least 30 advertisements published over various job sites 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 have been collected. Online job portals were used for finding the
abovementioned job designations. They are as follows – Seek, Jora, indeed and
others. In total, 30 ads were collected. Entire country of Australia has been tried to
be covered in the entire search. Almost all of the specifics of every job will be
addressed in the following sections.
“List the name of the organisations posting the job
advertisements and show the industry breakdown of the
organisations posting the job advertisements.”
The name of the organizations posting the job advertisement and their industry
breakdown of the organizations posting the job advertisements are as follows:
 BAE Systems- BAE systems are an aerospace company. They are British
Multinational Company which deals with defense, security and aerospace. It
operates worldwide with its headquarters located in London. Their office which is
looking for a Corporate Accountant is in Streaky Bay, SA (BAE Systems |
International, 2019).
 Lawson Elliott- It is an employment agency based in Sydney, Australia. They are
into hiring Accounting & Finance professionals and also have offices in
Parramatta, Brisbane and Melbourne (Lawsonelliott.com.au, 2019).
 AESOP Corporate- They started in 1987 and have headquarters in Melbourne.
They also have offices and stores in rest of the world. They are into body care
products (Aesop.com, 2019).
 NSW Business Chamber- NSW Business Chamber is NSW's peak business
organization providing businesses with information, advice, products and
services. The organization has a membership of over 20,200 and 119 Chambers

of Commerce in NSW and the ACT. As the name suggests, it is located in North
Sydney, New South Wales (Nswbusinesschamber.com.au, 2019).
 Reo Group- It is a finance and accountant specialist recruitment agency based in
Sydney. They are expert in the field of Management consulting and executive
searches (CBD, 2019). Their offer is 90 000 to 100 000 Aus $.
 BDO- It was founded in the year 1975. It is an expert in Audit, Tax & Advisory
field. They believe in the motto of “relationships, resources, and responsiveness”.
They are located in Cairns, Queensland (Bdo.com.au, 2019).
 Broad Construction- “Broad Construction is a trusted managing contractor within
the Australian building industry, delivering new build, fit-out and refurbishment
projects. More than 25 years of consistent delivery by Broad has prompted
sustainable growth and diversification, with our projects spanning capital cities
and major regional areas. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of international
construction company, CPB Contractors, Broad is part of the CIMIC Group.”
 AXR- This Company specializes in executive searches, selection and contract
recruitment for commerce, industry and chartered/professional services. They are
located in Sydney, New South Wales and are offering 100 000 to 110 000 Aus $
a year.
 HAYS- “Hays are the leading global specialist recruiting group. They are the
expert at recruiting qualified, professional and skilled people worldwide, being the
market leader in Asia Pacific and the UK and one of the market leaders in
Continental Europe and Latin America. They operate across the private and
public sectors, dealing in permanent positions, contract roles and temporary
assignments.”
Other companies which have posted job advertisements but details have not been
discussed above are as follows – Michael Page, Spatial Corp, RAC WA, Zurich
Insurance group, Law in Order, Mater, Moore Stephens (WA) Pty Ltd., PaperCut
Software, Link Group, Serco Group, Corporate Services, Clenergy, Queensland
University of Technology, Crawford and Company, Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Pepper Group, Mighty Hive, Powerstaff Consulting, BGIS, Bunzl, Sedgman Limited,
Minjar Gold, Kone, Suncorp Group, WiseTech Global, PwC, and others.

“List all the job titles mentioned in the advertisements that
you have collected.”
All the job titles mentioned in the job portal sites are mentioned below-
a. Senior accountant
b. Tax Accountant
c. Corporate Financial Accountant.
d. Corporate Financial & Management Accountant.
e. Accountant Corporate Finance