Degree in accounts or finance

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Corporate Accounting
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abstract.......................................................................................................................4
Introduction.................................................................................................................4
Advertisement Job Titles...........................................................................................8
Personal attributes required from corporate accountants....................................9
Trustworthy..............................................................................................................9
Good Organizational Skills.....................................................................................9
Excellent Time Management skills......................................................................10
Attention to details................................................................................................10
Flexibility................................................................................................................10
Team spirit..............................................................................................................10
Communication skills...........................................................................................10
Client Focus...........................................................................................................11
High Commitment levels.......................................................................................11
Education...............................................................................................................11
Duties of a Corporate Accountant..........................................................................12
Preparation of financial statements and ledger.................................................12
Budgets..................................................................................................................12
Academic and professional qualifications for a corporate accountant.............13
Tax planning and structuring..................................................................................15
Internet accounting..................................................................................................16
Outsourcing..............................................................................................................16
Automation................................................................................................................16
Social media..............................................................................................................17
Conclusion................................................................................................................19
References................................................................................................................21

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Qualifications and experiences that employers seek from Corporate
Accountants
ABSTRACT
The major purpose of this research paper is to determine what key
qualifications and experiences are mostly seeked by employers when hiring
corporate accountants and the importance of some attributes and skills for securing
employment opportunities in accounting. A critical study was conducted through the
collection of relevant job advertisements on the internet and the local dailies. A
comparison was then made on what was commonly seeked by prospective
employers and what was offered to accounting students in higher learning
institutions. The study involved data collection from a total 28 job advertisements in
Australia inclusive of print media and online platforms such as CareerOne, indeed
Australia and seek.
Introduction
The Corporate accountant position has seen some great revolution over the
decades. previously seen as just a bookkeeper, the accountant must now be
regarded from a professional view, as a result of this some specific skills and key
attributes are seeked by employers when sourcing for new accounting graduates
(Renan & Michaely 2018). With the continuous improvement in technology triggering
awareness, employees are expected to offer a sustainable competitive advantage to
the company leading to continuous development of new skills. Corporate accounting
graduates must now possess key skills and attributes in order to match the
employer’s expectations. The global business world keeps changing making skills
required in the corporate world diverse.
In Australia the corporate accountants are mainly tasked to ensure
organization of financial records in order to ensure compliance with the law,
organizational policies and regulations. Internally accountants execute financial
decisions (Haswell & McKinnon, 2003). Studies should be conducted from time to
time to identify deficiencies in the accounting education system and to revise the
accounting programs for provision of adequate future trainings in Australia which in
turn reduces the gap between the employer’s expectations and the student’s
perception.
There exist a lot of places where companies advertise jobs depending on the
audience targeted. Online advertisement can be seen as the most effective option in
finding the right fit for the job. Over the year’s companies are opting for other

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available options to replace the hard press which are mostly expensive with the jobs
only visible for a day.
During the research a total of 28 job advertisements was collected and analyzed.
Eight job advertisement was from the print press such as;
 The Australian-Insolvency accountant
 Adelaide Advertiser-Accounts officer
 The Age-Accounts officer
 Daily Telegraph-Insolvency accountant
 The conversion-Tax auditor
 WA Today-Assistant Accountant
 The Examiner-Rates office
 The west- Financial Controller
The remaining twenty was collected from online platforms. This online job
platforms include;
 Linked in-Payroll and administration officer and Assistant accountant
 All jobs-Assistant financial accountant, Bookkeeper, Part-time operational
accountant, assistant corporate accountant
 APS JOBS-Corporate accountant, senior corporate accountant
 Career one-Financial accountant
 Career jet- Finance manager and Key account Manager.
 Glassdoor- assistant corporate accountant
 GumTree-Accounting Coordinator
 Job seeker-Junior finance assistant and Manager Management Accounting
 Seek-Global investment analyst
 Adzuna-Financial Analyst
 Spot jobs-Key account holder
 Neuvoo-Finance Manager
Some of the organizations posting the job advertisements analyzed include;
 Buckleybrown
 Sydney Indoor plant
 McCorkell & Associates
 Troocoo
 News Corp Australia
 Couriers Please
 Fernway Partners
 Lens 10
 Shellharbour City Council
 CouriersPlease