Qualifications and Experiences for Corporate Accountants

Qualifications and experiences that
employers seek from Corporate
Accountants

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY.......................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION.................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES................................................................................................................11
APPENDIX- 1...............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Corporate accountants are specialized in business accounting and finance and
expertly maintains the financial records comply with all laws, regulation and policies.
They also help the executives of the organization internally in their financial decision-
making. For availing the job the individual must need to have a Bachelor's degree in
accounting and finance.
The report includes the different types of job advertisements for the post of
corporate accountant from various organizations. Explaining the personal attributes
necessary for the specified job profile. Further the report carried forward with the
description of professional and academic qualification of corporate accountant.
Comparison of tasks, job roles and responsibilities identified from the job
advertisements.
MAIN BODY
1. List of Job Advertisement :
Job advertisement is the electronic and print notification by an intern to hire an
individual at the specific job task or a position in the organization. It is the most
important source for the recruitment by advertising the request application through
various modes which can be social media, newspaper, job searching websites etc., The
job advertisement sections provides the overview of all necessary information about the
job specification. Most of the advertisement specify the limited time period for
application(Erickson, B.H., 2017, pp.86-99).
I have collected 30 job advertisement for the various job titles which includes the
working of the Corporate Accountant. This job advertisement covers the position of
Corporate Finance, Corporate Accountant, Corporate and Management Accountant,
Corporate financial Accountant, Accountant, Senior Financial Accountant, Senior
Accountant, Tax Accountant etc. Job advertisement helps the company to invite
individuals to the specified job title and helps them to choose the appropriate individual
from the wide range of applications (Ameri and et.al., 2018).
The job titles are taken from different job searching portal which are Seek,
Indeed and Jora. From Indeed 12 job advertisements are taken, 10 advertisements are
pulled from Seek and from Jora 8 advertisements are taken. Each of the position have a
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different key roles and responsibilities for their job titles. This job titles helps the
companies to easily reach out to the individual with the help of quick searching. This
also helps the individual to access through various job advertisement for the specific job
position within prioritize company. It is very easy and simple mode to access through
various job requirements and an individual can easily apply to the interested job profile
of any company (Gerstein, M. and Friedman, H.H., 2016, pp.564-574).
2. List of the Organization:
Various companies post the job advertisement for their specific job need this can
be for the limited time period and for the part-time or full-time this may vary according to
the needs and the requirements of the organization (Grossman, A.M. and Johnson,
L.R., 2015, pp.1577-1597). The organizations which are included in our advertisement
are as follows -
 Murphy Pipes & Civil operates in the finance industry.
 Lockheed Martin runs business in technology and defence which is engaged in
the design, research, development, integration of advanced tech systems,
products and services.
 Kone is the global leader in the escalator and elevator industry.
 Origin Energy conducts their business in energy industry. Company performs the
process of electricity generation, renewable energy, natural gas production etc.
 Suncorp Group avails activity of business in the Finance and treasury industry
which includes the insurance, finance, banking corporation and wealth
management.
 Mater is medical researching company which discover, develop, translate and
commercialize medical research.
 Moore Steohens (WA) Pty Ltd. works business in the finance industry which
provides personalized and personalized accounting, audit, tax and business
advisory services.
 West Recruitment conducts in recruiting industry.
 Walker partner runs as an accounting firm under Finance industry.
 CleanCo is leading company for clean and low generation of energy. The
company is engaged in energy industry.
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 Pirtek is supplier of premium fluid solution and it rolls in the manufacturing
industry.
 Uniting talent serves in Health and Care industry under which it provides home
care facility.
 Racing Victoria percolate in Information technology industry which offers various
broadcast, content across digital and social media.
 Hylton Castle Motors proceed business as transportation and logistics industry.
 Quinn & Associat works in finance industry while accessing in recruiting and
practicing the broking of accounting and financial services.
 Perigon Group Pty Limited is one of the recruitment leader which deals in
recruiting industry.
 TGS Partners Pty Ltd proceed in Finance industry.
 Hays recruitment conducts in recruiting industry.
 Coffey serves in the engineering industry.
 Commonwealth Bank carry on in Financial industry.
 COMO Hotel Asia performs across Hospitality industry.
 Sarah Group Holdings bend in the Construction industry.
 Peregrine Corporation promoted in retail industry.
 Davidson Recruitment accomplish business goal under Recruiting industry.
 Hays compel within the Construction industry.
 Lopaker deals in Recruitment industry.
 Grant Thomson enforce across Financial industry which deals in capital market,
international standards and regulating bodies.
 Powerstaff consulting work in the Recruitment industry.
 Cape exert in the Mining industry.
 Downer Group act in Manufacturing Industry which builds the infrastructure.
3. List of the Job Titles:
Job titles section is the most important part in the resume which describes the
responsibilities of the prescribed position as well as job level. A large company have a
human resource staff which create the different job titles according to the requirements
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of the company. Whereas, smaller companies may often takes their job titles form the
existing organizations structure. Many job titles have clarification along with them, that
are part-time or full-time, permanent or temporary and any job location requirements.
There are different job titles which helps the organization to operate all operational and
financial activities among the company for the smooth flow of the organization functions
and processes(Jacoby, S.M., 2018, pp.346-364).
 Following are the different job titles which are mentioned in the advertisements -
 Corporate Accountant
 Program Accountant
 Management Accountant
 Senior Reporting Corporate Accountant
 Accountant Senior
 Accountant for Tax
 Accountant for Corporate Financial
 Accountant for Management
 Corporate Control Financial Accountant
 Financial Accountant
 International Tax Accountant
 Tax, Treasury and Banking Accountant
 Management Senior Accountant
 Group Accountant
 Tax Intermediate Accountant
 Account Officer & Financial Accountant
 Assistant Corporate Accountant
 Assistant Financial Accountant
 Senior Accountant
 Corporate Assistant Accountant
 Senior Business Service Accountant
 Senior Corporate Accountant
 Financial Accountant & Accounts Officer
 Certified Public Accountant
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 Grant Accountant
 Senior Financial & Management Accountant
 Senior Tax Accountant
 Corporate Accountant
 Corporate Assistant Accountant
 Management Accountant
4. Personal attributes necessary for Corporate Accountant :
Corporate Accountant has a significant role in the organization. They are
involved in the financial decision-making of the company. The Corporate Accountant
must have an above prescribed skills for performing the job task under the prescribed
job title. The job skills plays a major role in the job advertisement thus this helps the
company to recruit the appropriate candidate for their company which fulfils the skills
requirements by the organizations. This skills may vary from company to company or
industry to industry it depends on the functions and operation of the company(Durocher,
S., Bujaki, M. and Brouard, F., 2016, pp.21-34). The efficient skills help the accountant
to perform its task very efficiently this may also include their qualification and extra
diplomas which has been undertaken by the individual for the specialization ion
particular field which develops the special qualities and skills. The skills must be fulfilled
by the individual mentioned by the company to avail the job offered by the
organization(Dropkin, J and et.al., 2016,pp.453-467).
 Better understanding of business
 Accounting Skills
 Communication Skills
 Proficiency in Information Technology
 Customer Service Ability
 Familiar with laws and regulations
 Decision-making Skills
5 Personal attributes evaluation
The first attribute which forms an important part of corporate accountant is
 Better understanding of the business
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under this, the accountants have the perfect grasp on the roles linked with their position
like managing the treasury facilities as well have the in depth knowledge of business
functions.
 Accounting Skills
A good corporate accountant should have in depth understanding of the figures as well
as numbers therefore they are required to have better knowledge and should show
transparency as well as accuracy in the financial digits.
 Communication Skills
A good accountant are required to communicate with different departments for
explaining the digits and numbers even to the stakeholders thus the potential to interact
in language which is jargon-free is important for them and hence forms an important
attributes.
 Proficiency in information technology
As an accountant, a person should have the proficiency to work on highly specialized
financial softwares such as QuickBooks, Hyperion and the spreadsheets along with
office softwares.
 Customer Service
Serving the customers better is always the main job of any organization thus a
corporate accountant should have the enough skills and capabilities to assist the
customers whether internal or external.
 Familiarity to laws and regulations
A corporate accountant should have the updated knowledge of different laws and
procedures which are essential for maintaining financial system. Apart from this, they
should be aware of the regulations which are to be strictly adhered in order to grow the
business.
 Decision-making
This skill forms the major part of the roles and responsibilities of a corporate accountant
where they should have a good ability of strategic decision making. They are required to
analyse each and every aspect of the business like various financial indicators and
make the decision, taking all these into consideration(Del Carpio, X and et.al., 2017).
6. Professional qualification required in corporate accountant
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