Comprehensive Analysis of Corporate Accountant Job Advertisements

This report comprehensively analyzes job advertisements for corporate accountant positions, drawing from various online portals like Indeed, Jora, LinkedIn, and Seek. It identifies the quantity of job postings, the organizations and industries involved, and the specific job titles advertised. The report details the personal attributes, key roles, tasks, and responsibilities expected of corporate accountants, along with the required academic and professional qualifications. Furthermore, it correlates the findings with the topics covered in the HI5020 Corporate Accounting unit, highlighting the relevance of the course material to real-world job requirements. The analysis also identifies any missing topics or skills from the course that are emphasized in job advertisements, assessing how the HI5020 unit prepares students for the demands of corporate accounting roles and concludes with an evaluation of job market requirements in relation to the course curriculum.

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Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................2
1. Quantity of job advertisements and their sources..............................................................................2
2. Organization, industry and key person who posted jobs on the particular portal...............................3
From indeed.......................................................................................................................................3
From Jora...........................................................................................................................................4
From LinkedIn...................................................................................................................................5
From Seek.........................................................................................................................................6
3. All the job titles mentioned in the collected advertisements..............................................................8
From indeed.......................................................................................................................................8
From Jora...........................................................................................................................................9
From LinkedIn...................................................................................................................................9
From seek........................................................................................................................................10
4 Personal attributes of a corporate accountant....................................................................................12
5. Key roles, tasks, responsibilities of a corporate accountant from job advertisements......................12
6. Academic and professional qualifications of a corporate accountant...............................................14
7. Key roles, tasks, responsibilities identified from collected job advertisements with their relation
with the topics of MPA unit HI5020 Corporate Accounting................................................................14
8. Additional topics, attributes or learnings outcomes are missing from MPA unit HI5020 Corporate
Accounting that are listed on the job advertisement............................................................................15
9. Help extended by the topics taught in HI5020 Corporate Accounting in developing the skills,
attributes and experiences required by Corporate Accountant.............................................................16
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................................17
References...........................................................................................................................................18
Appendix.............................................................................................................................................19

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Introduction
This report uncovers the key comprehension of the intents and characteristics required for the
job accounting job. It has also reveals the quality which a bookkeeper (Corporate accountant)
needs to have to do the corporate bookkeeping line of work in this ramified monetary. In the
beginning of this report, there are more than 30 job advertisements have been given. These
job advertisement demonstrate the individual dispositions required, key jobs, assignments and
obligations to be taken care of by the specific individual on the given job designation.
Furthermore, there is likewise given the arrangement of the corporate bookkeeping courses
with the accessible employments in the market. This demonstrates on the off chance that an
understudy concentrate's appropriate bookkeeping courses, at that point he could without
much of a stretch land on the wanted positions in the corporate bookkeeping field (corporate
accounting job) From that point forward, the corporate accountant employments have been
evaluated also, pragmatic ramifications of the investigations conferred in the HI5020 courses
have been given which is additionally lined up with the corporate accounting jobs. Toward
the part of the arrangement, the end has been given by evaluating the accessible corporate
accountant employments and study courses instructed in HI5020 corporate bookkeeping. In
the end of this report, the requirement of the corporate accounting jobs and study materials
and pattern of the study in the HI5020 in the corporate accounting jobs have been assessed.
1. Quantity of job advertisements and their sources
There are 30 job advertisement have been gathered in this report from the various portals and
sources.
 INDEED: 10
 JORA: 5
 LinkedIn: 9
 SEEK: 16

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2. Organization, industry and key person who posted jobs on the particular portal
From indeed
There are more than 10 corporate accounting job advertisement have been gathered
Number Company Industry Job designation
tittle
1 Top Knot Contractor Corporate
accountant
2 Moir Company Financial service Senior corporate
accountant
3 Intuitive company HRM Corporate
accountant
4 GFC corporation Mining industry Corporate
accountant
5 Grant corporation Professional service
program
Corporate
accountant
6 Venus Company Gambling Corporate
accountant
7 Company link Construction Senior accountant
8 GoodMAn Ventilation Senior accountant
9 Accra Air conditioning Corporate

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accountant
10 Deloitte Company Auditing Corporate
management
accountant
From Jora
Total 5 jobs:
Number Company Industry Title
1 Hilyer Professional company Taxation
2 Bonsella company Professional work Taxation
3 Orbital company Arms and business Taxation and
accounting
4 Kone Engineering Taxation and
accountant
5 Michagge HRM Taxation
From LinkedIn
From this portal, we have gathered a total of 9 job advertisements

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Given Number Name of the
company
Industry Designation
1 2XM corporation Accounting and
taxation
Accountant
2 Port Corporation Shipbuilding Accountant
3 Perigon corporation HRM Senior accountant
Abacus Company Human resources
management
Accountant and
corporation
5 2XM corporation Finance and
accounting
Senior accountant
6 Perigon Company Human resources
management
Corporate
accountant
7 Charterhouse
Company
Human resources
management
Corporate
accountant
8 Workpac Corporation Human resources
management
Corporate
accountant
9 Smith and company Human resources
management
Corporate
accountant

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From Seek
From this portal, we have gathered a total of 16 job advertisements
Given Number Name of the
company
Industry Designation
1 TAB and company Racing and gambling Corporate
accountant
2 Moore Company Accounting Assistant and
accounting financial
officer
3. Response automotive
Company
HRM Corporate
accountant
4 Genea and company Fertility industry Accountant
5 Robert and company Automotive industry Corporate financial
accountant
6 Manseen Company FMCG sector Corporate
accountant
3. All the job titles mentioned in the collected advertisements
From indeed
Number Company Post

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1 Top Knot Corporate accounting
2 Moir Company Senior corporate
accuountant
3 Intuitive company Corporate accountant
4 GFC corporation Corporate accountant
5 Grantt corporation Corporate accountant
6 Venus Company Corporate accountant
7 Company link Senior accountant
8 GoodMAn Senior accountant
9 Accra Corporate accountant
10 Deloitte Company Corporate
management
accountant
From Jora
Number is given Name of the
Company
Designation
1 Hillyer Group of
corporation
Taxation services

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2 Bonsella group of
company
Taxation and
accounting work
3 Orbital Corporation Taxation
4 Kone Corporation Taxation
5 Michage corporation Taxation
From LinkedIn
From this portal, we have gathered total of 10 job advertisements
Number given Name of the
Company
Designation
1 2XM corporation Accounting
corporate taxation
2 Port Corporation Corporate accounting
3 Perigon corporation Corporate accounting
4 Abacus Company Accountant and
corporation
5 2XM corporation Senior accountant

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6 Perigon Company Corporate accountant
7 Charterhouse
Company
Corporate accountant
8 Workpac Corporation Corporate accountant
9 Smith and company Corporate accountant
From seek
Number is given Name of the
Company
Designation
1 TAB and company Corporate accounting
2 Moore Company Assistant and
accounting financial
officer
3. Response automotive
Company
Corporate accountant
4 Genea and company Accountant
5 Robert and company Corporate financial
accountant
6 Manseen Company Corporate accountant

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4 Personal attributes of a corporate accountant
To become a good corporate accountant, following skills and personal attributes are required
in an individual:
1. Good communication skills and interpersonal are required Also the ability to express be
needed both in oral and in written form.
2. Self-motivated individual with positive attitude (Chatzoglou, et al. 2011).
3. Able to work under a team format and should have leadership qualities when required.
4. Capable to work under pressure and during tough working hours.
5. Able to attain the attention towards the minor issues and details in the business.
6. Familiar and knowledgeable with the reasoning, technical and analytical tasks.
7. Spirit of hard working for the attainment of estimated goals or objectives.
8. Good in managing the time for completing the task without missing the deadlines.
9. Good in the local language to deal under work environment and also efficient foreign
languages to maintain the client relationships.
10. Able to cope with dynamic business situations and their effects on the business operations.
11. Skilled in the making of formal business reports.
12. Set up an effective team working spirit and consider the interest of team along with the goals
of organisation.
13. Provide aid to the team members in working functions and concerned with the high outcomes
from the operations of business.
14. Knowledge of accounting and financial fundamentals to establish an effective accounting
program of working (France, 2010).
5. Key roles, tasks, responsibilities of a corporate accountant from job advertisements
A corporate accountant has some key roles, responsibilities and duties which include
following jobs:
1. Recording of the entries of accounts related to the assets, liability and capital. This is the
beginning point of making of accounting books of a business.
2. Analysis of accounting entries and put them into ledger for preparing the trial balance.
3. Preparation of all financial statements which include cash flow statement, profit and loss
statement and balance sheet.

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4. Evaluation of the financial data and statements to measure the fair position and financial
performance of the business.
5. Recommendation for the beneficial financial plans and policies for the accounting part of the
business.
6. Reconciling the statements to find the issues after the financial discrepancies and find the
solutions for them.
7. Establishing an effective internal control system and monitor it on continuous basis.
8. Ensuring that the company and its functional departments are complying with all the legal
implications regularly.
9. Preparation of all the financial reports required as per the statute and complied with analysis
and review of all the financial information.
10. Making budgeted results for future by considering the past and current financial data and
preparing an appropriate business forecasting report.
11. Providing aid to the audit team of external auditors while analysing the financial statement of
the business and offer all other possible assistance to the auditors.
12. Preparation of the books of taxation which are imposed on the business. The entries of tax
should contain the head of tax, tenure of taxation and other details.
13. Providing advice to the management of the company regarding the levy of both national as
well as international taxes.
14. Ensuring timely payments of all the taxes levied on the business such as GST, FBT, CGT,
payroll and others.
15. Maintain the proper backup of functions on regular basis and ensure an effective backup
management.
16. Preparation of receipts and invoices along with the timely payments of the bills.
17. Interpretation of reconciliation and consolidation of account and generate respective
statements (Goretzki, Strauss, & Weber, 2013).
18. Establish domestic as well as international accounting and reporting frameworks in the
business by complying with the guidelines of IFRS.
19. Arrangement of the seminars and training sessions for the members of the company staff.
20. Good liaison with all the related members of the company such as clients, staff, customers,
suppliers and other stakeholders.
21. Maintain accurate documentation of minutes and papers of the meetings conducted for the
accounts and finance departments of the company.

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6. Academic and professional qualifications of a corporate accountant
The qualifications expected from a corporate accountant on academic and professional front
are as follows:
1. Graduation degree in finance and accounting or a professional certificate of accounting and
finance.
2. Completed any of the finance courses like CPA, CA, CFA, etc.
3. Experienced in accounting and financial working functions or has the experience of the same
role for which he is applying for (Lepistö, & Ihantola, 2018).
4. Already worked in an accounting or financial project which also includes the client handling
functions.
5. Qualified enough to hold XERO certification.
6. Familiar with the tools of MS Office such as Power Point, Excel, Word, and able to handle
relevant IT functions.
7. Experienced in the functions of accounting software or techniques such as ERP, SAGE, SAP,
etc.
8. Possessing the authorised licence as an individual tax agent issued by the relevant authority.
7. Key roles, tasks, responsibilities identified from collected job advertisements with
their relation with the topics of MPA unit HI5020 Corporate Accounting
The topics covered by the MPA unit HI5020 Corporate Accounting consists a versatile group
of learning objects dealing with:
1. Execution of accounting concepts in real for the corporate houses. Analysis and recording of
the available financial information into the annual reports of the company (Lepistö, Järvenpää,
Ihantola, & Tuuri, 2016).
2. Well known with the real approach of the execution of theoretical aspects to make the
accounting entries in the books.
3. Preparation process of the financial statements of the listed companies on the basis of stand-
alone and consolidation.
4. Interpretation of the pre-requisites under several laws which are applicable on the financial
statements of the Australian companies. These laws and guidelines cover the Corporation
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5. Taking of reconciliation and consolidation of accounts and generate the respective
statements.
6. Establish alignment between both domestic and international reporting frameworks by
complying with the guidelines of IFRS.
7. Develop all the personal attributes in the personality of student to make him multi-tasking
accountant in corporates (Cooper, 2013).
The topics mentioned under HI5020 Corporate accounting are majorly related to the key roles
and duties of a corporate accountant. As per the all seen descriptions of these jobs
everywhere, it can be concluded that major job of an accountant is about the collection of
financial data of the business and putting them into the relevant accounts. With the help of
these accounts, financial statements in the business are prepared and these statements should
be in the compliance of all imposed laws and guidelines. It is needed for an accountant to
have the basic knowledge of his functions to begin the role in his job. Also some personal
attributes are required to be developed in him.
The points covered under HI5020 Corporate Accounting in prior section, discussed all about
these matters. The topics generalised the role of an accountant to deal with the figures and
numbers in accounting. The gathering the financial information of the business and perform
the recording and summarizing of these data into relevant accounts and preparation of final
statements are the major responsibilities of a corporate accountant. This course makes it easy
for the students to review and analyse the financial information to make the business plans
and policies which helps in decision making (Giovannoni, Maraghini, & Riccaboni, 2011).
8. Additional topics, attributes or learnings outcomes are missing from MPA unit
HI5020 Corporate Accounting that are listed on the job advertisement
As per the entire description in the above part of the report, the course HI5020, Corporate
Accounting develops the basic skills in the students. It involves the preparation and
presentation of financial statements as per the applicable laws and guidelines. But several
advance roles are missing from this report, which are as follows:
1. Knowledge about the taxation policies which are applicable on the company and their
working. However the module provided the knowledge of several taxes i.e. VAT, GST and
fringe benefits but this is negligible information. On the basis of this knowledge, the students
would not be able to prepare the register of taxes, compute the taxes and file the tax returns.

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2. The module provides the basic communication skills to deal with the stakeholders of the
company but does not provide the detailed knowledge to liaison with the clients, customers,
suppliers and staff of the company.
3. In real, the accountant is responsible to assist the audit team during the time of audit and to
provide them all the possible financial information and clarifications. The module has no
provisions regarding this topic (Abrahamsson, Englund, & Gerdin, 2011).
4. The module has no provisions for the development of internal control system and its
continuous monitoring.
5. The module does not have the provisions regarding financial planning, preparing budgets and
forecast decisions.
For understanding these aspects and their practical coverage, the other modules of the MPA
course are responsible however.
9. Help extended by the topics taught in HI5020 Corporate Accounting in developing
the skills, attributes and experiences required by Corporate Accountant
The manner of teaching the topics of HI5020 Corporate Accounting is designed in a special
way. It provides the developed personal attributes and skills in students to make him
understand the practicality of his job as a corporate accountant. There are several reasons
behind the usefulness of this module:
1. The teaching method in the module is not completely theoretical. On the completion of every
topic, assignments are to be given to the students to improve their communication skills.
2. The given assignments are required to be completed within the provided time otherwise it
would be liable for the penalties or fine. It helps the students to learn about the fair time
management under work pressure.
3. The assignments are given to the group of students sometimes instead of to an individual
student which helps to enhance the team spirit among the students.
4. The topic of assignments includes the accounting and financial courses which develops a
high analytical skills in the students.
5. The students are required to prepare the assignments on the tools of MS Office such as on
Power Point, Excel, Word and others. It helps the students to learn more about these tools and
makes it easy for them to handle the IT issues.

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Hence, the teaching manner adopted under the course HI5020 Corporate Accounting is
uncomplicated and more responsive which helps to generate knowledge and skills of a good
corporate accountant in the students (Adams, & Frost, 2008).
Conclusion
An effective practical training along with the theoretical knowledge about all the applicable
compliances is needed to develop as a good corporate accountant. The related job
responsibilities and duties require some personal attributes and skills in the person who is
taking the job of corporate accountant to perform. These attributes provide aid to the
corporate accountant in discharging his duties with adequate quality of work. Also the
required qualifications perform as a pillar for the corporate accountant in his job. For
discharging his job with an enhanced quality, the person needs to be good in time
management, analytical and reviewing skills, language efficiency, and leadership qualities.
Also he must have the enough spirit to cope with challenges in the dynamic business
conditions. Conclusively, it can be stated that a person required to be focused on overall
development of qualities in him for performing the expected accounting jobs.

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