HI5020 Corporate Accounting: Job Advertisement Analysis Report

This report analyzes job advertisements for corporate accounting positions, collected from various job portals such as Seek, Jora, and Indeed, to determine the qualifications and experiences employers seek. The report provides an overview of the companies posting these jobs, their industry breakdowns, and the specific job titles advertised. It examines the required personal attributes, such as communication, time management, and organizational skills, as well as academic and professional qualifications like CPA/CA certifications and relevant software expertise. The report also outlines the key job responsibilities, including financial reporting, budgeting, and cash flow management. The analysis aims to align these requirements with the curriculum of HI5020 Corporate Accounting at Holmes Institute, evaluating the relevance of the course content to industry expectations.

Running head: CORPORATE ACCOUNTING
Corporate Accounting
Name of the student
Name of the university
Author note

1CORPORATE ACCOUNTING
Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Discussion........................................................................................................................................4
Answer to Question 1..................................................................................................................4
Answer to Question 2..................................................................................................................5
Answer to question 3.................................................................................................................12
Answer to question 4.................................................................................................................12
Answer to question 5.................................................................................................................13
Answer to question 6.................................................................................................................13
Answer to question 7.................................................................................................................14
Answer to question 8.................................................................................................................15
Answer to question 9.................................................................................................................15
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................16
References......................................................................................................................................17

2CORPORATE ACCOUNTING
Abstract
Master of professional accountant is a name of a course that is offered by the Holmes institute.
The skill and the topics that were being taught are related with the requirements of the companies
that are mentioned in the job advertisements. The skills such as the analytical, appreciative and
personal skills are being taught in Holmes institute. This skills are required for the candidates to
gain the adequate knowledge to become a corporate accountant. The jobs have been collected for
the various job position from the job portals such as seek, jora and indeed. The detailed analysis
of the job advertisements for a corporate accountant position has been shown in the report.

3CORPORATE ACCOUNTING
Introduction
The Australian Institute known as Holmes Institute which is based on Sydney, Brisbane and
Cone provide education in finance and business to the students of Australia and others. This is
well known and popular institute in Australia. The institute core subjects are such as Accounting,
finance, economics, managerial accounting, strategic information and corporate accounting. The
institute is accredited by chartered accountant Australia and New Zealand, CPA Australia and
the institute of certified management accountants (Holmes.edu.au, 2019). According to the unit
HI5020 Corporate Accounting, this covers all the areas that are require to become a corporate
accountant. The topics that are being taught are very relevant with the requirement of the
companies. Total thirty jobs have been collected from the mentioned job portals in the question.
The jobs advertisements have been collected for the various job position in Australia. These are
the position in which very employee want to work as they provide a very good remuneration and
a good future growth. The jobs have been posted by all the popular and the well-organized
companies of Australia that have a global presence also. The companies have mentioned the
require job roles, responsibilities and the personal attributes that are required for the job. The
purpose of this report is to analyze the required job responsibilities, personal attributes for the
position of a corporate accountant are related with the topics that were being taught in the
Holmes institute.
Discussion
The analysis has been done according to the question given in the assignment.
Answer to Question 1
The jobs have been collected from the job portals such as seek, jora and indeed. The
maximum number of jobs that have been collected is thirty in number. The searched jobs is for
the location in Australia. The jobs have been searched from the most used portals that are used
for searching jobs in Australia. The organization all around the world post their job
advertisement in this job portals. The total number of jobs that have been collected from seek is
nine in number, and from jora is eight in number and from indeed it is thirteen in number.

4CORPORATE ACCOUNTING
Answer to Question 2
The companies who all have posted the job advertisements in the selected job portals is
mentioned below in a table format
Number of Jobs Name of the
organization
Job location Industry breakdown
1 Advanced Traffic
Management
Perth, Eastern
Suburbs
The Company
operates in the
service of
management. The
company manages
and control the traffic
system in Australia.
2 MPC Kinetic Albion QLD The company works

5CORPORATE ACCOUNTING
as a resource
development in
Australia
(Mpckinetic.com,
2019). The company
operates in the
professional service
industry.
3 Moore Stephens Perth WA The company works
in the accounting and
tax consulting service
industry. The
company provide the
accounting and tax
service to the clients.
4 Myer Docklands VIC The company serves
in the retail industry.
The company is a
public company and
provide a wide range
of products for all
ages of people.
Including households,
electrical goods, food
items and many
others.
5 Wise Tech Global Sydney NSW The company
operates in the cloud
software industry
(Wisetechglobal.com,
2019).

6CORPORATE ACCOUNTING
6 Goodman Group Sydney NSW The company
operates in the of
commercial property
industry. The
company owns,
develop and manages
properties in
Australia.
7 Lawson Elliott Sydney NSW The organization
operates in the
professional service
industry. The
organization provides
recruitment service.
8 Delloitte Sydney NSW This company
operates in the
professional service
industry
(deloitte.com, 2019).
The company provide
tax, accounting and
financial advice and
service to the clients
9 Accenture Adelaide SA This organization
works at the
professional service
industry. The
company provide
digital, technology,
operational service to
the clients

7CORPORATE ACCOUNTING
10 Mars Melbourne VIC The company
operates in the food
processing service
industry. The
company
manufactures food
for pet animals,
confectionery and
other food products.
11 Sydney Living
Museums
Sydney NSW The company works
under the government
of Australia. The
company provides
government service.
12 Linx Cargo Care
Group
Sydney NSW The company work in
the logistics and
transportation
industry. This is a
logistic company and
provides
transportation,
warehousing service
to the clients.
13 SMR & Associates
Pty Ltd
Saint Kilda VIC The company
operates as a tax
agent, and provide
tax consulting service
to the clients.
14 Sandvik Mining and
Construction
Brisbane QLD The organization
operates in the
mining and

8CORPORATE ACCOUNTING
construction industry.
15 Byers Scott Pty Ltd Perth, Western
Suburbs
This company
operates in the
professional industry.
The company provide
advice and service on
tax.
16 Optiver Sydney NSW The organization
operates in the
financial service
industry. The
company works as a
trading firm and deals
with financial
instruments.
17 Suncorp group Brisbane QLD The organization
operates in the BFSI
industry. The
organization provides
a wide range of
financial service to
the clients.
18 Kellogg Pagewood NSW The company works
as afmcg company.
The company
operates in the food
processing industry.
19 Toyota Financial
Services
Sydney This company
operates in the
financial service
sector. The company

9CORPORATE ACCOUNTING
operates in the
financial service
industry.
20 Tabcorp Melbourne VIC This company
operates in the
gambling industry
(tabcorp.com.au,
2019).
21 Sun Rice Scoresby The company
operates in the
manufacturing of
food and beverages
industry. The
company is the
largest food exporter
in Australia.
22 The GPT Group Sydney NSW This company
operates in the real
estate industry.
23 Queensland Rail Brisbane QLD This company
operates in the
railway operating
industry. The
company provides
service to the
suburban and long
distance passengers.
24 BNP Paribas Botany NSW BNP Paribas operates
in the financial
service sector
industry. This

10CORPORATE ACCOUNTING
company is a French
international banking
group
(Bnpparibas.co.in,
2019).
25 TMF Group Sydney NSW This company
operates in the
professional service
industry. The
company provide tax,
accounting and HR
payroll services to
business that are
operating
internationally.
26 AUB Group Limited Sydney This company
operates in the
financial service
industry. The
company provides
underwriting,
broking, to the
clients.
27 Manpower Group Brisbane QLD This company
operates in the
professional service.
This is the third
largest staffing firm.
28 SMEC Melbourne VIC This company
operates in the
professional and the

11CORPORATE ACCOUNTING
consulting services
for the clients.
29 Morgan Mckinley Sydney This company
provide professional
service for the clients
and provide
recruiting service to
the clients.
30 Dean & Ling Pty Ltd Melbourne VIC This company
provide professional
recruiting services to
the Australian
business
Answer to question 3
The jobs advertisements have been collected for various job designation form the
mentioned job portals. The position of a corporate accountant, corporate and management
accountant, corporate financial and management accountant and corporate financial accountant.
The position of a senior management accountant, accountant, fund, taxation and financial
accountant. The position of a tax accountant and assistant financial accountant. These are the
positions that have been collected from the various job portals.
Answer to question 4
The personal attributes that are mentioned on the job advertisements are
 The candidate should have knowledge in preparing financial reports and performing
necessary calculation
 The candidate should have a strong communication skills (Au.indeed.com, 2019).
 The candidate should have an excellent time management skills.
 The candidate should have the knowledge and skills of computer MS Excel, Word and
many others (Au.jora.com, 2019).

12CORPORATE ACCOUNTING
 The candidate should have a strong organizational skills.
 The candidate must be able to work with pressure, interacting with the management,
ability to take responsibility and able to do multi-tasking works.
 The candidate must have positive attitude and a strong level of accuracy.
These above mentioned personal attributes have been collected from the job advertisements for a
corporate accountant position. These are the personal attributes that the companies require from a
corporate accountant.
Answer to question 5
The above mentioned personal attributes that have been collected are the most basic and
are require to get a job for the position of a corporate accountant. However if the candidate shave
these personal attributes in them, then it will become very easy for them to perform the job roles
and the task. The very first personal attribute that is mentioned in the list is very essential this is
because a corporate accountant of a company need to prepare the financial reports for the
companies. The second personal attribute is that the candidate must have a strong
communication skills this will help the candidate to communicate with business clients both in a
written and verbal way. The strong time management skills means the skills that are require to
deliver the work within the allocated time. The strong organizational skills means the skills that
are require to manage the organization, time, work load and resources of a company. The
candidate must have an excellent knowledge in MS Excel, MS Word and many others which are
needed to prepare the financial reports and presentation for the company. The candidate must
have the ability to work under pressure, management interaction and multi-tasking. This mean
that the candidate should take the require stress of an organization and have the ability to do
many works at the same time.
Answer to question 6
The academic and professional qualification that are mentioned in the job advertisements are
 The candidate have completed or partially completed CPA/CA.
 Experience for more than two years will be added benefit for the candidate.
 The analytical and numerical skills with an understanding of finance and relevant
accounting standards (seek.com.au, 2019).

13CORPORATE ACCOUNTING
 The ERP operational experiences, MS Excel skills and other professional accounting
software’s knowledge will be an added benefit for the candidate.
These above stated academic and professional qualification are mentioned in the job
advertisements. However, if a candidate possess these above stated qualification then the
candidate will not have any problem working as a corporate accountant. These qualification will
provide the candidate the required knowledge and skills that are needed to become a corporate
accountant in Australia (Vera-Munoz, Ho, and Chow, 2014).
Answer to question 7
The job task and the responsibilities that are being mentioned in the job advertisements
by the companies are such as
 The candidates require to prepare the cash flow management, forecasting and budget.
 The candidates require to prepare the reports on a weekly and monthly basis.
 The candidate also have to do the day to day transaction regarding the payroll and
reconciliations.
 The candidate must need to do the credit management and maintenance of the provision
for the doubtful debts.
 The monitoring and reconciliation of SAP and other financial systems and also of
ensuring of intangible and manage teams.
 The candidate have to do the financial reporting as well as the statutory reporting for the
company.
 Communication both verbally and in a written way with the clients of the companies.
 The candidate also have to provide team management and monitoring the junior members
of the team and provide assistant to the internal customers.
These are all the job roles that have been mentioned by the companies for the position of a
corporate accountant. These are the most basic job responsibilities that every corporate
accountant need to perform. There many other job roles also that are being performed by a
corporate accountant a company. The topics that were being taught in the Holmes Institute are
very much related and practical with a job of corporate accountant (Truong, Partington and Peat,
2013). The skills that are taught in Holmes institute to become a corporate accountant are the

14CORPORATE ACCOUNTING
analytical and design skills, appreciative skills and the personal skills. These skills will help the
candidate to perform the required job roles that have been mentioned in the advertisement.
Answer to question 8
The topics that were being taught in the institute of Holmes related to a corporate
accountant job is knowledge about formation of a company, profit distribution of an
organization, knowledge of reconstruction of capital in inside an organization, money liquidation
of a company and knowledge of preparation of consolidated financial statements of a company.
This has to be prepared according to the accounting standard suggested by AASB and the stock
regulation exchanges (Domino, Wingreen and Blanton, 2015). The institute covers all the
relevant topics that are required to become a professional corporate accountant (Holmes Institute,
2019). According to the above discussed job attributes, professional communication with the
business clients in a formal and official way is required by the companies (Ahadiat and Martin,
2016). The institute should cover the communication part of the students. The students should
have the knowledge of writing business letters, memo’s and many others things that are being
used by the companies to communicate with the clients (Srivastava, 2013).
Answer to question 9
The adequate skills and the knowledge that are required to become an corporate
accountant in Australia is the numerical skills that are needed to prepare financial statements for
a company, organizational skills that are required to take decision and mange an organization,
time management skills that are required to deliver the given work within the allotted time and to
manage company, computer skill which are required to make reports and financial presentation
for the company and the communication skills which are required for to maintain a professional
relationship with the clients (Davey and Coombes, 2015). The qualification that is required by
the maximum company is that the candidate should have a professional degree such as CPA and
CA. The candidate must have an adequate knowledge about the Australian accounting standards
that is being followed by most of the Australian accounting and financial firms (Doublin, 2015).
The experience for more than toe years in the relevant field will be an added benefit for the
candidates. This is because this will lead to increase the chances of the candidate for getting the
job and it will very easy for the candidate to do deliver the task within proper time (Farag and
Elias, 2016). The personal attributes that are required to get a corporate accountant job is

15CORPORATE ACCOUNTING
knowledge in numerical calculation, analyzing and forecasting of data. Positive attitude is and
team involvement is also very much needed (Irvine, 2019). The topics that were being taught at
the Holmes institute are related with the job attributes, job roles that have been mentioned by the
companies in the job advertisement. The topics help the candidate to gain the adequate the skills
and knowledge that are required to get a corporate accountant job in Australia (Bhasin, 2013).
This is because the jobs roles and requirements that are mentioned in the job advertisements will
require this skill to perform the job role. This topics are most relevant topics that are required to
be corporate accountant as because the candidate will be able to perform the task and the job that
are being mentioned in the job advertisements.
Conclusion
The above discussion has lead to a conclusion, that the course designed by the Holmes
institute for Master of Accounting (MPA) covers all the required areas that are required to
become a corporate accountant. The jobs portals such as seek, jora and indeed have been used for
the collection of job advertisements. The required job attributes and the job responsibilities have
been mentioned in the job advertisements by the companies. The topics that are being taught in
the institute will help the candidate to perform the job roles. However, the institute should also
focus on developing the communication skills of the candidate as this skill is also necessary. The
companies want the corporate accountant to communicate with the clients of the company.

16CORPORATE ACCOUNTING
References
Ahadiat, N., and Martin, R. M., 2016. Necessary Attributes, Preparations, and Skills for the
Selection and Promotion of Accounting Professionals. Journal of Accounting & Finance (2158-
3625), 16(1).
Au.indeed.com, 2019. Jobs in Australia (with Salaries) | Indeed.com. [online] Au.indeed.com.
Available at: https://au.indeed.com/jobs-in-Australia Accessed 4 Sep. 2019.
Au.jora.com, 2019. Job Search Australia | Jora. [online] Au.jora.com. Available at:
https://au.jora.com/ [Accessed 4 Sep. 2019].
Bhasin, M. L., 2013. Corporate governance and forensic accountant: An exploratory
study. JABM JOURNAL of ACCOUNTING-BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT, 20(2).
Bnpparibas.co.in, 2019. BNP Paribas India - The bank for a changing world. Retrieved 16
September 2019, from http://www.bnpparibas.co.in/en/
Davey, H., and Coombes, R., 2015. A review of accountant and corporate involvement in
environmental accounting in New Zealand. Asian Review of Accounting, 4(2), 100-124.
deloitte.com, 2019. Deloitte US | Audit, Consulting, Advisory, and Tax Services. Retrieved 16
September 2019, from https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en.html
Domino, M. A., Wingreen, S. C., and Blanton, J. E., 2015. Social cognitive theory: The
antecedents and effects of ethical climate fit on organizational attitudes of corporate accounting
professionals—a reflection of client narcissism and fraud attitude risk. Journal of Business
Ethics, 131(2), 453-467.
Doublin, K., 2015. Personality traits of accounting professionals in different practice
areas (Doctoral dissertation, Appalachian State University).
Farag, M. S., and Elias, R. Z., 2016. The relationship between accounting students’ personality,
professional skepticism and anticipatory socialization. Accounting Education, 25(2), 124-138.
Holmes Institute, 2019. Holmes Institute. [online] Holmes.edu.au. Available at:
https://www.holmes.edu.au/ Accessed 4 Sep. 2019.

17CORPORATE ACCOUNTING
Holmes.edu.au, 2019. Holmes Institute: /Schools & Faculties /Higher Education /Courses
/Master of Professional Accounting (MPA). Retrieved 16 September 2019, from
https://www.holmes.edu.au/pages/schools-and-faculties/higher-education/courses/master-of-
professional-accounting
Irvine, H. J, 2019. The corporate connection: financial reporting in a large religious/charitable
organization in Australia.
Mpckinetic.com, 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019, from https://www.mpckinetic.com
seek.com.au, 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019, from https://www.seek.com.au/
Srivastava, S, 2013. Job satisfaction and organizational commitment relationship: Effect of
personality variables. Vision, 17(2), 159-167.
tabcorp.com.au, 2019. Tabcorp - Home. Retrieved 16 September 2019, from
https://www.tabcorp.com.au/
Truong, G., Partington, G., and Peat, M., 2013. Cost-of-capital estimation and capital-budgeting
practice in Australia. Australian journal of management, 33(1), 95-121.
Vera-Munoz, S. C., Ho, J. L., and Chow, C. W., 2014. Enhancing knowledge sharing in public
accounting firms. Accounting horizons, 20(2), 133-155.
Wisetechglobal.com, 2019. About WiseTech Global | WiseTech Global. Retrieved 16 September
2019, from https://www.wisetechglobal.com/about-us/about-wisetech-global