Corporate Accounting Report: Job Advertisement Analysis and Insights

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of corporate accounting, focusing on job advertisements sourced from various online platforms. It examines 30 job postings, detailing the sources, organizational names, and industry breakdowns. The report lists various job titles, required academic and professional qualifications, and personal attributes essential for corporate accountants. It highlights key roles, tasks, and responsibilities, critically examining the skills and experience needed to succeed in the field. The analysis includes a discussion on the importance of attributes such as listening skills, ethical conduct, continuous learning, accuracy, and teamwork. The report also covers specific company profiles, listing the job titles, and industry sectors. Finally, it offers insights into the job market for corporate accountants, emphasizing the need for experience, and relevant qualifications such as chartered accountant or a master's degree in financial accounting.

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Executive Summary
This current report has focused on the corporate accounting for which different
advertisement of a job are to be considered from some job portals. Different types of
positions have been described and searched in the job portal along with providing the
industry breakdown of each of the job advertisement. Job titles have been mentioned
along with pointing out the academic as well as a professional qualification that are
required for the post of a corporate accountant. This study also includes the roles and
responsibilities that are required to be considered for the post of a corporate
accountant.

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Table of Contents
Introduction........................................................................................................................4
1. Total number of job advertisement that has been collected along with sources of each
source................................................................................................................................4
2. Listing the name of the organisations that has posted for the job and showing the
breakdown of the job advertisement of the companies.....................................................4
3. Listing all the job titles that have mentioned in the job titles which have been collected
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4. Listing all the personal attributes that is required from a corporate accountant which
has been mentioned in the job advertisement...................................................................7
5. Listing all personal attributes from a corporate accountant and details of each
attributes............................................................................................................................8
6. Listing all the academic as well as professional qualifications of corporate accountant
which has been listed for the advertisement.....................................................................9
7. Key roles, tasks and responsibilities of the job advertisement that has been collected
relates to the unit topic.......................................................................................................9
8. The additional topic and attributes that have been missing from the unit...................10
9. Critically examining the skills, experience and attributes for becoming a corporate
accountant along with topic learned from the unit...........................................................10
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................10
References.......................................................................................................................11
Appendices......................................................................................................................13

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Introduction
Corporate accounting is vital for an organisation as it deals with a special branch
of accounting that generally prepares their final accounts after the end of a particular
accounting year. The financial report that has been prepared by the company includes
the analysis and interpretation of the financial result along with specific events that are
included with the company in its business. In this study, certain number of job
advertisement is to be collected along with mentioning its nature and the sources of
each job that are included in the study. Moreover, the name of the organisation along
with the breakdown of the job advertisement has been included in this particular study
which also highlights the personal attributes along with professional and academic
qualifications for the post of corporate accountant.
1. Total number of job advertisement that has been collected along with sources
of each source
The total number of job advertisement that has been collected is 30 jobs from
different sources and the advertisement for the jobs are posted in the last 30 days.
Different sources has been taken into consideration where the recruiter mainly posts
their requirement of employees with certain qualifications and others (Juhmani 2014). In
addition to this, Jora is one of the largest provider of jobs in Australia which help the
employees to search their respective job on their website. This particular source of jobs
has been considered and ten jobs has been collected from it along with their description
and nature of jobs (Schaltegger, Etxeberria and Ortas 2017). On the other hand, Seek
is considered as largest portal for job search in all over Australia which has provided
thousands of jobs in recent years. This particular source of jobs has been considered
and ten jobs has been collected from it along with their description and nature of jobs
(Carnegie and O’Connell 2014). Moreover, indeed is a worldwide platform where the
interested employees search for their jobs and has found their respective jobs as per
their requirement as well as their qualification.
2. Listing the name of the organisations that has posted for the job and showing
the breakdown of the job advertisement of the companies
1. Michael Page Accounting and Finance
The company is based in Melbourne and provides the opportunity to apply in the
position of financial accounting and reporting. The industry breakdown of the company
is providing an opportunity for the post of senior financial accountant in global brand
(Refer to Appendix 1).
2. Racing.com
The company is based in Melbourne and provides its services all over Australia and the
company is required for corporate accountant. It provides financial stability of the
company along with innovative paced team. The company is associated with the
industry of Sports and media (Refer to Appendix 1).

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3. Studco Building Systems
It provides the products and services in the city of Melbourne and its suburbs for the
position of corporate accountant. The hired employee is to play a key role in the team of
management along with providing a strong relationship with the department of
administration (Refer to Appendix 1).
4. Feelgood Australia
The company provides an opportunity for the post of financial accountant as well as the
management accountant in the region of western suburbs (Refer to Appendix 1).
5. TwoScots Recruitment
The company has the post of financial accountant as it deals with long term
development and program along with culture for social work (Refer to Appendix 1).
6. MediPharm Labs Australia
The company operates in the area of Bayside and South-eastern Suburbs and has the
post of financial accountant (Refer to Appendix 1).
7. Thompson Cook
The company operates in the city along with inner suburbs and has the post of senior
financial accountant (Refer to Appendix 1).
8. Mars Australia
The company provides the services in the CBD and in inner suburbs and has the
vacancy of senior accountant (Refer to Appendix 1).
9. McMillan Shakespeare
The position for financial accountant is available in the company which provides
financial support to the customers (Refer to Appendix 1).
10. Zero latency
The company has the vacancy in the post of financial accountant and operates in the
region of inner suburbs (Refer to Appendix 1).
11. Pop Box Events
The company is looking for a corporate accountant who has the ability to prepare the
financial statement of the company along with budgeting as well as forecasting (Refer
to Appendix 2).
12. Alta Roofing
The company is lloking for the post of corporate accountant in their administrative office
along with supporting their daily team members (Refer to Appendix 2).
13. HS Infotech

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The company has the vacancy for the post of financial accountant in their company for
monitoring the financial data of the business (Refer to Appendix 2).
14. Jean Hailes for women’s health
Senior accountant is required by the company and has to maintain the responsibility for
reviewing the finances of the organisation (Refer to Appendix 2).
15. Quinn Allan
A post of senior corporate accountant is required by the company which is to provide
financial services to the customers (Refer to Appendix 2).
16. Hays Recruitment
A post of senior management accountant is required by the company for the
development of reporting tools along with financial interpretation (Refer to Appendix 2).
17. Lawson Elliott Recruitment
Management accountant is required by the company for joining the finance team which
is associated with the company (Refer to Appendix 2).
18. MPAU Finance
Financial accountant is required by the construction company which is based in
Australia and has the opportunity to work with the Melbourne CBD team (Refer to
Appendix 2).
19. Pattinson and Walker
The company required a financial accountant for their retail company along with
maintaining the financial statement of the company (Refer to Appendix 2).
20. Careers and Candidate
The role of interim senior account is required by the company along with maintaining the
financial viability of the business (Refer to Appendix 2).
21. Murphy Pipe and Civil
The company is based in Queensland and is seeking for an experienced corporate
accountant in their financial reporting team (Refer to Appendix 3).
22. ME Bank
Corporate accountant is required by the company for their internal promotion along with
joining their team of corporate accountants (Refer to Appendix 3).
23. WiseTech Global
The Sydney based company is looking for a corporate accountant and certain
experience in the process of taxation to join their respective team (Refer to Appendix
3).

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24. Suncorp Group
This Brisbane based company is looking for the role of corporate and financial control
accountant for the activities of other subsidiary group along with their operating entities
(Refer to Appendix 3).
25. Power Staff Consulting
This particular organisation is associated with OZ minerals which is Australian based
mining company and it is listed in the Australian Securities Exchange (Refer to
Appendix 3).
26. Kone Australia
Kone Australia is looking for senior corporate reporting accountant for joining their team
which is based in Mascot along with managing the financial statement which has
already been prepared by the company (Refer to Appendix 3).
27. Moore Stephens Pty limited
Intermediate senior accountant is required by the company which includes the
knowledgeable accountants for joining the corporate tax team (Refer to Appendix 3).
28. Accor Australia
Management accountant is required by this Australian based company for joining their
corporate office (Refer to Appendix 3).
29. Bunzl
Financial accountant is required by the business that consist of corporate deals which
highlights the health insurance plans and bookings for holidays (Refer to Appendix 3).
30. Guardian Child care and Education
A post of financial accountant is required by the firm which provides the better
opportunity to join their collaborative teams (Refer to Appendix 3).
3. Listing all the job titles that have mentioned in the job titles which have been
collected
The job advertisement that has been collected from the sources of a job includes
several posts among which some of them are corporate accountant, financial
accountant, senior financial accounts and senior corporate accountant (Watson 2015).
These are the listed job titles that has been identified from the job portal and also
present in the advertisement that has been posted by the company. Thus, these are the
job titles which are present in the job portal and these are the titles on which the
interested employees might apply as per their requirement.

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4. Listing all the personal attributes that is required from a corporate accountant
which has been mentioned in the job advertisement
The personal attributes that are required from a corporate accountant are the
person should have a good listening skill which helps him or her to work in any
condition. A strong sense of ethics is helpful as ethics along with integrity are the
characteristics of corporate accountants that are valued in nature (Maas, Schaltegger
and Crutzen 2016). The motivation of constant learning along with emphasising the
accuracy is also certain quality that are required to be acquired by the person which is
eager to be a corporate accountant (Ebrahim and Fattah 2015). The skills of the
organisations is also to be taken into consideration which helps the person to develop
as a corporate accountant. Senses of accountability is also important aspects to
become an accountant as the appointed managerial or corporate accounting is required
to analyse the financial reports of the company (Atanasov and Black 2016). Team
working is also another vital aspect that is required to be initiated by the accountant in
their normal activities and other attributes. Moreover, proper and adequate knowledge
in the field of accounts is considered becoming a corporate accountant as well as their
nature of working that includes the effective knowledge about this particular field
(Mokhtar, Jusoh and Zulkifli 2016). In addition to this, trustworthiness and reliability is
also another personal attributes that is required to be present in a person to become a
corporate accountant (Domino, Wingreen and Blanton 2015). Certain experienced
candidates are also expected by the company for their respective post along with other
qualification such as a chartered accountant or master degree in financial accounting.
5. Listing all personal attributes from a corporate accountant and details of each
attributes
The personal attributes that has been listed to form a corporate accountant has
been pointed in the above part and the discussion of their details has been mentioned in
the below part. The following personal attributes are to be present to become a
corporate accountant.
Strong sense of ethics – Integrity as well as ethics is required to be present in
an accountant as it help them in knowing the right thing as well as wrong things on the
activities of bookkeeping (Kravet 2014). It also points out the effective nature of
accounting that is to be implemented in the financial reporting for better evaluation.
Constant learning and emphasizing skills – The appointed accountants is to
have a strong base on the basic things which also points out the effective
implementation of new rules and regulation. Introduction of new principles and laws
would assist in enhancing the accounting qualities (Peters and Romi 2014). Moreover,
accuracy is to be emphasized as misplacement of number might incur a loss to the
company and face to severe financial risks.
Organisation skills and a sense of accountability – The skills that are
associated with the organisation is to be present in the accountant which help in
managing the people along with finances that are available within the company (Duff
2016). Accessing the right information about the source is also to be implemented by

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the accounting along with exhibiting the skills that would help in analysing the skills of
the organisation (Balashova et al. 2016). In addition to this, sense of accountability is
also to be present for better understanding on the accounting process or else the
accountant might not understand the inaccuracies in the process of accounting.
Team work ability and knowledge in the field – The ability to work in a team is
also to be implemented in the overall course for better outcome from the industries. The
comfortable meeting with the stakeholder and the clients also help in coordinating the
task that help the accountant for reaching the goals of the company (Raiborn and
Sivitanides 2015). In addition to this, knowledge in the field of accounting is also vital for
reaching the goals and objective of the firm.
6. Listing all the academic as well as professional qualifications of corporate
accountant which has been listed for the advertisement
Qualifications that are required for a corporate accountant that has been listed in
the advertisement from the job portal are being listed along with both qualification which
are academic qualification as well as a professional qualification (Tschopp and
Nastanski 2014). It mainly help in understanding the requirement as well as providing
the knowledge about certain particular field of accounting and help the candidate to get
their desired job (Bhasin 2015). The following are the both academic qualification as
well as a professional qualification that is required for a post of corporate accountant.
Academic qualifications – The qualification that are academic in nature which
is required to be a corporate accountant are to earn a bachelor’s degree in accounting
and finance from any recognised university of Australia (Killian and O'Regan 2016). One
can also earn a degree in a diploma in accounting form a recognised university along
with proper knowledge. Bachelors of business that consist of a majority in accounting
would also work for the corporate accountant.
Professional qualifications – The professional qualifications that are required
to become a corporate auditor is to gain a degree from any of the professional
accounting bodies of Australia. There are few professional bodies in Australia from
where an individual can get a degree and the institutions are Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Australia (ICAA), Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) and CPA
Australia (Honggowati et al. 2017). The above mentioned academic qualification is
mandatory to enter these professional bodies. Moreover, any kind of work experience
would add an extra advantage for getting the job in the selected organisation of the
candidates.
7. Key roles, tasks and responsibilities of the job advertisement that has been
collected relates to the unit topic
The topic that has been learned in MPA Unit HI5020 Corporate Accounting
relates with the key roles, tasks and responsibilities that has been mentioned above are
the focusing on the area of a subject that is accounting along with a different formation
of information of company (Joshi and Li 2017). Other requirement that is required to be
a corporate accountant are the preparation of consolidated accounts and preparation of

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financial statement with a liquidation of the company (El-Firjani, Menacere and Pegum
2014). It also includes the process of distribution of profit along with reconstruction of
capital that should have the knowledge which might be helpful in becoming a corporate
accountant (Trujillo-Ponce, Samaniego-Medina and Cardone-Riportella 2014).
Therefore, these are the key roles, tasks and responsibilities that are required to be
present for applying for the job which has been given in the advertisement in the job
portal.
8. The additional topic and attributes that have been missing from the unit
There is certain additional topic that have been missing from the unit and those
are present in the responsibilities and roles for the advertisement of a job are
professional qualification as well as the academic qualification that are necessary for
becoming a corporate accountant (Windolph, Harms and Schaltegger 2014). Certain
attributes that are missing from the unit topic are the requirement of corporate
accountant along with knowledge in the areas of the same field. A strong sense of
ethics is helpful as ethics along with integrity are the characteristics of corporate
accountants that are valued in nature (Siew 2015). The skills of the organisations is also
to be taken into consideration which helps the person to develop as a corporate
accountant. Team working is also another vital aspect that is required to be initiated by
the accountant in their normal activities and other attributes (Zhou et al. 2014).
Therefore, these are the additional topic and personal attributes that are missing from
the advertisement that has been gathered from the job portal.
9. Critically examining the skills, experience and attributes for becoming a
corporate accountant along with topic learned from the unit
The skills, experience and attributes that are required to become a corporate
accountant has been mentioned above. Those are the skills which points out the
effective requirement of a sense of ethics that help the candidate to become a corporate
accountant (Saeidi et al. 2015). Team working is also another aspect that helps in
becoming a professional on the same field. All the above mentioned qualities consist of
certain negative impact such as too much of experience might not fit into the position of
the vacancy that have been applied (O'Dwyer and Unerman 2016). The qualities that
have been mentioned in the unit topic also only applies in the field of corporate
accountant but not on any other position.
Conclusion
The study, that have been mentioned above can be concluded by the importance
of corporate accounting which mainly deals with the analysis of financial statement
along with other aspects of accounting of the business. Maintaining the financial record
of the company along with implementing the rules and regulation along with the policies
of the organisation. The executives that are associated with the business mainly takes
the financial decision which is based on the financial report of the business. Total thirty
job advertisement have been collected from the job portal which have been posted by
the recruiter with last thirty days. The position along with name of the recruiter has been
included along with pointing out the personal attributes and skills for becoming a

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corporate accountant. It mainly help in understanding the requirement as well as
providing the knowledge about certain particular field of accounting and help the
candidate to get their desired job. Senses of accountability is also important aspects to
become an accountant as the appointed managerial or corporate accounting is required
to analyse the financial reports of the company. Therefore, these are the requirement
that are required to be taken into account for becoming a corporate accountant.

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Appendices
Appendix 1
Job advertisement from Seek

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(Source: https://www.seek.com.au/corporate-accountant-jobs-in-accounting/in-All-
Melbourne-VIC)

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Appendix 2
Job advertisement from Jora

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(Source: https://au.jora.com/j?
a=30d&l=melbourne&q=corporate+accountant&sp=facet_listed_date&surl=0&tk=LKuR
KSGx6pTyYoEJ0lRt-6S32owDDI0_sjUdxGbvD)

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Appendix 3
Job advertisement from Indeed

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(Source: https://au.indeed.com/jobs?q=corporate+accountant)