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ANZSCO 221111Updated 2026-01-29
Accountant (General)
National shortage level: Low
ANZSCO 221111OSCA 211131
Snapshot
Median pay: AUD 67k
Weekly earnings: AUD 1300
Salary range: AUD 61k-AUD 74k
Job ads trend: Not listed
Time to hire: Varies
Visa pathways: Check eligibility
State distribution
38%
NSW
28%
VIC
15.6%
QLD
Education mix
56.7%
bachelor degree
28.8%
Post graduate
5.8%
advanced diploma/ diploma
Role overview
Accountants (General) provide services relating to compliance-based financial reporting, auditing, insolvency and accounting information systems, and advise on associated record-keeping requirements.
What you do
- • Assists in formulating budgetary and accounting policies.
- • Prepares financial statements for boards of directors, management, shareholders, and governing and statutory bodies.
- • Conducts financial investigations, prepares reports, undertaking audits and advises on matters such as the purchase and sale of businesses, mergers, capital financing, suspected fraud, insolvency and taxation.
Core skills
Credentials & pathway
- Recommended level: bachelor degree (56.7%)
Recent job ads
No ads listed yet.
Tasks
- • Assists in formulating budgetary and accounting policies.
- • Conducts financial investigations, prepares reports, undertaking audits and advises on matters such as the purchase and sale of businesses, mergers, capital financing, suspected fraud, insolvency and taxation.
- • Examines operating costs and income and expenditure.
Earnings
Weekly median: AUD 1300
Annual median: AUD 67k
Range: AUD 61k-AUD 74k