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ANZSCO 221112Updated 2026-01-29
Management Accountant
National shortage level: Low
ANZSCO 221112OSCA 211134
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
33.4%
NSW
26.9%
VIC
17.4%
QLD
Education mix
57.8%
bachelor degree
31.9%
Post graduate
4.7%
advanced diploma/ diploma
Role overview
Management Accountants provide services relating to performance-based financial reporting, asset valuation, budgetary systems, cost management, pricing, forecasting and the strategic governance of organisations.
What you do
- • Assists in formulating budgetary and accounting policies.
- • Prepares financial statements for presentation to 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 (57.8%)
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 organisations' income and expenditure.
Earnings
Weekly median: AUD 1300
Annual median: AUD 67k
Range: AUD 61k-AUD 74k