Accountant Jobs in Australia

An accountant is a person whose job is to perform all the accounting functions in a business. They can work in a variety of businesses, big and small or in an accounting department or individual firm. The role of an accountant varies depending on the company. They work with all departments of the business providing financial information by researching, comparing, evaluating and analysing accounting data, and preparing reports.

An accountant may also be responsible for determining business trends, costs, develop budgets, prepare payments and verify documents to comply with the organisations policies and procedures.

If you are a person who loves working with numbers, can work with many people and their personalities, and love finding out the nuts and bolts of a business then this may be the job for you.

Companies presently offering Accountant job vacancies in Australia include Macquarie Group, Downer Group, Commonwealth Bank..

The largest category under which open Accountant jobs are listed is Accounting & Finance Jobs, followed by Other/General Jobs.

There are 3,022 Accountant job vacancies in Australia available immediately, compared to 1,438 in New South Wales.

335 new job listings for this search have been found in the last calendar day, compared with 470 in the last 72 hours and 863 in the last week.

70% of current opportunities are permanent, whereas 30% are contract jobs.