Accounting & Finance Job Seekers 🇦🇺

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Since you are looking for Accounting & Finance Jobs, we gathered as many resources as possible to help your job search! Here's Something you need to know:

Let's think you are applying for 100 Jobs on LinkedIn & Seek: Unfortunately, around 65% of the jobs you apply will get rejected.

That is the reality of Australian Job Market for Migrants! But don't worry, you still have around 35 jobs you can apply for and land interviews! For these 35 Jobs, you will be competing with other Migrants like you.

If you can do the following things, you can increase your chances of landing Interviews!

01 — Strategy

Passion Projects

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*Tip: Try to do a passion project based on your state/city, because recruiters can relate to it more easily.

Here's a simple guide on how to do a Passion Project and land more interviews:

Step 01

Go to ChatGPT (or any AI tools you use), upload your CV, and clearly mention your job preferences, like the job titles you're targeting, the location, and the industry.

Step 02

Once you've shared those details, use this prompt:

"Suggest me passion project ideas I can do to build my portfolio targeting Accounting, Finance, Banking or Financial Analyst jobs in [city/state], Australia. The projects should show I understand Australian financial practices, local regulations, reporting requirements and industry tools."

Step 03

Go through the ideas, brainstorm, pick the best one, tweak it based on your preferences, and start working on it.

Step 04

As soon as you start, add it as an ongoing project. You don't have to wait until it's fully completed. Ongoing projects actually work better than listing them as finished ones.

02 — Strategy

Networking Events

A Huge Mistake migrants make is staying in their own circles after coming to Australia. Don't be that guy!

Go to accounting, banking, finance and financial-services events in your target city. These are good places to meet accountants, finance professionals, advisers, banking professionals, hiring managers and people already working in the Australian market.

Here are 3 useful places to keep checking for Accounting & Finance networking opportunities in Australia.

01 Australian Banking Association

02 Accounting Times

03 Financial Advice Association Australia

Tip: Don't only look for job fairs. Industry breakfasts, technical sessions, professional-development events, banking forums and finance conferences can be better places to build genuine professional connections.

03 — Strategy

Online Courses & Certifications

For Accounting & Finance roles, pick courses that strengthen the exact area you are targeting: accounting, bookkeeping, financial reporting, finance, banking, financial analysis, payroll, mortgage broking or financial markets.

A good approach is to combine an Australian course source with a recognised global platform such as Coursera.

Training.com.au — Australian Finance & Accounting Courses

Training.com.au lets you compare Australian courses across accounting, bookkeeping, finance and related financial-services areas.

Browse Finance Courses Browse Accounting Courses Certificate IV in Accounting & Bookkeeping Options

TAFE Courses — Australian Providers

TAFE Courses is useful for comparing Australian accounting and finance qualifications from different education providers, including certificate, diploma and higher-level options.

Accounting Courses Finance Courses Certificate IV Finance Options

Coursera — Finance & Accounting

Coursera is useful when you want a university-backed course in financial accounting, financial analysis, finance or financial markets.

Introduction to Finance and Accounting — University of Pennsylvania Accounting Analytics — University of Pennsylvania Financial Markets — Yale University Browse More Finance Courses on Coursera

How to choose: If you are targeting Accounts, Assistant Accountant or Bookkeeping roles, start with Australian accounting qualifications. If you want Financial Analyst or corporate-finance roles, add finance and accounting analytics. If you are targeting banking, investments or broader finance roles, Financial Markets is a useful option.

04 — Strategy

Volunteering

Yes, Volunteering! Australian volunteering can help you build local connections, show community involvement and give recruiters something current to ask you about.

For Accounting & Finance candidates, also look for opportunities where you can help with budgeting, bookkeeping, administration, fundraising, treasurer duties, reporting, financial literacy or committee work.

Start with SEEK Volunteer

Finance, Accounting & Community Volunteering Options

01 SEEK Volunteer

02 CFA Society Australia — Volunteering

On SEEK Volunteer, search terms such as accounting, finance, bookkeeper, treasurer, payroll, budgeting and administration to find opportunities closer to your target roles.

Before You Go

Apply for 50 Jobs in just 10h!
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After helping 200+ Aussie Migrants to land job interviews we have created this strategy!