Subject Requirements for Accounting professionals
As of 1 July 2015 new requirements apply for skills assessments. In order to obtain a positive skills assessment, the following is required:
- a qualification that is assessed to be at least the equivalent to an Australian Bachelor degree
- to have successfully studied all mandatory competency areas that are relevant to your occupation as listed below
- to have met the English proficiency requirement for the visa subclass you are applying for *exemptions may apply
For the following occupations, you will need to meet at least seven (7) competency areas consisting of the following subjects:
Accountant (General) 221111
Corporate Treasurer 221212
Finance Manager 221212
Management Accountant 221112
| Mandatory | Optional |
| Accounting Systems and Processes | Audit and Assurance |
| Financial Accounting and Reporting | Taxation Law |
| Management Accounting | |
| Finance and Financial Management | |
| Business Law | |
| Economics | |
| Quantitative Methods |
For the following occupation, you will need to meet at least seven (8) competency areas consisting of the following subjects:
External auditor 221213
| Mandatory | Optional |
| Accounting Systems and Processes | Taxation Law |
| Financial Accounting and Reporting | |
| Management Accounting | |
| Finance and Financial Management | |
| Business Law | |
| Economics | |
| Quantitative Methods | |
| Audit and Assurance |
For the following occupation, you will need to meet at least seven (8) competency areas consisting of the following subjects:
Taxation accountant 221113
| Mandatory | Optional |
| Accounting Systems and Processes | Audit and Assurance |
| Financial Accounting and Reporting | |
| Management Accounting | |
| Finance and Financial Management | |
| Business Law | |
| Economics | |
| Quantitative Methods | |
| Australian Taxation Law |
