Word limit - 3000 words ±500 words. Submission Guidelines - All work must be submitted on Blackboard by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page. The assignment must be in MS Word format, no spacing, 12-pt Arial font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings and page numbers. Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using Harvard referencing style. Late submission incurs penalties of five (5) % of the assessment value per calendar day unless an extension and/or special consideration has been granted by the lecturer prior to the assessment deadline.

Marking criteria - Abstract 1%, List of content & overall presentation of the assignment 1%, Introduction 1%, How many job advertisements you have collected in total? How many job advertisements you have collected from each sources. 1% , Lists the name of the organisations posting the job advertisements and show the industry breakdown of the organisations posting the job advertisements 2%, List all the job titles mentioned in the advertisements that you have collected 2%, List all the personal attributes required from a corporate accountant that have been mentioned in the job advertisements that you have collected with your detailed understanding of each of the attributes 2%.

List all the key roles, tasks, responsibilities of a corporate accountant that have been listed in the advertisements that you have collected and analysed 4%, List all the academic and professional qualifications of a corporate accountant that have been listed in the advertisements that you have collected 2%. Based on the key roles, tasks, responsibilities identified from your collected job advertisements, how those key roles, tasks or responsibilities are related to the topics that you have learned in your MPA unit HI5020 Corporate Accounting 5%.

What additional topics, attributes or learnings outcomes are missing from your MPA unit HI5020 Corporate Accounting that are listed on the job advertisement 3%, Critically examine the skills, experience and attributes needed to become a corporate accountant. Also critically evaluate how the topics that you have learned in your MPA unit HI5020 Corporate Accounting have helped you in gaining the skills, experience and attributes needed to become a corporate accountant 5% and Conclusion 1%.

Marking Rubric - A large number of job advertisements have been analysed with identification of sources of each individual advertisements. The organisations posting the job advertisement has been listed with their detail industry break down shown. In the advertisement, corporate accountants may be identified under different titles. All the relevant titles have been identified and listed. A good number of personal attributes required to be a corporate accountant have been identified from the job advertisements with detail explanation of each attribute. A good number of key roles, tasks or responsibilities of a corporate accountant that have been mentioned in the job advertisements have been identified.

Detailed explanations have been provided for each of the identified roles, tasks or responsibilities. All the academic and professional qualifications required for a corporate accountants have been identified and listed being informed by the job advertisements. Have demonstrated an excellent understanding of the relation of the topics included in the MPA unit HI5020 Corporate Accounting with the key roles, tasks or responsibilities of a corporate Accountant identified from the job advertisements. Excellent discussions on the limitations of MPA Unit HI5020 Corporate Accounting. Have identified the topics that need to be added or omitted with excellent informed reasoning provided in line with the job advertisements. An excellent discussion on the skills, experience and attributes needed to become a corporate accountant. The discussion is informed by the job advertisements analysed. Have provided excellent discussion linking the skills, experience and attributes learned in HI5020 Corporate Accounting.