Accountant's please respond
Jul 15th 2009, 5:02 pm
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Re: Accountant's please respond
I just submitted the notarised declaration form of my daily work duties plus a standard letter from HR saying I am working for this company as Fund Accountant. Agent said those should be fine as I dont want to notify my current employer for my Migration Plan.
Also, for the past experiences, I didnt get reference letter as well due to the management changes in the company, I guess this would be an acceptable excuses.
Also, for the past experiences, I didnt get reference letter as well due to the management changes in the company, I guess this would be an acceptable excuses.
Jul 15th 2009, 11:46 pm
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Re: Accountant's please respond
But DIAC base their assessment on the "duties" of an accountant per the ASIC code. If bannie's wife's duties do not match those of the ASIC code (and the way bannie described them, they do not match), there is a high risk that DIAC will say, she does not work as an "accountant".
Jul 16th 2009, 9:56 am
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i fully agree. even CPAA gives an assessment based on academic qualifications (bachelor's or post-graduate degree, etc.), and not necessarily on work experience. i had not worked as an accountant in 2006 or before that, however i was given a positive assessment by CPAA in that year. at the time, even with CPAA's positive assessment, still i didn't meet DIAC's criteria.
Jul 16th 2009, 11:27 am
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Re: Accountant's please respond
Hi,
My wife is working as an Analyst in a Major international accounting and consulting firm and she has been assessed as an Accountant by ICAA and also received State sponsorship from WA.
Following are some of her duties at work:
•Project Planning and Working with US team members on multiple projects.
• Analysing the data provided by the client and derives benefit for the clients by finding opportunities.
• Analysing and reviewing the Trial Balance and Balance Sheet of clients and finding out opportunities if any.
•Fixed Assets Analysis and Indirect Costs study for clients.
•Calculating depreciation for the fixed assets of clients in accordance with IRS Standards and codes.
•Drafting Memorandum's containing description of Work performed for Clients.
•Complying with client requirements and analyzing the data as per client requirements.
Do these duties match up to what accountants generally do? I am worried because her designation doesn't contain the word "Accountant", will DIAC accept the above duties equivalent to that of an Accountant?
Thanks,
bannie
My wife is working as an Analyst in a Major international accounting and consulting firm and she has been assessed as an Accountant by ICAA and also received State sponsorship from WA.
Following are some of her duties at work:
•Project Planning and Working with US team members on multiple projects.
• Analysing the data provided by the client and derives benefit for the clients by finding opportunities.
• Analysing and reviewing the Trial Balance and Balance Sheet of clients and finding out opportunities if any.
•Fixed Assets Analysis and Indirect Costs study for clients.
•Calculating depreciation for the fixed assets of clients in accordance with IRS Standards and codes.
•Drafting Memorandum's containing description of Work performed for Clients.
•Complying with client requirements and analyzing the data as per client requirements.
Do these duties match up to what accountants generally do? I am worried because her designation doesn't contain the word "Accountant", will DIAC accept the above duties equivalent to that of an Accountant?
Thanks,
bannie
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Oct 25th 2009, 10:12 am
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Re: Accountant's please respond
Helloshivahere,
When DIAC accepted your self affidativ, did you have to give any reasons why you didn't had a work reference letter attached to your application, showing your accountant experience? Is it just to select 5 duties in my job that relates to accounting and then make a self affidavit and hope for the best?
Are there any templates for a self affidavit available? (This is new to me so I don't have an idea how it would look like).
Thanks for your help.
Oct 25th 2009, 12:32 pm
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Re: Accountant's please respond
I had NIA assessed my skills as accountant, but I am working as a fund accountant, so I am really worried if my work duties will be passed as accountant by DIAC.
Helloshivahere,
When DIAC accepted your self affidativ, did you have to give any reasons why you didn't had a work reference letter attached to your application, showing your accountant experience? Is it just to select 5 duties in my job that relates to accounting and then make a self affidavit and hope for the best?
Are there any templates for a self affidavit available? (This is new to me so I don't have an idea how it would look like).
Thanks for your help.
Helloshivahere,
When DIAC accepted your self affidativ, did you have to give any reasons why you didn't had a work reference letter attached to your application, showing your accountant experience? Is it just to select 5 duties in my job that relates to accounting and then make a self affidavit and hope for the best?
Are there any templates for a self affidavit available? (This is new to me so I don't have an idea how it would look like).
Thanks for your help.
I enclosed the work exp letter but do you think you can fit all the duties of an Accountant in a single page. So that I enclose a self affidavit stating all duties
If you cant find a decent templete let me know I can forward you . PM your email id
Good luck
Oct 25th 2009, 1:12 pm
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Re: Accountant's please respond
As a general rule, work at a professional level will be ok, but work as a book-keeper or similar level is not.
Oct 25th 2009, 7:25 pm
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Thanks for your help!
I might ask for help with a templete later, appreciate your offer, just need to do some more posts before I am allowed to send a "PM"
I might ask for help with a templete later, appreciate your offer, just need to do some more posts before I am allowed to send a "PM"
Oct 25th 2009, 10:53 pm
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Could you tell me please what was the title of your occupation? Now that I read this topic, I am wondering if DIAC would care for Accounts Payable? Does anyone know where I could find what kind of duties they are looking for?
Thanks.
Oct 26th 2009, 2:37 am
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I already submitted a self recommendation letter but I didn't notarized it. Doesn't really need to be notarized and why does it need to be?
Oct 26th 2009, 3:24 am
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Accounts Payable usually sounds more like a book-keeper or advanced clerical kind of role. But it's always fact-specific, get some professional advice and don't try to be your own consultant on this.
Oct 26th 2009, 6:19 am
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Yes it needs to be sworn in front of and signed by a solicitor, it isn't a statutory declaration if it isn't.
Oct 26th 2009, 7:18 pm
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Thank you all for your promote replies. I am so glad I got to read this topic in time. Even if my job title is Accounts Payable Specialist, my duties are more extended. That is way I made a self affidavit as somebody suggested here, where I stated my duties more detailed than I did in I my self recommendation letter. This time I did notarized it! But do you think I should notarize the recommendation letter which I submitted with my application a month ago, or should I wait for DIAC to ask me to notarized it?