据招聘企业反馈显示，不拘泥于传统财务思维，战略型和分析型的财会人才将在2014年更受雇主亲睐，薪酬也将更有竞争力。2014年财会类职位的前景如何？财会人才可以如何提升自己更具有竞争力？事务所和企业将在薪酬上将如何博弈？企业对财会人才要求将如何转型？原汁原味阅读澳洲会计师公会会刊INTHEBLACK对此的深入分析：
Job forecast 2014: Accounting and finance salaries up slightly
Accounting and finance professionals who go beyond the traditional backwards looking rolesand can instead bring strategic and analytic skills to a business will get thebest pay rises in 2014, recruiters say.
And a pickup in demand for A&F professionals in commerce in the second half ofthe year will draw on accountants from professional services firms, puttingupwards pressure on pay in firms, they say.
But overall salary increases will be moderate.
The jobs market in the accountancy and finance sectors was static in 2013, both interms of the number of people moving into new roles and pay rises.
This year should be a little better, says Dean Davidson, National Practice LeaderAccounting & Finance at recruitment firm Hudson in Brisbane, Australia.
“The words I’d use would be ‘cautiously optimistic’,” he says. “It would be veryfoolish to say that 2014 will see a significant upturn in the accounting andfinance employment market and also salaries.
“I don’t think it will be until the back end of this year and the first half ofnext year when we’ll really start to see the volume [of available jobs] comeback into it.”
Davidson says the sector has been very slow to recover from the staff and salarycutbacks made during the global financial crisis. “Salaries didn’t normalise asquickly as we saw in other professions,” he says.
Broadly,salaries in the accounting and finance sectors are rising – but only a bit. In2013, over 80 per cent of employers said they increased their base salariesover the past 12 months – and it looks similar for 2014, according to theHudson Accounting & Finance Employment Insights report.
Some 77 per cent of employers in Australia and 76 per cent in New Zealand expect toincrease salaries in line with inflation rate (2 to 3 per cent) in the currentcalendar year.
The main reasons employers are awarding pay rises are to retain high-performingstaff, reward a high level of performance and maintain the standard of livingof their employees. About 60 per cent will award bonuses linked to individual(75 per cent) and company performance (68 per cent).
Bonuses,increased annual leave and increased superannuation are the most popularbenefits for A&F employees. Others include flexible working arrangements,private health insurance, income protection insurance, company car, paidpaternity leave, car allowances, gym membership and death or disabilityinsurance.
Valueadding
Candidates who have commercial and analytical skills will be in strong demand andcan expect stronger salary increases.
Within commerce, process roles, such as accounts payable and financial accounting, areunlikely to see much of a pay rise, but there will be increasing demand forthose accountants and finance staff who can bring business strategy andanalysis skills to a company, says Susan Drew, regional director of HaysAccountancy and Finance.
“Accountants are no longer your number pushers. They are very much commercial people withinthe business, working very closely with marketing and sales, and themanufacturing and production side,” she says.
However, there is a lot more competition for the more senior finance roles in commerce,and so fewer salary increases.
“If anything, we’ve seen a consolidation in that senior end of the market, wherethere’s a lot more talent available in the marketplace,” Drew says.
“When someone at that senior end of the market is looking for an opportunity, it willtake them three to nine, perhaps 12 months, to find the right opportunity.”
There is increased confidence among employers, but it’s yet to be seen how much ofthat translates into actual hiring and salary increases.
Drew says she expects salaries to be mostly stagnant in the first half of the 2014calendar year, but things might pick up in the second half. There is increasedconfidence among employers, but it’s yet to be seen how much of that translatesinto actual hiring and salary increases.
Professionalpractice
The large accounting firms have only granted modest pay rises over the past 12months and will likely continue in that vein for the first half of 2014.
While in the past, staff could expect a healthy pay bump when they moved from privatepractice to commerce, Drew says the gap has narrowed significantly thanks toweak business confidence and the subdued economy, making it easier forprofessional firms to retain staff without having to offer large pay increases.
However, as the economy and confidence pick up in the second half of the year, companieswill start drawing on accounting practices for their staff, putting renewedpressure on wages within firms.
Movingon
There appears to be increasing dissatisfaction with the modest salary rises – for thefirst time since the global financial crisis, pay is the number one reason forstaff leaving their jobs, Hudson’s Davidson says.
“While employers think they’ve done the right thing by way of salary increases, thoseincreases have not been at the level that met employee expectations,” he says.
Two-thirds of accounting and finance professionals say they are either actively orpassively seeking a new role in 2013. Of those planning to move, about 60 percent said they expected to find a new role within the next six months.
Pay is the main reason for those wanting to change jobs, closely followed by a moreinteresting role, better career opportunities, and a work culture what willmake the employee happy.
The expected rise in staff turnover is accompanied by an increased willingnessamong permanent staff to consider contracting as a career option.
Around half of accounting and finance employees say they would switch from being permanent to contracting (or vice versa) for the right roleand around three-quarters of permanent employees would consider contract workif they lost their job.
Among accounting and finance employers, some 22 per cent said they use morecontractors in 2013, slightly lower than employers in the broader economy.
Davidson says that a lot of organisations are pushing change through their accountingdepartments to make them more commercial.
“A lot of organisations are now getting incredibly smart and efficient withrealigning their accounting department to truly add value to the business,” hesays. “That true commercial and business analytical skill set mix is absolutelyis where accounting and finance departments are shifting and we are seeing alot of offshoring of traditional accounting and finance roles.”
This is helping drive demand for contractors, because a lot of those skills aren’t readilyavailable internally.
Accounting and finance professionals who can work with IT systems and with big data willbe particularly in demand.
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