ViewJobs
Sign In

Accounting jobs in Melbourne, VIC

There are 381 Accounting jobs advertised in Melbourne on ViewJobs, from 198 employers and recruiters. 55 were posted in the last week.

Accounting jobs across Australia →See all Melbourne jobs →

Roles in region
381
New this week
55

By the numbers

381 Accounting roles in Melbourne

55 new roles this week· 249 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Full-time352 (92%)
  • Part-time15 (4%)
  • Casual8 (2%)
  • Apprenticeship2 (1%)
  • Contract2 (1%)
  • Temporary2 (1%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Melbourne.

Explore specialisms

Accounting by specialism.

Each specialism has its own page: where the roles are, who is hiring and the latest ads.

39 live rolesBusiness services & corporate advisory36 live rolesAssistant accountants28 live rolesExternal audit17 live rolesBookkeeping & small practice accounting15 live rolesAccounts payable14 live rolesAccounts receivable/credit control10 live rolesAccounts officers/clerks10 live rolesInternal audit7 live rolesAccounting analysis & reporting

Latest roles

The local market

Melbourne's accounting job market

Figures for Melbourne cover ABS region Greater Melbourne (GCCSA 2GMEL). Jobs and Skills Australia's Internet Vacancy Index is a monthly count of online job ads, compiled from SEEK, CareerOne and Workforce Australia. Regional figures are three-month averages. It is not a count of ViewJobs' own ads.

Figure 1: Online accounting job ads a month, Greater MelbourneFinance occupations: business, finance and human resource professionals, and numerical clerks. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
  • Business, finance and human resource professionals
  • Numerical clerks
01k2k3k4kBusiness, finance and human resource professionals, Sep: 1,739Numerical clerks, Sep: 1,3503,089SepBusiness, finance and human resource professionals, Oct: 1,738Numerical clerks, Oct: 1,301Business, finance and human resource professionals, Nov: 1,622Numerical clerks, Nov: 1,193NovBusiness, finance and human resource professionals, Dec: 1,414Numerical clerks, Dec: 1,050Business, finance and human resource professionals, Jan: 1,423Numerical clerks, Jan: 1,029JanBusiness, finance and human resource professionals, Feb: 1,537Numerical clerks, Feb: 1,120Business, finance and human resource professionals, Mar: 1,767Numerical clerks, Mar: 1,342MarBusiness, finance and human resource professionals, Apr: 1,725Numerical clerks, Apr: 1,331Business, finance and human resource professionals, May: 1,718Numerical clerks, May: 1,315MayBusiness, finance and human resource professionals, Jun: 1,650Numerical clerks, Jun: 1,240Business, finance and human resource professionals, Jul: 1,698Numerical clerks, Jul: 1,288JulBusiness, finance and human resource professionals, Aug: 1,716Numerical clerks, Aug: 1,262Business, finance and human resource professionals, Sep: 1,697Numerical clerks, Sep: 1,2592,956Sep

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].

Show the numbers
Online accounting job ads a month, Greater Melbourne
MonthBusiness, finance and human resource professionalsNumerical clerksTotal
September 20251,7391,3503,089
October 20251,7381,3013,039
November 20251,6221,1932,815
December 20251,4141,0502,464
January 20261,4231,0292,452
February 20261,5371,1202,657
March 20261,7671,3423,109
April 20261,7251,3313,056
May 20261,7181,3153,033
June 20261,6501,2402,890
July 20261,6981,2882,986
August 20261,7161,2622,978
September 20261,6971,2592,956
Unemployment rate
5.3%
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 0.3 points on September 2025[3][4]
Employed people
2,999,966
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 0.7% since September 2025[3][4]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
38,170
JSA, September 2026 · down 0.6% since September 2025[1]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
133,170
ViewJobs analysis of DEWR, June 2026 · up 8.4% since June 2025[5][6]
Figure 2: People employed in accounting occupations in MelbourneAn estimated 205,902 people employed in September 2026: up 1.3% on September 2025, and up 7.5% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 191,455Sep 2021191,455Sep 2022: 209,198Sep 2022209,198Sep 2023: 218,197Sep 2023218,197Sep 2024: 209,858Sep 2024209,858Sep 2025: 203,341Sep 2025203,341Sep 2026: 205,902Sep 2026205,902

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[7]; ViewJobs[8].

Show the numbers
People employed in accounting occupations in Melbourne
MonthPeople employed
September 2021191,455
September 2022209,198
September 2023218,197
September 2024209,858
September 2025203,341
September 2026205,902

Read the Greater Melbourne job market report →

Popular Accounting roles in Melbourne

Quick answers

Accounting work in Melbourne, answered

How many Accounting jobs are there in Melbourne?

381 Accounting jobs are live on ViewJobs in Melbourne, from 198 employers and recruiters. 55 were posted in the last 7 days. 352 are full-time, 15 part-time and 8 casual.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[9].

Is demand for Accounting workers in Melbourne growing?

Demand is falling. Employers in Melbourne, across the area Greater Melbourne, placed about 2,956 online ads a month for accounting jobs in the three months to September 2026, down 4.3% on a year earlier (3,089). Ads for numerical clerks fell from 1,350 to 1,259 a month. Ads for business, finance and human resource professionals fell from 1,739 to 1,697 a month.

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].

Who is hiring Accounting workers in Melbourne?

PwC has the most live ads of any direct employer (17). Next are KPMG (14), GBS Demo (9) and Gordon (9). 198 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[9].

What do Accounting jobs pay in Melbourne?

55 ads state a yearly salary: $55,000 to $200,000 a year, with a typical midpoint of $87,500. 9 more state pay in other units, 8 describe pay in words or a form not counted here, and 309 of the 381 ads state no pay.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[9].

Which Accounting roles are most advertised in Melbourne?

Financial Accounting & Reporting, with 68 of the 381 live ads. Next are Taxation (52) and Business Services & Corporate Advisory (39).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[9].

What is the job market like in Melbourne overall?

Online job ads for all occupations in Melbourne, across the area Greater Melbourne, averaged 38,170 a month in the three months to September 2026, down 0.6% on a year earlier.

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

What is the unemployment rate in Melbourne?

The unemployment rate in Melbourne, across the area Greater Melbourne, was 5.3% in September 2026, up 0.3 points on a year earlier (ABS modelled estimate).

Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics[3]; ViewJobs analysis[4].

Are Melbourne Accounting jobs mostly full-time?

Most are full-time: 352 of 381 (92%). 15 are part-time (4%), 8 casual (2%), 2 apprenticeship (1%), 2 contract (1%) and 2 temporary (1%).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[9].

Sources and method

Where these numbers come from

  1. Jobs and Skills Australia, Internet Vacancy Index, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-10/internet_vacancies_anzsco2_occupations_gccsa_and_sa4_regions_-_september_2026.xlsx. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  2. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/internet-vacancy-index. The two accounting occupation groups combined.
  3. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional Labour Force, September 2026. abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment/regional-labour-force/sep-2026/MLF1.xlsx. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  4. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Regional Labour Force, September 2026. abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment/regional-labour-force/latest-release. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of the ABS's modelled labour market regions, with rates worked out from the sums.
  5. Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Workforce Australia Caseload by Selected Cohorts, June 2026. dewr.gov.au/employment-services-data/resources/workforce-australia-caseload-selected-cohorts-30-june-2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 26 October 2026. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (or DEWR).
  6. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Workforce Australia Caseload by Selected Cohorts, June 2026. dewr.gov.au/employment-services-data/workforce-australia-caseload-data. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of SA4 regions.
  7. Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-10/2026-09_nero.zip. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 27 October 2026. Source: Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), September 2026, CC BY 4.0. Experimental estimates.
  8. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/nero. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of SA4 regions. The occupation group is an approximation: Jobs and Skills Australia's job-ads groups mapped to ANZSCO unit groups.
  9. ViewJobs, Live job ads on ViewJobs, 30 Oct 2026. viewjobs.com.au.

Method

  • Online job ads: Jobs and Skills Australia's Internet Vacancy Index is a monthly count of online job ads, compiled from SEEK, CareerOne and Workforce Australia. Regional figures are three-month averages. It is not a count of ViewJobs' own ads. Published under CC BY 4.0.
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional Labour Force: monthly unemployment, participation and employment are the ABS's Regional Labour Force modelled estimates: the ABS combines its Labour Force Survey with administrative data to estimate each labour market region. They are in original terms, not seasonally adjusted, so every change here compares a month with the same month a year earlier. The ABS's labour market regions follow the 2011 boundaries of its SA4 regions, which differ slightly from today's in a few areas. Published under CC BY 4.0.
  • Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation: estimated employment by occupation, published under CC BY 4.0. Jobs and Skills Australia's nowcast is experimental: its figures are model estimates of the people employed in each occupation, not a count of them, and each monthly release revises the months before it.
  • ViewJobs live ads: ads open on ViewJobs in the Accounting classification, placed in Melbourne, counted on 30 Oct 2026.
  • ViewJobs analysis: a figure that adds up several occupation groups, industries or areas, and the rates worked out from such a sum. The sources publish the parts; the sum is ViewJobs' own, and its reference says what was combined.

Cite this page

ViewJobs (2026). Accounting jobs in Melbourne, VIC, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/vic/regional-rural/melbourne/accounting

ViewJobs

Across 85+ mastheads