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Master of Professional Accounting (Advanced)

A Master of Professional Accounting (Advanced) usually takes two years full time and is designed for graduates from other fields who want to qualify as accountants.

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How long it takes
2 years
full time
Level
Masters degree (coursework)
University
Leads on to
Financial Accountant
$104,200 median pay
Taught by
8 providers
6 states and territories

Is this course right for you?

What the Master of Professional Accounting (Advanced) asks of you, and what you might want to check first.

Before you start

Each provider sets its own entry requirements, so check the ones you are considering.

Where this course can take you

Jobs this qualification is a recognised route into, and the study that can follow it.

Jobs you can do with it

  • Financial Accountant

    Financial accountants prepare the statements and reports a business uses to meet its tax and reporting obligations.

    What else you need

    A recognised postgraduate route into accounting. Professional designations, statutory audit sign off and tax agent registration have further requirements; this course does not confer them.

    Median pay$104,200

  • Management Accountant

    Management accountants work out what a business's products, contracts and units cost to run, then build the budgets and analysis managers use to make decisions.

    What else you need

    A recognised postgraduate route; professional designations require further study and experience, which this course does not confer.

    Median pay$104,200

  • External Auditor

    External auditors examine an organisation's financial records and test its controls, then give an independent opinion on whether its financial statements are true and fair.

    A step towards this job. What else you need

    Median pay$109,400

    In demand

Pay is the median for everyone in the job, and “In demand” means the job is on the national shortage list.

Where you can study this course

There are 8 places you can study this course. When you compare them, check they teach it the way you want to study, how far you'd be from a campus, what it will cost you and what past students say about the teaching and support. They're listed by how often people search for them, and none of them pays to be here or to move up.

What you’ll learn

The main topics covered in the Master of Professional Accounting (Advanced).

  • Financial accounting and reporting
  • Management accounting
  • Auditing and assurance
  • Taxation
  • Corporate and business law
  • Finance and economics

Questions to ask before you enrol

Providers run this course differently, so the answers change from one to the next.

  1. When is the next intake, and how many are there each year?
  2. What is the total cost, including materials, checks and any placement costs?
  3. Can I study part time or online, and how does that change the length?
  4. Do the units count towards a higher qualification if I go on to study further?

The Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS), published by the Australian Government Department of Education. Google reviews. Pay and shortage status from Jobs and Skills Australia.