Client showcase

How we recruited an Accountant

About the client

Our client is a specialist water well drilling company. Their customers range from major mining companies to small environmental organisations.

Location - Perth, WA
Industry - water drilling
Size - 30 employees

They were seeking an experienced Accountant for a standalone role, to help manage their growing workload.

We applied our three-phase service delivery model for this recruitment drive.

How we recruit talent →

Video job advertisement

Social media algorithms prioritise video content over still images, so we produce video advertisements for all vacancies to enhance our candidate sourcing efforts.

By leveraging this unique and highly effective approach, we aim to connect with the right candidates at the right time.

We share our videos on LinkedIn, and Facebook, posting them 10-20 times based on relevance. Typically, our videos receive over 1,000 views within the first 24 hours.

Job advertisement

We continually refresh, rewrite, and reformat our job advertisements to ensure we receive high-quality applications. Our strategy is proactive, with approximately 20 advertisements posted for each permanent job. These advertisements are shared across:

Job boards - Seek, Adzuna, Glassdoor, Indeed and Jora
Social media - LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter
11 Recruitment's website

On average, our advertisements receive over 100 applications and significantly outperform the market benchmark for Seek, shown in this graph.

Accountant

MYOB - AR/AP - general ledger operations - reconciliations - fixed assets
Payroll - 50 staff - month end process - prepare financial reports
South of Fremantle - commence ASAP

ABOUT THE CLIENT

Our client is a well-respected drilling company, with contracts all over Australia. Their promise is to provide efficient and professional services for all drilling and sampling requirements across Australia.

They pride themselves on being an ISO-accredited company, with an approachable management team and a dynamic workforce. They are seeking an experienced Accountant to take care of financial management in their Perth branch.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for an Accountant to assist the General Manager and Administration Accounts team that has seen a huge growth in the business and need some assistance to get the workload into order.

The duties for this position will include:

Processing weekly payroll and monthly super payments for 40 staff
AP and AR, general ledger operations, reconciliations and MYOB cashbook maintenance
Supporting the General Manager with end-of-month processes
Utilising financial data to prepare financial reports
Assisting with the preparation of budgets and forecasts
Assisting with preparation and lodgement of BAS and payroll tax returns
Maintaining the fixed asset registers
Other ad-hoc duties as required

ABOUT YOU

This is a standalone role with broad responsibilities. It would suit an experienced Accountant or Financial Controller who has a sound understanding of financial management, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, reporting and HR.

The successful candidate will need:

Previous payroll experience - ideally MYOB Premier 19
CA/CPA qualification - or be working towards it
Mining, engineering or construction experience
Experience working with a ERP system
Intermediate computer skills - MYOB, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook
Excellent communication skills

Assessment Matrix design

Our custom-designed, in-house software generates an Assessment Matrix, serving as the blueprint for our recruitment process. This process includes screening, interviews, document verification, skills testing, personality profiling, and reference checks.

The Assessment Matrix marks the stage at which each criterion is addressed, with the most critical criteria being checked multiple times throughout the recruitment process.

Selection criteria	Screen	Interview	Docs.	Profiling	Refs.
Education
CA / CPA qualification	✓		✓
Experience
Payroll for 40 staff - MYOB desirable	✓	✓			✓
Mining / engineering / construction	✓	✓			✓
ERP system	✓	✓			✓
AP and AR	✓	✓			✓
General ledger operations	✓	✓			✓
Reconciliations	✓	✓			✓
MYOB cashbook maintenance	✓	✓			✓
Financial report preparation	✓	✓			✓
BAS returns	✓	✓			✓
Preparing and lodging payroll tax return	✓	✓			✓
Other
Microsoft Office - advanced	✓				✓
Discrepancy investigation	✓	✓			✓
Meet statutory and internal deadlines	✓	✓			✓
Accurate data entry; attention to detail	✓				✓
Can apply technical equipment in the production process	✓	✓			✓
Verify LinkedIn vs CV	✓	✓			✓
Accept expected salary ($75k)	✓	✓			✓
Previous warning of termination?	✓	✓			✓
Will you pass a drug test?	✓	✓			✓
Behaviour
Dominance - 60%		✓		✓
Influence - 55%		✓		✓
Steadiness - 27%		✓		✓
Compliance - 51%		✓		✓
Forms signed
Health / police check			✓
Signed document - tell the truth			✓
Docs verified
Driver’s licence	✓		✓
Citizen AU / NZ or PR	✓		✓

DISC profiling

Just like people, jobs have their own behavioral profiles based on duties, environment, and communication. For every job vacancy, we create a profile that allows us to match an applicant's behavior to the specific role.

We utilise the DISC assessment, which examines the following attributes:

Dominance - accomplishing results, the bottom line, confidence
Influence - persuading others, openness, dependability
Steadiness - cooperation, sincerity, dependability
Compliance - quality, accuracy, expertise

DISC profile - Accountant

Accountant

Shortlisted candidates

Candidate A

Candidate B

Candidate C

Behavioural adaptation by candidates to match the job profile:

Candidate A

Candidate B

Candidate C

Results

Our aim is to produce a strong shortlist by sourcing widely. We measure every stage in our recruitment process to ensure we meet this key objective.

Our service comes with an extended 18-month replacement guarantee. This guarantee means our interests are mutually aligned - to recruit high achievers who will excel and stay.

Applications received

Interviewed by 11 Recruitment

Shortlisted

Interviewed by client

Hired