Finance Jobs in Australia: Who's Hiring Right Now (Oct 2026)

You want a finance job in Australia and you want to know who's actually hiring this week, not a generic pep talk about the market. Here's the live picture as of 14 October 2026, taken straight from the JobRise jobs feed, plus what to do about it in the next seven days.

There are 12 open finance listings in Australia on Finance jobs in Australia, 7 of them posted in the last 30 days and 4 in the last 7 days. That's a small, fast-moving pool, so timing matters more than usual.

Keep in mind these are counts of open listings, not a market survey. Things move.

Who's hiring#

BlueRock is the name doing the most work here, with 3 open listings including a "Senior Financial Reporting Accountant" and a "Credit Controller". BlueRock shows up as a recruiter or staffing firm on some listings, so ask early whether the role is in-house or placed with a client.

CreditorWatch is hiring a "Customer Collections Specialist (Accounts Receivable)", which is credit and collections work rather than pure accounting. Online Education Services has an "Accountant" open, and Carta is after a "Senior Fund Accountant".

TMGM wants a "Senior Legal Officer", and Rentokil Initial is hiring a "Key Accounts Contract Administrator". Red Bull's "Head of Retail Key Accounts" is the senior commercial role in the set. Fuku, frank green and Infosys Singapore & Australia each have one open listing too.

Where the jobs are#

Sydney holds half the market, 6 of 12 listings. Melbourne has 3, Brisbane 1, and Cremorne and Dandenong South 1 each.

Cremorne and Dandenong South are both Melbourne suburbs, so if you count metro areas, Melbourne's real share is closer to 5. Worth knowing before you filter by city.

What the job-type mix tells you#

Full-time is 10 of 12. Part-time is 2. That's it.

No casual, no contract-only listings in this slice. When the market tightens, employers default to permanent headcount or nothing, and this mix looks like the second one. If you need flexibility, you'll have to negotiate it at offer stage because it's not on the table in the ads.

The bigger signal is who's hiring. Big tech and platform companies (Carta, Infosys Singapore & Australia) sit next to consumer brands (Red Bull, frank green), a listed fintech (CreditorWatch), a services business (Rentokil Initial) and recruiters (BlueRock). Public sector is absent from this slice entirely. That means your application needs to work across very different cultures, and a single generic resume won't cut it.

The entry-level problem#

Zero of 12 listings carry an intern, graduate, junior or trainee title. Every open role wants someone who can do the job on day one.

If you're early career, don't wait for a graduate program to appear in this feed. Apply to the "Accountant" and "Customer Collections Specialist" roles anyway if you can do the work, and say so plainly in your cover letter. Titles lie about seniority more often than you'd think.

How to apply this week#

Apply direct where you can. If a listing is posted by a recruiter like BlueRock, ask which company the role sits with, then check whether that company also advertises it on its own careers page. Direct applications skip a layer and you keep control of your details.

Mirror the listing's keywords. CreditorWatch's ad says "Accounts Receivable" and "Collections", so those words belong in your resume, not "revenue cycle" or "customer balances". The recruiter skims for 6 seconds and matches strings, so give them the strings they want.

No listing in this slice shows a salary. That's normal in Australian finance ads but it wastes everyone's time, so ask for the range in your first reply. Reported pay for these kinds of roles varies a lot by city and seniority, so check the current official sources like Fair Work and the ATO before you anchor on a number.

Run your resume through a free ATS resume checker before you send it. Half these roles sit in systems that mangle tables and text boxes, and you'd never know your contact details didn't parse.

Your 7-step plan#

• Open the Finance jobs in Australia feed and sort by newest, then shortlist the 4 roles posted in the last 7 days
• For each role, copy the exact job title and 6 to 8 phrases from the ad into a doc, then rewrite your top third to echo them
• Rewrite one resume bullet per role, using the worked example below as a template
• Check the recruiter question: for BlueRock listings, ask whether it's in-house or a client placement before you invest an hour in a cover letter
• Apply within 48 hours of a listing going live, because the 7-day window is where the interviews come from
• Run each tailored resume through the free ATS checker and fix anything that breaks
• Track everything in a spreadsheet: company, role, date applied, contact, next follow-up date

Worked example: rewriting a resume bullet

Say you're applying for CreditorWatch's "Customer Collections Specialist (Accounts Receivable)" and your current bullet reads:

"Managed customer balances and worked with the sales team to resolve issues."

Rewrite it to use their words and add a number you can defend:

"Ran end-to-end accounts receivable and collections for 180 active customer accounts, reduced overdue balances by chasing payment plans directly with customers and closing disputes with the sales team within 5 days."

Same job. Now it matches their ad and it proves you did the work.

How the country picture compares#

Australia has 462 open listings across all categories on JobRise right now, with 346 posted in the last 30 days. Finance's 12 listings are a thin slice of that, and its 7 recent postings run slightly ahead of the national rate, so finance is moving faster than the average category this month.

The JobRise Hiring Report: Australia tracks those country-level numbers as they change. Check it before you plan your week, because the mix shifts month to month.

FAQ#

How current are these numbers?

They're a dated snapshot of JobRise's live jobs feed taken on 14 October 2026, counting open listings rather than surveying employers. Listings close and new ones go up daily, so re-check the feed before you act on any count.

Should I apply through a recruiter or direct?

Do both. Recruiters like BlueRock can put you forward for roles you'd never see, but a direct application to the hiring company keeps your details in your control and avoids being one of a shortlist of five.

Why is there no salary on any of these listings?

Australian finance ads often omit pay, which is legal but unhelpful. Ask for the range in your first message, and verify current award rates and superannuation rules on official sources like Fair Work before you accept anything.

I'm junior. Is it worth applying at all?

Zero of 12 listings are tagged intern, graduate, junior or trainee, so you'll be stretching. Focus on the "Accountant" and "Customer Collections Specialist" roles, be honest about your level, and show you can do the specific tasks from day one.

How long should I wait before following up?

Give it 5 working days, then one short follow-up email. After that, move on, because with 4 new listings in the last 7 days there's always another role to chase.