Name: Cost Accountant Test
Brand: Accountests
Price: 250.0 AUD
Availability: InStock

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"I first used Accountests products about a year ago and have seen first-hand a correlation between high performing candidates in the test being appraised as high performers in the workplace a year later.

The products are extremely user-friendly and cover all the basic fundamental areas of accounting that you would want to explore in making hiring decisions. Both the candidates sitting the tests, myself as the reviewer and my clients agreed that they hit the mark and make hiring decisions much easier."

Adam Napper, Senior Talent Advisor - Consult Accounting & Finance Recruitment, Auckland, NZ

"I recently used Accountests as we were looking for a way to assess technical management accountant ability to supplement our interviews of shortlisted candidates. It helped inform our decision and would definitely use it again."
Amanda Michael, Faculty Finance Manager - Monash University, Melbourne, AU

Cost Accountant Test

$250.00

Test for Hiring Cost Accountants

The Cost Accountant Test is designed to assess candidates whose position will include providing cost accounting support to their organisation. The test assumes a level of skill and competency that would normally be held by an accountant who is a member of their professional body, such as CAANZ, CPA Australia, ACCA or similar. This test is also applicable to those with qualifications in accounting, or those without formal qualifications, but significant work experience in cost accounting.

The test covers four core cost accounting activities:

Variances - identifying, calculating and interpreting production variances
Implementation – costing methods and terminology
Practical Issues – dealing with real costing issues
Accounting – recording costing analysis including an understanding of IFRS

The report received will enable the recruiting manager to gain insight into a candidate's skills and knowledge in each of these four activities, as well as a comparative overall score and performance against a norm group of other cost accountants. You can also identify a candidate's performance in the activities most relevant to your vacant role.

Cost Accountant Sample Report

Example Cost Accountant Test Questions

Time to complete = 40 minutes

Number of Questions = 40
Question Levels – Basic = 12, Intermediate = 16, Advanced = 12
Questions per topic – Variances = 10, Costing Theory = 10, Practical Questions = 10, Accounting for Inventory = 10
Each test purchased allows you to test one candidate

When your candidate has completed the test you can use this Interpretation Video to help understand more about their test report.

Want to know more about your candidate? Have a look at our Personality Profile options. You can easily add to your Accountests purchase - Cost Accountant test + Personality profile $475.

Use the 'Additional Testing Options' menu on the top right of this page to select the bundle you need. All tests are delivered immediately to your inbox.

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Here's what some of Accountests clients tell us

"If you want to scale your accounting firm business you need to be confident in the people you bring on to the team. Accountests has been a great help in giving our members this assurance during the recruitment process whether they are hiring locally or remotely"

Brenton Ward

CEO and Cofounder - WIZE, AU

"Accountantests has assisted us in revamping our graduate recruitment process by helping us make informed decisions not just by assisting us with assessing their knowledge but also ensuring the right cultural fit, with their newly developed personality tests. Furthermore, it helps us with intermediate and senior appointments to make the right decision for the team – it gives us the confidence that the candidates will be an excellent cultural fit and skill-wise hit the mark. We highly recommend the team at Accountantests; besides the ease of using the tests, they provide tremendous client-centric customer service to our team!"

Stephany Dobbelstein, HR Manager

Moore Australia, Perth, AU

"I love the fact that my national office are getting behind this & we are able to take the blinkers off when we are recruiting. If this help others avoid the pitfalls that I have had with recruiting then it is money well spent. "

Chelsea Sanginiti, Director

First Class Accounts, Queensland, AU

"This thorough testing process allows us to choose the very best. Given the cost involved in a mis-hire, taking the time to determine whether a candidate has the required technical skill set to do the job we are advertising for is critical"

Carmen Morris, Owner & Accountant

On The Money Bookkeeping, Melbourne, AU

"The service offered by Accountests has been a game changer for our recruitment of professional staff. The ability to quickly assess the relevant technical skills of candidates has significantly improved our decision making process."

Chris Roos, Partner

PKF Mack, West Perth, AU

Amanda Michael, Faculty Finance

Monash University, Melbourne, AU

"The tool was great and formed a good part of the pre-employment process for us."

Danielle Dwyer, HR Manager

Flavorite Flavour for Life, Melbourne, AU

"The testing gives me a lot of confidence I can choose the correct candidate."

Jason Brown, Director

Integra Business Advisors, South Perth WA, AU

"The candidate we hired, is doing a fantastic job in the role with us. Her skills and knowledge seem to be at the right level for what we need, and she’s bringing new ideas about how to improve our bookkeeping too.

We are really happy with the how the testing allowed us to distinguish between candidates and it seems to have led us (along with interviews and other recruitment and induction processes) to us a great staff member who is happy in the role and doing a great job."

Fiona Thomas, Financial Adviser and General Manager

Ethinvest, AU