Welcome to the Atlas Partners 2025 Salary Guide, a dedicated salary guide for the Accounting and Financial Services sector. The Atlas Partners Salary Guide provides a comprehensive overview of salary benchmarks, emerging trends, and future projections to assist you, as employers and professionals, in making informed business and career decisions.
The Accountancy & Finance market is shifting. Salaries, hiring trends, and candidate expectations are evolving, and staying ahead of these changes has never been more important—whether you’re hiring or planning your next career move.
At Atlas Partners, we’re in the market every day, working with finance professionals and employers, giving us a front-row seat to what’s happening in real time. To help make sense of it all, we’ve put together our 2025 Salary Guide—a deep dive into market trends, salary benchmarks, and what both candidates and employers need to know to stay competitive.
Salaries, which surged in recent years, are stabilising in some areas but continuing to rise for specialist roles. Understanding where your role or hiring needs sit within this landscape is key. Flexibility also remains a dealbreaker. While some companies are trying to wind back hybrid work, candidates aren’t willing to compromise. Businesses that fail to offer hybrid options and clear career development pathways are struggling to attract top talent.
The role of the CFO is also changing. Finance leaders are no longer just responsible for reporting and compliance—they are commercial strategists, deeply involved in decision-making, risk management, and long-term planning. The best finance professionals now need strong commercial acumen and the ability to influence at the executive level.
All of this is unfolding against a shifting economic backdrop. The RBA’s recent interest rate cut to 4.10 percent—the first since 2020—signals an effort to stimulate growth as inflation eases. While this may provide relief to borrowers and businesses, uncertainty remains. Finance leaders and hiring managers will need to stay agile in the year ahead.
The 2025 Salary Guide is designed to help both employers and finance professionals navigate these changes. It provides salary benchmarks across key roles, insights into hiring trends, and practical takeaways to ensure businesses attract and retain top talent, while professionals can position themselves effectively in the market.
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