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"The Public Sector Test was pivotal in validating our hiring decision.  The reporting was clear and we were able to pick out the criteria of greatest interest to us"

Adele Henderson, Director of Corporate Services, Napier City Council  

Public Sector Accountant Test

$200.00

The New Zealand Public Sector Accountant Test is designed for assessing the core accounting skills and knowledge of candidates applying for public sector accounting roles in organisations such as Government Ministries & Departments, Local Government & Councils, District Health Boards and their subsidiaries and State Owned Enterprises. 

The test is aimed at accountant candidates who are either qualified members of a recognised accounting professional body, such as CPA Australia, CAANZ or international equivalent, are working towards qualification into a professional body, or have significant experience working as an accountant in a public sector organisation.

This test covers 5 core accounting activities:

  • Budgeting
  • Financial Health
  • Decision Making
  • Capital Budgeting
  • Tax & Financial Reporting

Recruiting managers gain insight into a candidate's skills and knowledge in each of these activities and identify performance in the activities most relevant to the vacant role, as well as a comparative overall score and performance against a norm group of other public sector accountants

Sample Candidate Test Report - Click Here

Example Public Sector Accountant Questions - Click Here 

  • Time to complete = 30 minutes
  • Number of Questions = 40
  • Question Levels – Basic = 12, Intermediate = 16, Advanced = 12
  • Questions per topic – Budgeting = 10, Financial Health Analysis = 6, Decision Making = 6, Capital Budgeting = 7, Tax & Financial Reporting = 11
  • 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 and Ability Testing options.  You can easily add to your Accountests purchase:

  • Public Sector Accountant test + Personality profile $505
  • Public Sector Accountant test + Ability - Critical Reasoning test $380
  • Public Sector Accountant test + Personality test + Critical Reasoning test $685

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

Not sure which test is right for your candidate? Find out with our Which Test Table here

What our clients are saying

Here's what some of Accountests clients tell us

"The abilities being shown by the recruited candidate correlates with the outcome of their test, and they are progressing and delivering to expectations"

BDO New Zealand

Partner

"The Accountest was an extremely useful tool which assisted in our recruitment decision. The person we engaged is at the standard we expected and is in-line with the skill rating in the test results"

Karen Abery

Practice Manager, Ingham Mora, Tauranga

"We now use these tests to assess all potential accounting staff as part of our recruitment process."

Dianne Wilson

Business Manager, McIntyre Dick, Invercargill

"The candidates that do well in the test certainly seem to be our better performers."

Arran Findlayson

CEO, The Back Office Co, Auckland

"We have found that Accountests gives us the opportunity to understand our candidates accounting ability, which no other product has done until now. It also gives us the opportunity to base further questions for the candidate around what we can see their ability is and enable us to make an informed decision."

Sharlene Bryant

Director, Baker Tilly, Hawkes Bay

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

Danielle Dwyer

HR Manager, Flavorite Marketing, Melbourne Australia

"The Public Sector Test was pivotal in validating our hiring decision.  The reporting was clear and we were able to pick out the criteria of greatest interest to us"

Adele Henderson

Director of Corporate Services, Napier City Council