Hi Gail
Funnily enough, I recruit senior IT roles in Australia. I specialise (currently) in Security positions but work with a lot of the usual suspects in IT so may be able to help your husband.
If you want to forward me your resumes I could take a look and give you some feedback on possibilities and salaries/rates.
pjayok@yahoo.co.uk
Michael Page are right, there are a lack of Accountants here too, however, the old chicken and egg situation does arise occasionally. Without local experience, you can sometimes be a little held back in the eyes of some recruiting managers. I work with two ex-Accountants who now recruit in that space who could give you their opinion once I have your resume.
It is possible to secure work before you get here depending on how experienced the recruiting manager is at bring across migrants or tele-interviewing. Some will have UK branches where face-2-face interviews can be conducted so worth looking into.
Are you going through the usual Perm Residency route? If it was possible, you would consider coming sooner if you could get sponsorship?
Pj xx