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About BDO

At BDO Australia, our why is ‘empowering people, realising possibilities’. One way we bring this to life is by hiring and developing exceptional talent, to deliver on our wide array of audit, tax and advisory services.

About the Role

Take the next step in your career. Learn, grow, be more at BDO! 

Join our Graduate Program as a Graduate Consultant within our Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Advisory team, from February 2026!

Our CFO Advisory team supports a broad range of organisations, large corporates, listed entities and governments. We work closely with Boards, executives, management and in particular the CEOs and CFOs in the to improve and transformation their finance function and financial management practices. 

The CFO Advisory team collaborates with a range of other BDO teams and services including the IFRS and Corporate Reporting, Consulting, Risk Advisory and Projects and Infrastructure teams. This gives you the opportunity to be involved in a variety of work and projects, including exciting transformation projects where you could be helping to establish a new entity responsible for a major infrastructure project, supporting an organisation’s long-term financial sustainability plans, transitioning to new finance systems, completing and being involved in the preparation and audit of large and international clients general purpose financial statements. 

What you’ll do: 

As a CFO Advisory Graduate at BDO, you can expect to: 

• Assist with finance function advisory services and transformation projects 
• Prepare general purpose financial statements and support the audit procedures of our clients 
• Assist with finance system selection & change 
• Prepare and/or develop financial, management and project reports 
• From time to time, acting in an insourced role as part of a client’s finance team. 

What you’ll get:

• 12-month learning and development program
• Support and guidance from your buddy and manager
• Service line specific learning and development, aligned to clear career pathways
• Social activities with your early careers’ cohort, and the wider firm
• The little things like free brekkie, healthy snacks and dress for your day
• A culture of opportunity, connection, community, and impact
• And global possibilities, we’re in 166 countries!

What you’ll offer:

You will be in your final year, or have recently completed an Accounting, Finance, Economics, Engineering or relevant or postgraduate degree

Your ability to commence full-time in February 2026.

How to Apply

Click ‘APPLY’ create a Workday home account and fill out the online application, attaching your resume and transcript.  

Applications close 11:45pm Sunday, 23 March 2025. We start reviewing applications as soon as they come in, so don’t wait to submit yours!  

Our friendly student recruitment team are here to help you and want to ensure you are fully supported. If you have any questions, or need any adjustments to the recruitment process, we encourage you to reach out at student.careers@bdo.com.au.  

To learn more about our programs or recruitment process, visit our student careers page.

Why BDO?

Working for BDO you will be part of a growing and market leading professional services firm. Our national and global footprint provides our people with opportunities to work on interesting client engagements, across diverse industry sectors and services. 

Our open and collaborative culture ensures access to Partners and professional mentors, to guide and accelerate your professional career, across a wide array of career pathways.

We provide our people with various health and wellbeing, social, financial, and professional development benefits to help realise what’s possible.

Participate in fitness challenges, join the BDO run club, or take advantage of exclusive discounts to corporate health insurance, gym, and wellness facilities via our BWell program.

Access financial benefits from travel perks, retail discounts, free breakfast daily, vehicle financing support, employee referral rewards, study, and professional development support.

Our leave options cater to the unique needs of our people; and include cultural and religious leave, paid leave for fertility and IVF treatments, blood donor leave, enhanced family support, plus options to purchase additional leave. You can also give back and get involved in community initiatives via our BCaring program. 

With a strong focus on learning and growth, we provide extensive technical training, dedicated leadership development programs, professional memberships, subscriptions and more.

Our culture is underpinned by our core values (One, Bold, Human, Heart and Strive). We are proud to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer by the Diversity Council of Australia and an Employer of Choice by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).

Find out more about our culture and hear from our people via our social channels and career pages.

Apply now to join #teamBDO.