Cairns
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
We are excited to invite students to join our Business Services and Audit teams for our 2025/2026 graduate program. Our graduates are integral to our firm, as we recognise their potential to become future leaders. For the right candidates, these positions offer robust pathways for career development within our expanding firm.
As a graduate in Business Services, you will have the opportunity to:
As a graduate in Audit, you will have the opportunity to:
About You
We are looking for enthusiastic students to join our Business Services and Audit teams. Our ideal candidates have the following qualifications and attributes:
We are dedicated to enhancing your technical, advisory, leadership, and management skills. We also promote work-life balance, wellbeing, workplace giving, and social activities. At BDO, we want you to enjoy your work and the community of colleagues and clients you engage with.
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.
We provide our people with various health and well-being, social, financial, and professional development benefits to help realise what’s possible.
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 and hear from our people via our social channels and career pages.
Apply now to join #teamBDO.
I am given a fair amount of responsibility, and plenty of support to learn.
Checking emails, liaising with clients to receive information on their R&D activities, writing/drafting activities according to AusIndustry guidelines/ITAA legislation. Calculating financial incentives and meeting with clients.
Admin tasks including note taking, setting up meeting and powerpoint/word templates, writing and research tasks
4.1
> 100,000 employees
Accounting & Advisory
At BDO we are passionate about creating opportunities for individuals to flourish early in their career with an array of career paths available.
The culture in and out of the office is great.
My colleagues are always willing to get out of their way to help me.
Great opportunity to learn. People are nice and not getting annoyed when I ask questions.
Never any pressure to stay late.
The training is great, I have learned a lot in my time here.
Pay is relatively low, however this is industry-wide.
The graduate program doesn't rotate us through all the service lines.
Some managers are great and give constructive feedback. Others do not provide you with proper instructions.
Dishwashers are small... toilets are not flushed... desk are most of the time dirty.
Could include more women, however this is the industry.