2027 Graduate Program - Finance

Urban Utilities; Sunshine Coast Regional; Hybrid; AUD 87,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentor program

Remote work option

12-month program with ongoing role

Competitive salary 97,000 AUD + Super

Job summary

Urban Utilities invites recent finance graduates to join the UrbanGrad program in Queensland. This 12-month graduate experience blends real work, development opportunities and mentoring, with an ongoing role on successful completion in January 2028.

You'll rotate across teams to build technical, operational and project skills, support decision-making and drive business performance while contributing to our purpose of Enriching Quality of Life.

Qualifications

• Have completed, or be completing, a finance- or business-related degree within 24 months of the program start date.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with numerical aptitude.
• Able to collaborate across teams and communicate insights clearly.

Responsibilities

• Support decision-making and improve business performance through data-driven insights.
• Participate in diverse rotations across teams to build broad skills.
• Contribute to initiatives that enrich customer and community outcomes.

Skills

Problem solving

Relationship building

Data to insights

Communication

Education

Finance degree

Commerce degree

Engineering degree

Job description

Expressions of Interest - 2027 Finance Graduate Program

Discover a career in water. Looking to launch your finance career with purpose and make a real difference from day one? At Urban Utilities, you'll do work that matters from day one. Every day, we deliver essential water and wastewater services that support the public health, liveability and environment of communities across Southeast Queensland. Through our UrbanGrad Program, you'll help shape the future of an industry that is critical to every person and every community. We're seeking expressions of interest from future-focused finance graduates who are curious, collaborative, and passionate about creating better outcomes for customers, communities and the environment. As a Finance UrbanGrad, you'll work with teams across the organisation to support decision-making, improve business performance and help ensure we continue to deliver essential services to our communities. You'll thrive if you enjoy solving problems, building relationships and turning information into insights that create value.

About UrbanGrad

UrbanGrad is more than a graduate program - it's a career pathway and the beginning of your career at Urban Utilities. This is a 12-month graduate program that combines real work experience, development opportunities and mentoring, with an assured ongoing role at Urban Utilities upon successful program completion in January 2028.

Why join UrbanGrad?

• Leading remuneration of $97,000/year + Super per the Enterprise Agreement
• Joining an early careers community that thrives on connection and togetherness
• Diverse rotational experiences across multiple teams, helping you build broad technical, operational, and project skills and capability.
• Multi-year learning and professional development program both during and after the graduate 12-month program.
• A dedicated Program Mentor to support your development and career planning.
• Flexible start and finish times, and work from home on offer.
• Site visits, hands-operational experiences and access to experienced leaders and engineering specialists
• Meaningful work connected to our purpose of Enriching Quality of Life

We're committed to creating a workplace where everyone belongs. We're proud to be recognised as a:

• Prosple Top 100 Graduate Employer
• WORK180 Top 101 Endorsed Employer for Women
• Australian Workplace Equality Index Bronze Employer

Disciplines We welcome expressions of interest from graduates in disciplines including: Finance Commerce.

Eligibility

• Have completed, or be completing, a relevant engineering degree within 24 months of the program commencement date of January 2027
• Be an Australian or New Zealand Citizen or have unrestricted working rights
• Access to private transport to travel to our diverse operational locations

At UU, our strength comes from our people. We value different perspectives, backgrounds, experiences and ways of thinking, and we're committed to creating a workplace where people feel respected, included, and supported to do their best work.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and life experiences.

You do not need to meet every requirement to apply.

If this role interests you and you feel you could contribute, we'd love to hear from you.

If you require adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know.

We're here to support you through the process.

Recruitment timelines:

• August: expressions of interest
• September/October: advertising
• October: shortlisting and phone interviews with the Talent Team
• November: in-person "Grad Day" at our head office in Fortitude Valley
• November: offers to join the UrbanGrad Program
• January 2027: start with Urban Utilities

For further information, please contact our Talent Team at [e-mail]

Urban Utilities delivers 140,000 megalitres each year of our planet’s most precious, natural resource to communities scattered around South East Queensland and effortlessly removes it too. We're constantly challenging the status quo, searching for opportunities, pushing people to their potential, encouraging creativity and diversity, and fostering collaboration within and beyond our teams to be the best we can for our communities.