Graduate Program - Business Services

BDO; Sydney; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12-month learning program

Buddy and manager support

Career pathways learning

Social activities

Free breakfast and healthy snacks

Global opportunities (166 countries)

Wellbeing and health benefits

Job summary

BDO Australia is inviting applications for its Graduate Accountant role in the Business Services team, commencing January 2027. You will work with clients across sectors, performing financial accounting and compliance tasks and building expertise in income tax, GST, FBT, and payroll.

The program runs for 12 months with learning and development, buddy and manager guidance, and clear career pathways. You'll join a collaborative culture with social activities and benefits that support your

Qualifications

• Accounting/Finance degree completed or near graduate.
• Eligible for postgraduate study (CA/CPA, CFA).
• Available to start in January 2027.

Responsibilities

• Engage in meaningful client work across a variety of engagements.
• Undertake financial accounting and compliance tasks such as preparing activity statements, tax returns and financial statements.
• Expand expertise in income tax, GST, FBT, IAS, stamp duty, and payroll.

Skills

Accounting fundamentals

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

Accounting/Finance-related degree

Job description

Graduate Program – Business Services (Accounting)

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

Join our Graduate Program as a Graduate Accountant within our Business Services team, starting January 2027!

Our Business Services team work closely with clients of all types and sizes, in every sector. By understanding each client’s unique business, family, and wealth needs, our team provide a range of personalised accounting, tax and compliance, and advisory services – business valuations, due diligence, family business and succession planning just to name a few! From helping a client grow their business, minimise their tax liability or plan for the future, our Business Services team is there to help clients achieve their goals!

As a Graduate Accountant, you will have the opportunity to work with your team and clients, to undertake a wide range of financial accounting and compliance tasks, growing your skills and knowledge in all areas of income tax, GST, FBT, stamp duty, payroll, and indirect taxes.

What you’ll do:

As a Business Services Accounting Graduate at BDO, you can expect to:

• Engage in meaningful client work while collaborating with your team to gain experience across a variety of client engagements
• Undertake a wide range of financial accounting and compliance tasks such as preparing activity statements, tax returns and financial statements, financial and management reporting, outsourced services and more!
• Expand your expertise in income tax, GST, FBT, IAS, stamp duty, and payroll.

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
• Benefits including free breakfast, healthy snacks and dress for your day
• A culture of opportunity, connection, community, and impact
• Global possibilities, we’re in 166 countries.

To be eligible for our Graduate Program, you must be:

• In your final year or have recently completed an Accounting, Corporate Finance, Commerce, Finance or other relevant undergraduate or postgraduate degree
• Eligible for postgraduate study (CA/CPA, CFA)
• Available to start in January 2027.

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.