Senior Consultant

BDO; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Gym memberships

Wellness facilities

Travel perks

Retail discounts

Study and professional development

Leave options

BCaring program

Job summary

BDO is seeking a Senior Consultant for Project & Infrastructure Advisory to support government and private sector clients across Queensland and Northern Australia. You will build financial models, conduct economic and strategic analyses, and translate insights into practical client recommendations while working with a multidisciplinary team.

You will contribute to business cases, feasibility studies and client reports, manage project workstreams, and engage with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in infrastructure advisory, management consulting, commercial advisory, corporate finance or similar.
• Strong financial modelling skills, including building, testing and documenting assumptions.
• Experience contributing to business cases, feasibility studies or commercial/investment analysis.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, turning data into meaningful recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with confidence engaging with clients and stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work well in a collaborative consulting environment.
• Curious and proactive mindset, including interest in using AI, automation and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Build, test and maintain financial models to support business cases, feasibility assessments, investment decisions, pricing and cost recovery.
• Undertake financial, commercial and strategic analysis across infrastructure and development projects.
• Support the development of business cases, economic assessments and client advisory reports.
• Analyse project costs, revenues, benefits, risks and delivery options, including scenario and sensitivity analysis.
• Translate complex analysis into clear, practical recommendations for clients.
• Take ownership of defined project workstreams and manage deliverables and deadlines.
• Prepare high-quality reports, presentations and client materials.
• Use AI, automation and analytics tools to enhance research, modelling and advisory deliverables.
• Contribute to proposals, tenders and broader business development initiatives.
• Collaborate with specialists across infrastructure, economics, strategy and commercial advisory.

Skills

Financial modelling

Analytical thinking

Client engagement

Commercial advisory

Education

Tertiary qualification in Finance, Commerce, Economics, Engineering, Business

Job description

We’re BDO, a global professional services firm connected to local markets. Our people work together to provide specialist expertise, helping businesses achieve their goals.

We inspire others, to go further. We create together, to reach higher. We build trust, to lead purposefully.

Whether you're building your future or starting your career with us, you won’t do it alone. From creating solutions for our clients to building careers for our people, we shape what matters, and that’s where you come in.

About the Role

Our Project & Infrastructure Advisory team works with government and private sector clients to support better decision-making across major infrastructure and development projects throughout Queensland and Northern Australia.

As a Senior Consultant, you’ll work across a diverse range of infrastructure advisory engagements, developing your financial, commercial and strategic advisory capability while gaining direct exposure to clients and senior team members.

You will:

• Build, test and maintain financial models to support business cases, feasibility assessments, investment decisions, pricing and cost recovery.
• Undertake financial, commercial and strategic analysis across infrastructure and development projects.
• Support the development of business cases, economic assessments and client advisory reports.
• Analyse project costs, revenues, benefits, risks and delivery options, including scenario and sensitivity analysis.
• Translate complex analysis into clear, practical recommendations for clients.
• Take ownership of defined project workstreams and manage deliverables and deadlines.
• Prepare high-quality reports, presentations and client materials.
• Use AI, automation and analytics tools to enhance research, modelling and advisory deliverables.
• Contribute to proposals, tenders and broader business development initiatives.
• Collaborate with specialists across infrastructure, economics, strategy and commercial advisory.

We’re BDO, a global professional services firm connected to local markets. Our people work together to provide specialist expertise, helping businesses achieve their goals.

We inspire others, to go further. We create together, to reach higher. We build trust, to lead purposefully.

Whether you're building your future or starting your career with us, you won’t do it alone. From creating solutions for our clients to building careers for our people, we shape what matters, and that’s where you come in.

About the Role

Our Project & Infrastructure Advisory team works with government and private sector clients to support better decision-making across major infrastructure and development projects throughout Queensland and Northern Australia.

As a Senior Consultant, you’ll work across a diverse range of infrastructure advisory engagements, developing your financial, commercial and strategic advisory capability while gaining direct exposure to clients and senior team members.

You will:

• Build, test and maintain financial models to support business cases, feasibility assessments, investment decisions, pricing and cost recovery.
• Undertake financial, commercial and strategic analysis across infrastructure and development projects.
• Support the development of business cases, economic assessments and client advisory reports.
• Analyse project costs, revenues, benefits, risks and delivery options, including scenario and sensitivity analysis.
• Translate complex analysis into clear, practical recommendations for clients.
• Take ownership of defined project workstreams and manage deliverables and deadlines.
• Prepare high-quality reports, presentations and client materials.
• Use AI, automation and analytics tools to enhance research, modelling and advisory deliverables.
• Contribute to proposals, tenders and broader business development initiatives.
• Collaborate with specialists across infrastructure, economics, strategy and commercial advisory.

About You

You’re an analytical and commercially minded professional who enjoys solving complex problems and turning financial and project information into practical insights.

You’ll ideally bring:

• A tertiary qualification in Finance, Commerce, Economics, Engineering, Business or a related discipline.
• 3+ years’ experience in infrastructure advisory, management consulting, commercial advisory, corporate finance or a similar environment.
• Strong financial modelling skills, including the ability to build, test and interpret models and clearly document assumptions.
• Experience contributing to business cases, feasibility studies, option assessments or commercial/investment analysis.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to turn data into meaningful recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence engaging with clients and stakeholders.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively within a collaborative consulting environment.
• A curious and proactive mindset, including an interest in using AI, automation and analytics to improve how advisory work is delivered.

This opportunity would suit someone looking to broaden their infrastructure advisory experience, take greater ownership of project work and develop their commercial and client-facing capability within a growing team.

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 or take advantage of exclusive discounts to corporate health insurance, gym memberships and wellness facilities via our BWell program.
• Access benefits such as travel perks, retail discounts, employee referral rewards, study, and professional development support.

• Our leave options cater to the unique needs of our people; and include enhanced family support, cultural and religious leave, and 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 on the job training and formal development programs to help you succeed in your role and develop your skills and experience.

Our culture is underpinned by our core values (One, Bold, Human, Heart and Strive).

We are proud to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer for 2025-2026 by Diversity Council of Australia and a 2024-2025 Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).

BDO is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment practices. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview process, we encourage you to contact our Talent Acquisition team at ***********@bdo.com.au