Employment & Expatriate Tax Graduate Program

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

Join our Graduate Program as a Graduate Consultant within our Employment & Expatriate Tax team, from January 2025!  

BDO is one of the world’s leading audit, accounting, advisory and consulting firms. We provide a range of services to clients of all sizes and industries across Australia.  

Our Employment & Expatriate Tax team support clients with their employer obligations, including employment tax compliance and consulting (FBT, superannuation, payroll tax, WorkCover, Pay-As-You-Go Withholding). The team also support clients in ensuring they pay employees correctly through proactively supporting and building out processes and systems to ensure they get it right!

What you’ll do: 

As an Employment & Expatriate Tax Graduate at BDO, you can expect to:  

• Attend meetings including client and tax briefings for expatriate employees
• Research projects and draft advice
• Prepare Australian tax returns for expatriate employees
• Review and lodge FBT returns during our compliance period (May and June), including ad hoc FBT compliance throughout the year
• Be involved in pay compliance projects, including review of various industrial instruments (Awards, Enterprise Agreement) and analysis of payroll data
• Liaise with various regulators (ATO, state revenue authorities) 

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 Graduate 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 164 countries!  

What you’ll offer: 

• You will be in your final year, or have recently completed an Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Business or relevant undergraduate or postgraduate CA/CPA eligible degree
• Your ability to commence full-time in January 2025.

How to Apply   

Click ‘APPLY’ and fill out the online application, attaching your resume and transcript.  

Applications close 11:45pm (AWST) Wednesday, 27 March 2024. 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 [email protected]. 

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

Please note, responsibilities, salary, start dates and benefits may vary dependant on location.