Corporate Graduate Program (Finance, Regulation and Strategy & Customer)

About us:

CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy own and operate the electricity distribution networks servicing 1.9 million customers located across 65% of Victoria. 

Knowing you're responsible for providing an essential service upon which thousands of lives and businesses depend is a sure-fire way to feel valued and deeply connected to the community.

It's a hugely rewarding experience, being able to harness the best technologies to help integrate renewables into the network and drive progress on climate change. Because every day, you're helping solve some of the biggest energy challenges of our generation. 

These are the two most compelling things about building a career here, according to our people. But there's plenty more.

What’s our Graduate Program about?

Be part of the change. We’re looking for the best and brightest minds across three disciplines within our corporate and customer space to join us in February 2024. Each discipline presents with unique requirements and opportunities: 

•    Business strategy, innovation and customer experience

- Degree qualification in any field

- Versatile, enthusiastic and bright minded; not just academically

- Able to expeditiously build relationships

- Puts the customer at the centre to find solutions

•    Finance

- Qualification in accounting or a similar discipline

- Accounting concepts acquired from tertiary studies

- Sound communication and interpersonal skills to interact effectively with a range of key stakeholders 

- Nimble with numbers, and enjoy story telling through data analysis

- The ability to take initiative and effectively problem solve, along with keen attention to detail

•    Regulation

- Qualification in economics, finance, commerce, law or public policy

- Persuasive and effective communicator 

- Understanding of microeconomics and basic quantitative analysis

- An interest in energy markets and public policy

Our graduate program will connect you to industry leaders and expose you to innovative projects and transformative industry change.

You will undertake rotations within your core discipline, along with developing wider business knowledge, to give you maximum exposure and a truly immersive experience. 

At the end of the program, you’ll have an opportunity to pursue a permanent role that best matches your skills and interests with business opportunities.

Why us? 

- You’ll be supported in a workplace that's both dynamic and welcoming, learning from the best in the business

- You will be part of a company where there's a focus on inclusivity, collaboration, and rewarding the individual and their aspirations

- Our business is a place where your ideas are heard, and we’re committed to developing you to be a creative innovator and collaborative leader

- As a graduate, you’ll choose your own path, but you’ll be fully supported along the way to build your networks with mentoring, career coaching       and a personalised learning plan 

- You’ll join a broad network of graduate peers, be afforded fast-tracked development opportunities, and build meaningful relationships to advance your career 

- With an embedded Inclusion & Diversity Strategy and initiatives like our Women in Power networking group, and Sparkle, our LGBTIQ+ allies pride network, we’re committed to equal opportunities for all employees

To be eligible, you’ll need to:

- Graduate from your Bachelor or Masters degree by the end of the 2023 academic year

- Be prepared to commence full-time employment in February 2024 in Melbourne

- Have the right to work in Australia (please note for international applicants, you will need to secure/have secured a subclass 485 or 189 working visa)

- Have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or greater

- Be available to take part in an assessment day with us if invited scheduled for late August 2023.

Apply now!

If you are driven and passionate about making an impact, include your resume, cover letter and most recent university transcript, and please ensure that you indicate which discipline you are interested in. We look forward to learning more about you! Apply now via our Careers site.

Applications close midnight Sunday 30 July 2023.

Want to know more? Take a look at our graduate page: https://www.powercor.com.au/careers/our-graduate-programs/

Or, contact us at [email protected].

CitiPower, Powercor, United Energy and Beon Energy Solutions are Equal Opportunity Employers