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4.1
  • > 100,000 employees

Graduate Program - Risk Advisory (Jul 2025)

Location details

On-site

  • Australia

    Australia

    • New South Wales

      Sydney

    • South Australia

      Adelaide

    • Victoria

      Melbourne

Location

Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne

Closing in 4 weeks

Opportunity details

  • Opportunity typeGraduate Job or Program
  • SalaryAUD 65,000 - 75,000 / Year
  • Number of vacancies2-10 vacancies
  • Application open dateApply by 23 Mar 2025
  • Start dateStart date 21 Jul 2025

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 Consultant within Risk Advisory, from July 2025 or February 2026

Our Risk Advisory Services (RAS) team helps organisations identify and manage business risks to enhance decision-making and operational performance. Our services include internal audit, risk management, third-party contract assurance and compliance management. Join us to gain hands-on experience in safeguarding businesses against potential threats and ensuring robust governance and compliance.    

What you’ll do:  

As a Risk Advisory Graduate at BDO, you can expect to:  

  • Grow your knowledge and skills across a wide range of risk advisory areas  
  • Be exposed to internal audit, risk management, third-party contract assurance and compliance management  
  • Some day-to-day activities could include supporting business risk identification and assessments, undertaking controls testing, reviewing key process documents, supporting process walkthroughs/mapping, supporting client interviews.  

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
  • 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 166 countries!

What you’ll offer:

  • You will be in your final year, or have recently completed a Business Management, Commerce, Economics, Applied Finance or Accounting undergraduate or postgraduate degree

  • Your ability to commence full-time in July 2025 or February 2026.

Applications close 11:45pm Sunday, 23 March 2025. 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.

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

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.

Apply now to join #teamBDO.

Work rights

The opportunity is available to applicants in any of the following categories.

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Australian CitizenAustralian Permanent Resident

Qualifications & other requirements

You should have or be completing the following to apply for this opportunity.

Degree or Certificate
Qualification level
Qualification level
Associate Degree or higher
Study field
Study field (any)

Hiring criteria

  • Experience requirementNo experience required
  • Working rights
    Australian Citizen
  • Study fields
    Business & Management
  • Degree typesAssociate Degree or higher
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Graduate
Sydney
5 months ago

I am given a fair amount of responsibility, and plenty of support to learn.

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Graduate
Sydney
5 months ago

Checking emails, liaising with clients to receive information on their R&D activities, writing/drafting activities according to AusIndustry guidelines/ITAA legislation. Calculating financial incentives and meeting with clients.

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Graduate
Sydney
5 months ago

Admin tasks including note taking, setting up meeting and powerpoint/word templates, writing and research tasks

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About the employer

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BDO Australia

Rating

4.1

Number of employees

> 100,000 employees

Industries

Accounting & Advisory

At BDO we are passionate about creating opportunities for individuals to flourish early in their career with an array of career paths available.

Pros and cons of working at BDO Australia

Pros

  • The culture in and out of the office is great.

  • My colleagues are always willing to get out of their way to help me.

  • Great opportunity to learn. People are nice and not getting annoyed when I ask questions.

  • Never any pressure to stay late.

  • The training is great, I have learned a lot in my time here.

Cons

    • Pay is relatively low, however this is industry-wide.

    • The graduate program doesn't rotate us through all the service lines.

    • Some managers are great and give constructive feedback. Others do not provide you with proper instructions.

    • Dishwashers are small... toilets are not flushed... desk are most of the time dirty.

    • Could include more women, however this is the industry.