BDO Australia
Graduate Program - CFO Advisory (Jan 2026)
Brisbane
Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- AUD 69,000 - 75,000 / Year
- 3-20 vacancies
- Apply by 11 Aug 2025
- Start date 19 Jan 2026
Take the next step in your career. Learn, grow, and be more at BDO!
Join our Graduate Program as a Graduate Consultant within our CFO Advisory team, starting January 2026!
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 CFO Advisory team provide support to public and private organisations, working closely with boards, committees, CEOs and CFOs in the establishment, delivery or transformation of their internal finance function.
The CFO Advisory team collaborates with a range of other services within BDO including our IFRS and Corporate Reporting, Consulting, Risk Advisory and Projects and Infrastructure teams. This gives you opportunities to be involved in a variety of work, including exciting transformation projects where you could be helping to set up a new finance function from scratch, or implementing suggested improvements to processes or systems.
What you’ll do:
As a CFO Advisory Graduate at BDO, you can expect to:
- Assist with finance function advisory services and transformation projects process improvements, finance/ERP system selection & enhancement, finance team structure reviews, and finance governance
- Prepare and/or develop financial, management and project reports
- From time to time, acting in an insourced role as part of a client’s team.
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, Business or Commerce (Accounting major) or relevant undergraduate or postgraduate CA/CPA eligible degree
- Your ability to commence full-time in January 2026.
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Australian Citizen +more
- Business & Management +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
I am given a fair amount of responsibility, and plenty of support to learn.
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.
Admin tasks including note taking, setting up meeting and powerpoint/word templates, writing and research tasks
About the employer
BDO Australia
4.1
> 100,000 employees
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.