BDO

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 our Employment & Expatriate Tax team, starting January 2026!

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

Join our Graduate Program as a Graduate Consultant within our Global Expatriate & Employment Taxes team, starting immediately or January 2026!

Our Global Expatriate & Employment Taxes team support Japanese Multinational clients with their employer obligations, including employment tax compliance and consulting (FBT, superannuation, payroll tax, WorkCover, Pay-As-You-Go Withholding) as well as their Japanese inbound expatriate employees’ tax compliance in Australia.

What you’ll do:

As a Global Expatriate & Employment Taxes Graduate at BDO, you can expect to:

• Attend meetings with Japanese corporate clients and tax briefings for expatriate employees
• Research projects and draft advice
• Prepare Australian tax returns for Japanese 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)
• Assist our national Japan Practice Lead Partner and its various activities (including client seminars, newsletters etc)

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
• Benefits including free breakfast, healthy snacks and dress for your day
• A culture of opportunity, connection, community, and impact
• Global possibilities, we’re in 166 countries.

Eligibility

To be eligible for our Graduate Program, you will need to: 

• Be in your final year, or have recently completed an Accounting, Commerce, Finance, Business or other relevant undergraduate or postgraduate degree
• Possess fluent Japanese (native level) language skills
• Demonstrate an understanding of Japanese corporate business culture, ideally with experience working in a corporate environment in Japan
• Be eligible to undertake postgraduate study (CA/CPA, CFA)
• Be available to start immediately or January 2026.

How to Apply  

Click on the student program and location you want to apply for. Click ‘Apply’ to create your Workday home account, fill out the online application form, select your first and second team preferences, and attach your resume and transcript.   

Applications close at 11:45pm Wednesday, 20 August 2025 AEST. We start reviewing applications as soon as they come in, so don’t wait to submit yours!  

Our friendly student recruitment team is here to help you and wants 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 student.careers@bdo.com.au.

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.