2021/2022 Vacation Opportunities – Private Advisory And Tax - Sydney (Rolling Intake)

Our vacation experience program will give you the opportunity to begin your career well before you finish your degree, offering you a unique insight into our business and the opportunity to experience what it’s like to provide advisory and consulting services to clients at one of the world’s leading professional services firms.

Our program

With the opportunity to work in one of our core service lines, the vacation experience program will see you working alongside industry leaders to support some of Australia’s most dynamic leading and emerging businesses. 

As a vacationer, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Work on real client engagements
• Get involved in our committees and clubs
• Receive mentoring and feedback sessions with your assigned                 coach
• Attend regular networking events and social activities
• Participate in projects with a social/community impact

Taking place over 4-6 weeks, our vacation experience program is open to penultimate students who are undertaking either undergraduate or postgraduate studies.

We predominantly recruit our graduates through our vacation experience program – so a successful vacationer experience could also fast-track you to a graduate offer!

What we’re looking for

We're looking for driven, well-rounded candidates who connect with our clients, our purpose and our culture and want to make an impact right from the start.

In addition to studying towards a relevant qualification, we’re looking for people who are curious, ambitious and who value the things we value:

• We empower our people to make a difference. We want our people to think for themselves, to speak up, and to actively shape our firm’s culture and future.
• We genuinely care about our clients. As part of our work, we discover what’s important to them and enjoy helping them succeed.
• We want our people to bring their whole selves to work. Individuality and authenticity are very important to our firm.
• We highly value collaboration. We believe that it’s energising and stimulating to collaborate – to learn from and be inspired by others. We believe that diverse teams will always outperform the individual.

Vacation opportunities

We have vacation opportunities across the following service lines:

Private Advisory

Owners of private businesses face many challenges throughout the business lifecycle – from managing daily operations, tax and compliance, to navigating a competitive landscape and planning an exit strategy. Understanding how to grow our clients’ business means you will get involved a broad range of activities including:

• Preparation of accounts, tax returns, BAS, FBT and payroll tax returns for a broad range of clients from SMEs to large companies
• Assisting with tax and accounting advice
• Building relationships with clients
• Monitoring, reviewing and liaising with clients regarding compliance requirements
• Using a technology platform that is leading edge amongst all firms across Australia
• This role will suit someone who is eligible to commence the CA qualification, has excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong problem solving and analytical skills.

Specialist Tax

Within Specialist Tax, we have opportunities within:

Transfer pricing

Kickstart your career within a supportive and nurturing environment where you gain a wide range of specialist tax advisory. Key areas of involvement will include:

• Developing and implementing transfer pricing planning structures
• Preparing transfer pricing advice including financial analysis, benchmarking and report writing
• Preparing transfer pricing documentation and assisting in the review of International dealings schedule
• Assisting in controversy/dispute resolution with tax authorities
• Liaising with multinational clients across a broad range of industries in Australia and globally

You’ll be responsive and enjoy thinking outside of the box with a relevant degree or postgraduate degree (finance, economics or accounting).  You will have strong analytical and problem solving skills as well as the ability to build relationships.

Innovation Incentives

Research and development is critical to growing and maintaining a successful business. Our specialist Innovation Incentives team help our clients to make the most of their R&D investments through identifying eligible R&D activities as well as helping business access funding via government grants and incentive programs.  The team will support you in gaining a wide range of advisory exposure including:

• Technical writing: using your well-developed communication skills to articulate business strategy in terms of its positive impact to Australia's economy and innovation landscape.
• Commercial problem solving: solving business problems through analysis, critical thinking and logical reasoning.
• Business analysis: understanding businesses from multiple perspectives using operating models, commercial strategy and understanding of their external operating environments (business/political).
• Data analysis: using client data to develop budgets, financial modelling, costings and reporting.
• Information presentation: communicating to clients, internal stakeholders and regulatory bodies to support and influence decision-making.

You will be a strong communicator with the ability to gather, and analyse, information from a range of sources with a positive, enthusiastic ‘can do’ attitude.  You will be degree qualified in either Business, Commerce or Arts

Eligibility

To be eligible for our vacationer program opportunities, you must be:

• in your penultimate year of study (i.e. 2nd year of a 3 year degree, 3rd year of a 4 year degree, etc); and
• an Australian or New Zealand citizen, or an Australian permanent resident

Apply now

Applications close at 11.55pm AEST on Friday, 3 September 2021.  Positions are limited so apply early to avoid disappointment.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to assist you throughout the recruitment process, please contact Angela Tiet, Graduate Recruitment Business Partner on 03 8663 6584 or at GTTalentScouts@au.gt.com to discuss your application and your individual needs.