2025/2026 Finance Advisory Internship (Nov 2025)

A career without compromise starts here.

At Grant Thornton, we see the world a little differently - not for how things are, but for how they could be. And when it comes to people, we see you differently too – with near limitless potential to unlock and harness.

Every day we seek to reach for remarkable - in the opportunities we unlock, the experience we share and the results we deliver. But unleashing the remarkable in each of us takes CARE, and that connects our passion with the purpose we live by. It’s why we go beyond in the way we care for our people, clients and communities, and support them to thrive, always.

A Vacation Program with a difference

You deserve a career as unique as you are.  At Grant Thornton, we strive to provide you with all the space, exposure, training and opportunities you need to truly pursue a career without compromise. 

Taking place over 4-6 weeks, our Vacation Program offers you a unique insight into what it’s like to provide accounting and advisory services to a wide range of complex and dynamic clients, and experience what life might be like as a Graduate with us.  Our approach is simple: we provide you with remarkable support, remarkable exposure and the opportunity to make a remarkable impact – allowing you to unlock your potential and explore a career filled with possibilities.

What we offer you:

• A full-time, paid opportunity to gain work experience over your university break
• Exposure to real client work and projects with a social/community impact
• A plethora social and networking opportunities
• Receive mentoring and regular on-the-job feedback from your assigned buddy and coaching manager
• A structured learning program to support the development of your technical skills and commercial acumen

Best of all, a successful vacationer experience could also fast-track you to a graduate offer!

Your opportunity

Explore a career in Finance Advisory by joining one of our core client teams:

• Restructuring Advisory
• Corporate Finance
• Forensic Consulting

Restructuring Advisory

Some organisations are so well established, it seems like they could never go out of business. But a failure to innovate, poor internal controls, a change in customer demands or external market conditions can rapidly cause a business to enter into financial distress or fail completely.

Formulating and executing a business restructure or turnaround strategy can be challenging for management. Our Restructuring Advisory team works closely with business owners, managers and lenders to identify and resolve issues affecting profitability, protect enterprise value and recover value.

Joining the Restructuring Advisory team as a graduate will see you:

• preparing financial analysis or forecasting work papers
• attending a client’s worksite
• conducting investigations including review accounting records and supporting documentation
• drafting reports for clients and/or regulatory bodies
• liaising with banks, the ATO and key creditors
• preparing for and attending creditor meetings.

Corporate Finance

Our Corporate Finance team works with clients through all stages of a transaction or investment, ensuring key decision makers have the right information to make informed decisions and maximise value.

Joining our Corporate Finance team as a graduate could see you work across all aspects of corporate finance, including:

• Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
• Due diligence
• Valuations
• Financial modelling.

Forensic Consulting

Complex legal proceedings, financial disputes and investigations are increasingly common and can prove a distraction to businesses and their leaders in driving strategy and achieving outcomes. They can also place considerable financial and reputational risk on businesses.

Our Forensic Consulting team works with our clients across all aspects of forensic consulting, including commercial litigation support, investigations and fraud and asset tracing.

Joining the Forensic Consulting team as a graduate will see you:

• preparing accounting work papers
• undertaking client, industry and sector research projects
• reading and synthesising relevant case law and legislation
• getting involved in business development activities, networking and professional development seminars
• working on independent reviews on behalf of the Fair Work Commission or Fair Work Ombudsman.

Eligibility

To be eligible for our 2025/2026 Vacation Program, you must be:

• in your penultimate or final year of your undergraduate or postgraduate studies; and
• an Australian or New Zealand Citizen, a Permanent Resident of Australia or a visa-holder (subject to some conditions).

International students and graduates

We welcome applications from international students who are studying at an Australian tertiary institution.  To be eligible to apply, you will need to demonstrate that you have full time working rights within Australia at the time of your application.  We recommend you review our international student and graduate eligibility information prior to starting your application.

Please note: Grant Thornton Australia will not sponsor students or graduates for the purposes of residency. Successful candidates will be required, as a condition of their employment, to maintain a current visa or where relevant, to independently apply for and obtain permanent residency.

Your application

Five easy steps to starting your career at Grant Thornton:

• Get to know us
• Apply online
• Complete our online testing – the Grant Thornton Strength Assessment
• Complete the video interview
• Attend an assessment centre and/or interview

Need additional support?

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible for anyone who wishes to apply, and we warmly welcome applications from students who have a disability or identify as neurodiverse.  Should you require any adaptations to the recruitment process or need any additional support from us to help you perform at your best, please reach out to our Early Careers team on 03 8663 6436 or earlycareers@au.gt.com to discuss your application and your individual circumstances.