Early Careers at BDO

Audit & Assurance

As a part of the BDO audit team you will become an indispensable adviser to our clients whether they are listed on ASX200, a national not-for-profit organisation or a fast growing privately-owned business.

Working in audit means building strong relationships with key individuals to better understand the company’s story before diving into analysing numbers, obtaining supporting evidence and reviewing their financial performance. Auditors must be able to understand the client’s business from all aspects, identifying potential risks and analyse information to provide the client and their investors  a level of assurance on the financial statements.

Each day will be different, working with a variety of clients with much of your time spent at the client’s premises talking to the different functions to understand the business being audited.

Upon completion of your professional study, you may be given the opportunity to be involved in overseas secondments in our network of over 1,800 offices across our international network of 167 countries.

William Bourke, Senior Manager, Audit & Assurance

“Within the first few weeks of joining the audit team, I was hitting the ground running at client sites working within a team. Each week – fortnight, you get to experience a new client and industry, take on new challenges and meet new people.

From large ASX listed clients to small non-profits, the constant exposure to different business environments and the constant learning that follows is unrivalled. There aren’t many jobs where, within a few weeks of starting, you’re sitting in a meeting with a CFO who is listening to you. The learning opportunities with the BDO audit team are endless!”

LEARN MORE ABOUT AUDIT & ASSURANCE

Business Services

BDO’s business services team provides financial management and accounting services to clients for both their business and personal wealth needs. Whether a company is looking to outsource their finance function or seeking to understand how to succeed in their chosen markets, our business services team provides a comprehensive range of services to support their needs. This includes standard accounting functions such as bookkeeping, payroll, taxation matters, cash flow analysis, budget setting and holistic business reviews.

Andrew Smirniotis, Manager, Business Services

“As a Graduate in business services, you get the opportunity to work with clients from both around the country and around the world. We interact with clients based in Europe, North America, and Asia, to ensure the timely preparation and delivery of Income Tax Returns, Business Activity Statements, and Financial Statements.

We also work with our international clients in setting up subsidiaries in Australia and advising them on necessary information required to operate in Australia.

Business services also serve as the outsourced finance function for many of our clients. This includes preparing payroll, AP and Management Accounts.”

LEARN MORE ABOUT BUSINESS SERVICES

Tax

BDO’s tax team partners with a variety of high-net-worth individuals and commercial organisations to provide specialist tax advice across a diverse range of issues. Our teams provide support with general compliance activities, employment taxation, and transaction support for mergers and acquisitions, right through to identifying opportunities for tax concessions via research and development and transfer pricing activities.

Our specialists advise on highly technical sector-specific activities, regulatory frameworks and legislation, whilst balancing exceptional client relationships.

Adam McLean, Manager, Corporate & International Tax

“The corporate and international tax team works closely with clients to help them understand Australian Tax Law and the impact it has on their business.

As we have clients from all around the world, each day tends to be different and our work can be categorised as either compliance or advisory.  Generally, our compliance work involves preparing complex Income Tax Returns, Business Activity Statements and assisting our clients with the tax disclosures in their financial statements. The advisory part of our work tends to be the most varied and can range from advising on the tax implications of a complex transaction, to the most tax effective way to finance a company’s Australian operations.

Due to the nature of our work, we often collaborate with other service lines, which allows us to benefit from the diverse range of people and industries that form part of the BDO network.”

LEARN MORE ABOUT TAX