Graduate Program | Tax & Legal Consulting - Global Employer Services

Job Requisition ID: 40612 

• Join a team recognised for excellence - Deloitte is the current Tax Firm of the Year.
• Tackle real client challenges from day one and shape solutions that make a tangible impact.
• Access flexible work options and industry-leading learning that empowers your future.

Are you curious about where a career in Tax could take you?

At Deloitte, our Tax & Legal team works on real challenges that matter. Our Graduate Program is designed to help you build skills, confidence and clarity about the kind of career you want to grow into. We will connect you with coaches and mentors who are at the top of their game and are fully invested in advancing your career, with your growth as our priority.

Our Graduate Program is a permanent, full-time role from day one, with structured learning, real-world client work, and hands-on projects to build your career. You’ll be supported by a dedicated buddy and coach, flexible work options, and wellbeing support as you grow your skills and confidence.

Interested in further study? You will have the opportunity to pursue qualifications such as the Diploma of Tax, Master of Tax or Chartered Accountants.

Start date: July 2026 or March 2027

Program type: Full-time, permanent

Location: Canberra

Eligibility: Final-year students or recent graduates & Australian Citizen

About the team

Our Canberra Employment Taxes team, being part of our Global Employer Services (GES) team, specifically advise on complex employment tax matters including assisting on matters relating to payroll, PAYG, superannuation, payroll tax and fringe benefits tax (FBT), mitigating compliance risks and providing innovative solutions – this is a critical role to support the reputation of employers, particularly in the current labour and skills shortage.

With complexity and change in Tax and IR regulations comes a need for data-driven insights and fit-for-future solutions - that's where we come in. The employment tax team, working collaboratively with other market-leading teams at Deloitte, combines tax research, automation techniques and data analytics, to advise and assist employers to maximise performance and achieve sustainable compliance with respect to its employment tax and reporting obligations.

What will your typical day look like?

The employment tax team at Deloitte are at the forefront of exciting developments with automation and analytical solutions and you will have the opportunity to work with a forward-thinking team in a supportive environment:

• Providing advice, and designing and implementing new solutions for clients
• Assisting with the implementation of technology for tax and utilising tax technology and analytics
• Working across the business of Deloitte to solve multi-disciplinary problems with major Australian government departments

Enough about us, let’s talk about you.

We’re seeking final year students or recent graduates (within 2 years) to join our graduate program.  As a bright, ambitious and hard-working student, you’ll also:  

• Be studying or recently completed a degree in Accounting, Business, Commerce, HR, Economics or Finance
• Enjoys working with a team and can work with a diverse range of clients across Australia and other parts of the world
• Is self-driven, resourceful and problem solver oriented
• Enjoys working with numbers and technology and is self-motivated drive our digital offerings
• Demonstrates the ability to work collaboratively toward common goals and utilise past experience in successfully delivering analytically driven insight
• Has Australian Citizenship

You won’t be expected to know everything from day one. You’ll be supported through structured learning, feedback and collaboration.

Why Deloitte?

At Deloitte, we focus our energy on interesting and impactful work. We’re always learning, innovating and setting the standard; making a positive difference to our clients and our society. We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction – whether it be up, moving into something new, or even moving across the world.  

We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles. What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone’s perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong. 

We prioritise flexibility and choice. At Deloitte, you get trust on Day 1. We know our people get their best work done when they’re in control of where and how they work, designing their work week around their client, team and personal commitments.

We help you live and work well. To support your personal and professional life, we offer a range of perks and benefits, including retail discounts, wellbeing leave, paid volunteering days, twelve flexible working options, market-leading parental leave and return to work support package. 

Next Steps 
Sound like the sort of role for you? Apply now.

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By applying for this job, you’ll be assessed against the Deloitte Talent Standards. We’ve designed these standards so that you can grow in your career, and we can provide our clients with a consistent and exceptional Deloitte employee experience globally. The preferred candidate will be subject to background screening by Deloitte or by their external third-party provider.