Shape your future. Ignite your potential.
At Grant Thornton, we’re committed to shaping better futures - starting with yours.
Our Vacation Program is designed for students who want real insight into professional life and a meaningful start to their career. Over 4 to 6 weeks, you will gain hands‑on experience working with teams across accounting, tax and advisory, supporting a wide range of complex and dynamic clients. It is an opportunity to see how your studies translate into real work and what life as a graduate at Grant Thornton could look like.
From day one, you will be supported through meaningful work, genuine mentorship and a culture that values what makes you different. You will gain exposure to real client challenges, develop practical skills and build confidence in a professional environment.
This is more than an internship. It is a chance to explore your potential, build capability and take the first step towards a career that feels truly remarkable.
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
We have vacation program opportunities available across the following service lines:
- Audit & Assurance
- Private Enterprise
- Financial Advisory (including Corporate Finance, Restructuring Advisory and Forensics)
- Tax (including Corporate Tax and Specialist Tax)
- Management Consulting
- Risk Consulting
Please note: Service line opportunities offered may vary between office locations and opportunities in certain teams may be restricted by CA eligibility.
Eligibility
To be eligible for our 2026/2027 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
International students who are studying at an Australian tertiary institution and hold either a 485 or 500 visa type are invited to complete an Expression of Interest to be considered for our vacation program.
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
For more information on each step of the recruitment process, as well as tips and advice from our Early Career teams, click here.
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 at [email protected] to discuss your application and your individual circumstances.
Skills Required
- Be in your penultimate or final year of undergraduate or postgraduate studies
- Have full-time working rights in Australia at the time of application
- Be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, an Australian permanent resident, or an eligible visa-holder (subject to conditions)
- International students studying at an Australian tertiary institution must hold a 485 or 500 visa to be considered
- Be available to work full-time during your university break for a 4–6 week period
- Maintain a current visa or independently apply for and obtain permanent residency (Grant Thornton will not sponsor residency)
What We Do
Your business deserves remarkable support. No matter your industry, business lifecycle stage, market or growth plans, our experienced audit, assurance, tax and advisory professionals are dedicated to achieving the best outcome for you and your stakeholders. To us, care is as important as capability because we believe that your experience is as important as the outcome. Our culture is underpinned by a commitment to our clients, people and communities, and our promise to ‘Reach for Remarkable’ by providing proven expertise, principled execution, and personalised experience. Grant Thornton Australia is a member firm of the Grant Thornton global network – one of the world's leading independently-owned and managed accounting and consulting firms. Our brand is respected globally and recognised by capital markets, regulators and international standards setting bodies. In Australia, we have over 1,500 people across Tarndanya (Adelaide), Meeanjin (Brisbane), Gimuy (Cairns), Naarm (Melbourne), Boorloo (Perth) and Warrang (Sydney). Our business is based on transparency and independent governance of the highest standard, and our structure helps ensure accountability right through to our Board. Together, our purpose and values serve as our driving force and guidepost for all our interactions so that your business, our wider community and people within our own organisation have a strikingly different experience. Find out more: www.grantthornton.com.au
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