Choose your own adventure
When applying for a Graduate or Vacationer Program, you’ll first need to select the career pathway you’re interested in. Then, you can pick a specific area, stream and team to work in if you already have one in mind. If you’re not sure yet and are open to different options, it’s okay to just stick to the pathway and not choose an area, stream or team.
About this pathway:
From auditing the ins and outs of a business, to reporting on environmental risks or assisting a Chief Financial Officer in implementing regulatory changes, these teams support the building blocks of trust in our society. They are key partners in keeping businesses effective, evolving, and growing sustainably and they deliver quality advice using innovative technologies and data-driven insights.
At KPMG our business is structured into divisions – Audit & Assurance, Consulting, Enterprise, Deals Advisory, Infrastructure and Futures, Tax & Legal, and Business Services. To explore your options further, look at our different divisions and business areas, and select the accordion to read about specific teams and the work they do.
Didn’t find a team listed that fits your skills and interests? Ask Scout, our friendly chatbot for more information on which teams are hiring as not all are represented here.
Graduate eligibility:
This area is for you if you’ve studied accounting, actuarial studies, or finance, but we are also looking for graduates who have studied environmental studies and data engineering.
We have roles available across all locations for this pathway.
Audit & Assurance
Audit & Assurance – External Audit
Our External Audit team play an integral role in maintaining the confidence of capital markets and preserving the integrity of the business landscape. As part of a dynamic and supportive team, you’ll use your accounting and analytical skills and develop a range of interpersonal and problem-solving skills across a variety of work. You’ll also have access to the latest in data and analytic platforms and find opportunities to expand your knowledge across a broad range of industries, such as technology, banking, energy, airlines and retail. You’ll work across a diverse range of clients - from iconic ASX-listed to global companies, dealing directly with finance teams to obtain, understand and verify the information that supports financial balances whilst getting to know their operations. We will support you to obtain your Chartered Accountancy with financial support, time to study and mentored practical experience. This can open doors to overseas opportunities through KPMG’s global secondment program. Join us to build a strong foundation for a career in business.
External Audit – Audit Information Technology
Join our energetic IT Audit team at KPMG, where technology meets risk management. As part of our team, you'll navigate the complexities of information systems and cybersecurity, ensuring that the digital gears of the business run smoothly and securely using Automated IT Controls. Engage in continuous learning with IT Audit, gaining cutting-edge insights into IT controls, systems, and governance, all while making a tangible impact on our audit business.
External Audit – Audit Data & Analytics
See team description in the Technology, Digital & Engineering pathway.
External Audit – Climate Change & Sustainability
See team description in the Business, Consulting & Risk pathway.
Consulting
Consulting – Superannuation Advisory
Work on a variety of engagements for superannuation funds within the corporate, industry, retail, and public sector space. We also assist employers with engagements including default fund reviews.
This work involves:
- Strategy and product development
- service provider tenders
- mergers and acquisitions
- insurance reviews
- investment governance reviews
- administration reviews
- benchmarking
- advice on regulatory matters affecting superannuation funds.
Consulting – Financial Risk Management
We assist clients to manage their exposure to credit risk and market risk, measure climate risk on credit portfolios, provide model risk management and assurance. Our team advises corporations and financial institutions on the identification, modelling, measurement, monitoring and management of the financial risks and we help our clients address complex quantitative challenges, create and protect sustainable business value and transform risk into a strategic advantage.
Consulting – Life Insurance & General Insurance
The future is uncertain. Actuaries use data for good: applying our mastery of data to harvest its insights, helping shape the strategic direction of organisations to secure their future. We use the power of extensive modelling, applying mathematical, statistical, economic and financial analyses to a wide range of business problems often using a large volume of financial and demographic data. Actuaries manage long-term financial risks and the uncertainties associated with them. Our Life Insurance and General Insurance teams help insurers, superannuation funds, banks & wealth managers by evaluating the likelihood of future events happening and designing ways to reduce the likelihood and impact of undesirable ones.
Consulting – Treasury
We provide end to end co-sourced corporate treasury management and advisory solution. We measure transition risk for energy and commodity companies. We provide Managed treasury services and Advisory to a variety of industries including government, real estate, Energy and Natural Resources, Manufacturing, Banking and Credit, Insurance, Funds Management and Not-for-Profit sectors.
Consulting – Advanced Analytics and New Ventures
We are experts in digital story telling. We use actuarial and high-end data science skills to deliver deep insights and help our clients make informed decisions, including around climate transition risk.
We work across multiple sectors, including Financial Services, Government, Health, Energy, Transport, Infrastructure, Retail, Space and more. We get the “so what” in the modelling by translating data into real world implications for our clients.
We help clients bring their strategies to life through engaging and persuasive visualisations and narratives.
Consulting – Finance Advisory
Work with CFOs and their finance teams to develop innovative solutions to the complex challenges they face. We help clients with our specialist financial control and reporting experience, advisory knowledge, collaborative approach, and ability to add value to help uplift their strategy and optimise processes.
Consulting – Forensic Risk
Help clients protect their business during times where facts and figures do not agree, behaviour does not comply with expectations, or where advice is needed for legal and regulatory requirements. We are experts in detecting and responding to fraud, bribery, corruption, money laundering, misconduct and other financial crime issues as well as resolving commercial disputes.
Consulting – Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC)
KPMG’s Governance, Risk & Compliance team supports organisations to improve governance and uplift their management of risk and compliance through improved business processes, controls and technologies.
We provide confidence that risks and opportunities are appropriately managed by assisting organisations to measure and optimise business performance and uphold their reputation by engaging in ethical business practices.
Enterprise
Enterprise – Business and Tax Advisory
Support private businesses, start-ups, family office groups and listed companies with accounting and commercial advice, business services, business acquisitions and disposals, superannuation, audits and tax advice. We prepare financial statements and provide business advice on matters like cash flow, succession, business performance and governance. Our clients seek our expertise on transactions and business structuring., IPO structuring and readiness.
Gain a deep understanding of the complexities of operating and managing privately owned businesses, family offices and private wealth. We know that no two businesses or two families are the same. We bring the clarity that helps businesses and families excel at every step of their business and private wealth journey.
Enterprise – Deals & Ventures
Our Enterprise mid-market Deals & Ventures group elevate the go-to-market strategy and offerings of growth companies, startups, venture capital and private equity backed investees. We also advise corporate, financial and private investors on mid-market as well as cross-border mergers & acquisitions. The team brings an integrated offering of M&A Advisory, Transaction Services, Financial Modelling and Tax Structuring services across the deal lifecycle.
We help clients with challenges such as:
- Acquisition/pre-lend due diligence: providing insights on the key issues and risks associated with a potential target business or asset.
- Vendor due diligence and assist services: preparing a business for sale and giving vendors control over the diligence process.
- IPOs and capital market transactions: Preparing businesses for success in a listed environment, including financial, governance, taxation, remuneration and broader strategic advisory. The IPO process involves provided credibility to financials in public documents.
- M&A tax diligence and structuring advice: providing advice to minimise transaction tax costs through tax-efficient deal structuring.
Enterprise – Audit & Assurance
Enterprise Audit & Assurance works with entrepreneurs, mid-market, private and family businesses, not-for-profit and Indigenous businesses, mid-size ASX300+, and emerging and fast-growing companies to build thriving organisations by delivering specialised quality audit and assurance services. You will work within tightknit and collaborative teams with dynamic client experiences. We give our clients the confidence to focus on what will truly make an impact and help them grow through what we do every day. Our work includes accounting advice, revenue assurance, statutory and regulatory audits, accounting standard assurance, service compliance reviews, data & analytics, and pre-assurance reviews.
Enterprise Advisory – Risk & Assurance
Enterprise work with entrepreneurs, private and family businesses, Indigenous organisations, not-for-profits, mid-size ASX300+, emerging and fast-growing companies to help them thrive. Our Risk and Internal Audit team work with clients to provide excellence in enterprise governance, risk management, internal audit, program assurance, and control transformation services. We help our clients understand, manage and oversee their risks, including conduct and regulatory change. We identify and manage material business risks that protect their reputation and enhance their performance. This typically involves the design and implementation of internal audit and risk management practices through a cost-effective and business-wide approach.
Deal Advisory, Infrastructure & Futures
Deal Advisory – Mergers & Acquisitions
We are one of the largest and most successful M&A businesses in Australia, with an enviable list of completed transactions across a broad range of industries including technology, consumer markets, healthcare, industrial markets and mining (services). We pride ourselves on providing independent corporate advisory services across a range of transactions including acquisitions, divestments, mergers, takeovers and capital raisings.
Deal Advisory – Valuations
Get involved in providing advice for transactions, reorganisations, disputes, litigations, financial reporting and impairment support, restructurings and funds.
Deal Advisory – Restructuring Services
Review and analyse businesses to work out whether they need financial restructuring, turnaround assistance or are insolvent. Our goal is to offer strategic business solutions designed to either reorganise companies or liquidate assets, ultimately aiming to optimise returns for creditors.
Deal Advisory – Transaction Services
Assist clients in assessing, planning and managing major equity transactions. Typically, our clients are medium to large corporations and private equity firms who are looking to acquire, divest or float businesses.
Deal Advisory – Working Capital Advisory
Bring a fresh perspective to helping organisations find and release cash and working capital within their business.
Deal Advisory – Corporate Finance
Join one of the largest and most successful Corporate Finance (M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions) businesses in Australia, with an enviable list of completed transactions across a broad range of industries including technology, consumer markets, healthcare, industrial markets and mining (services).
We pride ourselves on providing independent corporate advisory services for private and public market clients across a range of transactions including acquisitions, divestments, mergers, takeovers and capital raisings.
Deal, Adv. Inf – Commercial Advisory & Transactions
See team description in the Technology, Digital & Engineering pathway.
Deal, Adv, Inf – Project & Program Delivery
See team description in the Technology, Digital and Engineering pathway.
Applications for KPMG Australia’s Graduate Program will reopen in February 2025
About this pathway:
Our tax practice supports clients in planning and problem solving: planning strategies, projects and transactions while providing compliance services and technology to help solve tax problems. We focus on helping our clients meet their compliance obligations, realise planning opportunities and engage with markets and regulators. The work in this area is increasingly important to organisations’ as they are becoming more exposed to complex changes in tax regulation. Our Tax and Legal team are committed to responsible tax practice and we focus on helping our clients meet their compliance obligations, realise planning opportunities and engage with markets and regulators.
At KPMG our business is structured into divisions – Audit & Assurance, Consulting, Enterprise, Deal Advisory, Infrastructure and Futures, Tax & Legal and Business Services. To explore your options further, look at our different divisions and business areas, and select the drop down to read about specific teams and the work they do.
Didn’t find a team listed that fits your skills and interests? Ask Scout, our friendly chatbot for more information on which teams are hiring as not all are represented here.
Graduate eligibility:
Our tax teams are looking for graduates with accounting, business, management and law degrees.
We have roles available across all locations for this pathway.
Enterprise
Enterprise – Business & Tax Advisory – Tax Advisory
We have deep tax technical expertise and specialise in providing tax advice and compliance services to support our clients. We support clients on transactions and business structuring, IPO structuring and readiness, mergers and acquisitions and their expansion domestically and internationally. We are equipped to decisively deliver new ways of thinking, big-picture perspectives and acute insights that help clients make informed decisions.
Gain a deep understanding of the complexities of operating and managing privately-owned businesses, family offices and private wealth. We leverage the experience of our talented specialists, and our global practice, to address each client’s unique opportunities and challenges.
We collaborate to provide:
- specialist tax consulting and structuring advice
- tax advice on transactions
- assistance with developing tax governance frameworks
- support to clients with tax office audits and reviews
- assistance with the delivery of tax compliance services, including income tax returns, FBT returns and tax effect accounting assistance
- indirect tax advice for employment taxes, stamp duty and GST.
Enterprise – Business and Tax Advisory – Employment Tax
We have a clear focus on providing a high-touch, value-add advisory and compliance service to a diverse client portfolio. We also deliver on a number of Fringe Benefit Tax outsource engagements for some of Australia’s largest employers.
Tax
Immigration
Assists businesses in overcoming this complex area, and provide a range of corporate immigration services including advice on immigration strategies for companies and individuals.
Performance and Reward
Helps clients implement remuneration plans to reward and retain their people. Our leading remuneration practice advises ASX 200 and unlisted company boards and C-suites on remuneration and reward issues.
Tax Graduate Rotation Program
About the program
This 18-month program offers three rotations within the Tax Practice in the Tax & Legal Division providing an opportunity to explore three Tax teams with the support of a buddy, Performance Development Manager, Partners and our Tax Graduate Experience Manager. Teams include:
Rotation team – Corporate Tax
Leverage expertise and experience within and outside the financial services sector to help clients navigate challenges in managing their tax obligations. Our advice covers the corporate tax considerations of the entire business lifecycle:
- market entry and establishment
- entity and funding structures
- asset sales and acquisitions
- internal reorganisations
- commercial transactions
- post deal implementation
- capital management
- governance
- exit strategy
- ATO engagement
- compliance.
Rotation team – Global Transfer Pricing
An international team of economists, tax practitioners and analysts who help clients generate tax efficiencies and reduce the risk of challenges from revenue authorities. Our multidisciplinary approach and global mindset enable us to cover issues such as developing and executing commercially viable transfer pricing policies, compiling documentation for revenue authority audits, and complying with local revenue requirements.
Rotation team – International Tax
Assist clients in dealing with complex international tax law issues arising from cross-border investment. Make sure they structure their cross-border funding and holding company arrangements efficiently, while ensuring compliance with their obligations in multiple jurisdictions within a rapidly changing global tax landscape.
Rotation team – Private Client Tax Advisory
Gain a deep understanding of the complexities of operating and managing privately-owned businesses, mid-size ASX 300+, emerging and fast-growing companies, family offices and private wealth in our Private Client Tax Advisory Team.
Support clients on transactions and business structuring, IPO structuring and readiness, mergers and acquisitions and their expansion domestically and internationally. We are equipped to decisively deliver new ways of thinking, big-picture perspectives and acute insights that help clients make informed decisions. We leverage the experience of our talented specialists, and our global practice, to address each client’s unique opportunities and challenges.
Rotation team – Tax Transformation and Managed Services
Brings together tax experience, transformation capabilities and technology innovation specialists to assist organisations in transforming their tax functions to increase efficiency, improve governance and the accuracy of their tax reporting.
Rotation team – Tax Deals
A market-leading team of deals tax specialists with extensive experience in advising domestic and international investors on large transactions. We provide transaction tax advice to a range of clients in the deals market, including:
- the largest listed companies in Australia
- Australian and foreign pension and sovereign funds
- private equity funds
- institutional investors
- financial investors
- trade operators
- transaction taxes
Rotation team – GST Advisory
Work on the most significant transactions in the Australian market.
We are a group of market-leading teams supporting clients with tax due diligence, structuring, modelling, duty and land tax compliance and dispute resolutions. Our indirect tax assistance stretches from advisory, compliance and technology through to audits and disputes.
We also assist with fuel taxes and rebates, goods and services tax (GST), land taxes, luxury car tax, payroll taxes, stamp duty and wine equalisation tax.
Rotation team – Global Mobility Services
Bring together a range of employer consulting services, employer and employee tax and compliance management, technology solutions and international workforce optimisation to enhance the employee value proposition and deliver value to an organisation.
We work with clients across all aspects of managing their global workforce by helping them understand and manage risks in a cost-effective way.
Rotation team – Trade and Customs
This team is dedicated to helping companies navigate the trade and customs requirements associated with their cross-border trade in goods.
International trade is growing in complexity, and understanding the trade and customs landscape and associated opportunities and compliance issues is more important than ever. Our team is a part of the International Tax Advisory group, which includes the Transfer Pricing and International Tax teams.
Rotation team – Employment Tax
We cover an extensive range of employment tax services, working with our clients to manage compliance risks and reduce costs. We assist with the complexities of an international workforce through fringe benefits tax compliance, due diligence and planning, salary packaging, payroll tax and contractor, superannuation and termination payments advice.
We seek to cut through this complexity for clients by assisting them with compliance obligations and detailed advice on complex employment tax issues.
Legal
Legal – Tax Controversy & Dispute Resolution
Be part of a team of lawyers specialising in the resolution of tax disputes. We work with clients across matters like:
- revenue authority audits and reviews
- litigation
- tax structuring and negotiations across all areas of tax.
We are often required to draft letters of advice, attend client meetings, brief external counsel, and prepare for litigation or negotiations with revenue authorities. We have a wide range of clients from large multinationals, mid-market companies, to high net worth individuals.
Applications for KPMG Australia’s Graduate Program will reopen in February 2025
About this pathway:
Problem solvers and deep thinkers are at home in this area, where the focus is helping clients improve performance and innovate.
This could include modelling demand for nurses in rural locations, building a plan for a regional council to increase population, designing the end-to-end experience for a health insurer’s customers, or identifying risks in a paper company’s supply chain and almost everything in between. It’s all about bringing fresh perspectives to our clients’ challenges and collaborating across areas to deliver the best solutions.
At KPMG our business is structured into divisions – Audit & Assurance, Consulting, Enterprise, Deals Advisory, Infrastructure and Futures, Tax & Legal and Business Services. To explore your options further, look at our different divisions and business areas, and select the drop down to read about specific teams and the work they do.
Didn’t find a team listed that fits your skills and interests? Ask Scout, our friendly chatbot for more information on which teams are hiring as not all are represented here.
Graduate eligibility:
Just as the services in this pathway are broad, so too are the degree types we’re looking for. You could have a qualification in management, computer science, economics, human resources, information systems, behavioural science, accounting, communication or environmental studies, among many others.
We have roles available across all locations for this pathway.
Audit & Assurance
External Audit – Audit Data & Analytics
See team description in the Technology, Digital & Engineering pathway.
External Audit – Audit Information Technology
See team description in the Technology, Digital & Engineering pathway.
Human Rights/KPMG Banarra:
KPMG Banarra is the firm’s specialist human rights and social impact advisory team. We work with business, government, and not-for-profits across a wide range of human rights issues and social dimensions of sustainability. We seek to use our influence with organisations to drive accountability and to deploy our unique blend of skills and expertise to help create positive and lasting impacts for people in a way that delivers greater respect, dignity and equality.
Safeguarding (Vulnerable People):
Safeguarding includes the proactive and detective measures an organisation takes to keep vulnerable people, including children safe and includes supporting vulnerable people to understand their rights, and empower them to speak up, as well as the systems, processes and policies to protect and promote their safety and wellbeing. Our National Safeguarding Risk Advisory team works across a variety of industries and companies to supports organisations with the implementation of robust safeguards to ultimately prevent harm, protect society’s most vulnerable, ensure environments and people are safe and enable best outcomes.
Climate Change, Sustainability & Environment:
We work with organisations to identify, improve, manage and report climate change and sustainability risks and opportunities. We support clients with decarbonisation and climate risk, health and safety, circular economy, environment, sustainable finance, ESG strategy, measurement and assurance. If you’re interested in developing and implementing science-based solutions to address the environmental challenges we all face, we are the place for you.
Consulting
Consulting – Forensic Risk
See team description in the Audit, Finance & Assurance pathway.
Consulting – Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)
Support organisations to improve governance and uplift their management of risk and compliance through improved business processes, controls and technologies.
We provide confidence that risks and opportunities are appropriately managed by assisting organisations to measure and optimise business performance and uphold their reputation by engaging in ethical business practices.
Consulting – Technology Risk
See team description in the Technology, Digital & Engineering career pathway.
Consulting – Cyber
See team description in the Technology, Digital & Engineering career pathway.
Consulting – KPMG Strategy
We work across various industries to support strategic and operational decision-making via:
- risk frameworks
- risk operating models
- dynamic risk assessments
- risk culture and conduct
- transformation risk function.
Our ability to create enterprise-wide change sets us apart. We design strategies supporting enterprise-wide performance transformation, rapid opportunity quantification and a transition into value capture. We also focus on finding new business opportunities alongside ideation, experimentation, and funding options analysis.
Consulting – Customer & Operations
Help clients become more efficient and effective through tailored operations and improvement solutions. We work on the effective design, planning and sustainable execution of projects that primarily focus on:
- customer and growth strategy
- operational excellence
- procurement and supply chain advisory
- asset management
- engineering advisory.
This team also sits across our Customer Support segment.
Consulting – Policy, Economics and Public Impact (PEPI)
Provide advice and solutions for governments and not-for-profit organisations around public policy, strategy, programs, economics and government business.
We work closely with government departments to support the design, implementation, review and evaluation of public sector policies and programs. This can involve anything from assisting with change and reform, to service delivery, best practice approaches to public policy issues or evaluating if a program is meeting its aims.
Consulting – Transformation Project Management
This team is for you if you are results driven, want to understand project and program management principles, are prepared to think critically and committed to helping clients navigate their way through to success.
We work on projects such as digital transformation (e.g. eHealth, Salesforce upgrade, Workday, Oracle), business transformation, and organisational change for areas such as financial services, health, ageing, human services, energy, mining and property.
Consulting – Transformation Change
We play a crucial role in assisting clients with their transformation journeys.
We work with clients to help execute the project portfolios that drive their business strategy. This involves playing multiple roles within large transformative projects, programs and portfolios, and working with clients from a broad range of sectors to deliver business outcomes.
Consulting – Source and Procurement Advisory
Work with clients on their strategic sourcing and procurement needs such as procurement transformations through:
- functional maturity assessments
- structured category management
- centralisation through shared service centres
- outsourcing business functions
- designing operating and service delivery models.
Consulting – Workforce and HR Advisory
Advise HR executives on their transformation priorities, including HR functional capability uplift. We help clients solve complex problems with common challenges being:
- the lack of proficiency in using data and analysis to target future recruitment
- a greater need to plan for the shifts in workforce composition and enabling technologies
- pre and post HR transformation priorities.
Enterprise
Enterprise – KPMG Indigenous Services
Work across sectors on reconciliation and transformation initiatives for sustainable social impact and prosperity for Indigenous peoples and communities.
Our deep networks and expertise across the Indigenous sector allow us to provide expertise in best practice Reconciliation Action Plan development, Indigenous Estate and Cultural recognition matters, Indigenous consultation and Indigenous policy, programs and initiatives. We are a trusted adviser and specialist practitioner in Indigenous economic and business development.
Enterprise – Business and Tax Advisory
Support private businesses, start-ups, family office groups and listed companies with accounting and commercial advice, business services, business acquisitions and disposals, superannuation, audits and tax advice. We prepare financial statements and provide business advice on matters like cash flow, succession, business performance and governance. Our clients seek our expertise on transactions and business structuring., IPO structuring and readiness.
Gain a deep understanding of the complexities of operating and managing privately owned businesses, family offices and private wealth. We know that no two businesses or two families are the same. We bring the clarity that helps businesses and families excel at every step of their business and private wealth journey.
Enterprise – Human Capital Risk & Compliance
This team also sits in across our Technology, Digital & Engineering pathway.
Enterprise – Accelerating Business Growth
We help clients to invest in innovation, including research and development (R&D), we can create returns for our clients' business and assist in creating long-term value and competitive advantage for the Australian economy.
We help clients access funding, such as tax incentives and grants, for innovation and growth plans. We work with clients to prepare responses and secure funding from the most valuable incentive programs in Australia.
Our team features specialists with diverse technical knowledge and qualifications including engineers, scientists, IT specialists, lawyers and accountants. We place ourselves at the forefront of the latest guidance and requirements for funding through regular contact with policy makers and program administrators allowing us to provide valuable industry feedback.
This team also sits in across our Transformation & Innovation segment.
Enterprise Advisory – Risk & Assurance
Enterprise work with entrepreneurs, private and family businesses, Indigenous organisations, not-for-profits, mid-size ASX300+, emerging and fast-growing companies to help them thrive.
Our Risk and Internal Audit team work with clients to provide excellence in enterprise governance, risk management, internal audit, program assurance, and control transformation services. We help our clients understand, manage and oversee their risks, including conduct and regulatory change. We identify and manage material business risks that protect their reputation and enhance their performance. This typically involves the design and implementation of internal audit and risk management practices through a cost-effective and business-wide approach.
Enterprise – Business Transformation
We make companies more efficient and streamlined through operating models and business transformation. Work with entrepreneurs, private and family businesses, Indigenous organisations, not-for-profits, mid-size ASX300+, emerging and fast-growing companies to build thriving organisations.
We bring a “whole of organisation” approach to transforming clients’ businesses, from strategy to execution to help clients:
- grow their organisation, enter new markets or approach new customer segments
- achieve operational excellence across front, middle and back offices
- manage transformational programs across organisations, system integrators and other involved parties.
This team also sits in across our People & Culture, Business Advisory, and Environment, Social & Governance segments.
Deal Advisory, Infrastructure & Futures
Deal, Adv, Inf – Commercial Advisory & Transactions
See team description in the Technology, Digital & Engineering pathway.
Deal, Adv, Inf – Planning & Infrastructure Economics
See team description in the Technology, Digital & Engineering pathway.
KPMG Futures
Explore future possibilities to accelerate smart bets. We capture local and global signals around social, demographic, technological, economic and political trends. Then, using these signals, we identify disruptive insights and innovation priorities to define a series of business model hypotheses for KPMG and our clients. Our core competencies include research, experimentation, and client and firm enablement.
Deal, Adv, Inf – Project & Program Delivery
See team description in the Technology, Digital & Engineering pathway.
Business Services
Business Services – Clients, Growth and Markets
Lead the firm’s sales by providing business development and account management activities, pursuits support and market insights.
We prepare information, analyse data, and manage small projects.
Applications for KPMG Australia’s Graduate Program will reopen in February 2025
About this pathway:
Teams across these areas use their specialist skills to develop sustainable solutions to challenging problems and are focused on building for better. Their work spans data science, construction and project management, cloud implementation, IT strategy development, cyber, ethical hacking, and much more, and they’ll often work alongside other KPMG teams to support our clients.
At KPMG our business is structured into divisions – Audit & Assurance, Consulting, Enterprise, Deals Advisory, Infrastructure and Futures, Tax & Legal and Business Services. To explore your options further, look at our different divisions and business areas, and select the drop down to read about specific teams and the work they do.
Didn’t find a team listed that fits your skills and interests? Ask Scout, our friendly chatbot for more information on which teams are hiring as not all are represented here.
Graduate eligibility:
If you’ve studied information systems, computer science, engineering, commerce, economics, data science or business management, this could be the pathway for you.
We have roles available across all locations for this pathway.
Audit & Assurance
External Audit – Audit Data and Analytics
In our dynamic Data Analytics team you’ll unlock your full potential! As part of our Audit and Assurance division, you'll be at the forefront of delivering cutting-edge AI-powered and technology solutions that support external audit engagements. Our team provides data-driven, technology-focused solutions that address complex challenges for both our external audit teams and clients.
External Audit – Audit Information Technology
Join our energetic IT Audit team at KPMG, where technology meets risk management. As part of our team, you'll navigate the complexities of information systems and cybersecurity, ensuring that the digital gears of the business run smoothly and securely using Automated IT Controls. Engage in continuous learning with IT Audit, gaining cutting-edge insights into IT controls, systems, and governance, all while making a tangible impact on our audit business.
Consulting
Consulting – Technology Advisory
Work with clients to align their technology capabilities with their objectives. We focus on performance evaluation, IT strategy development, IT operations advice, efficiencies, and cost reduction.
We’re not tied to hardware or software suppliers, so our advice is objective and tailored to each client’s needs. Using KPMG’s extensive national and global resources, we adopt a multidisciplinary approach to unlocking the full potential of existing and new technology investments.
Consulting – Technology Implementation
Work with organisations to enhance their technology through the analysis, assessment and implementation of proven technology solutions such as Workday, SAP, Oracle, Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics.
Consulting – Data Analytics and AI
Join a business integrator providing cloud solutions to help clients achieve their business strategy with the right technology.
We encourage a cloud-enabled approach to business transformation leveraging KPMG’s firm-wide deep industry and functional knowledge. We work alongside clients in a one-team approach, running client workshops, attending client meetings, liaising with internal teams onshore and offshore, and working with the client to understand business requirements.
Consulting – Technology Perth
Join a team that provides services to tech functions including implementation, advisory, data and cloud.
Consulting – Cyber
Help clients comprehend and manage technology, cyber and information risks, including:
- enhancing business resilience
- meeting IT compliance and governance obligations
- assessing cybersecurity readiness
- conducting technical security assessments.
We often coordinate with client contacts to understand and document controls for internal files. We also conduct technical engagements like penetration tests or red team engagements to assess an organisation’s cybersecurity readiness.
Consulting – Digital Experience (Customer and Operations)
Provide end-to-end digital innovation and transformation services as part of a highly multidisciplinary team with people from a wide variety of backgrounds across technology, marketing, business, human science, design and more.
We work with clients to reimagine and reinvent their organisation, helping them become world-class digital enterprises using advanced technologies, data and human insights. We bring together best practice knowledge and technology, along with deep expertise across all industries.
Consulting – Technology Risk
Help clients better comprehend and manage technology, cyber and information risks. We assist clients in assessing the adequacy of their technology risk management through:
- IT auditing and attestation
- enhancing outcomes from major IT investments
- identifying and managing cybersecurity and other technology/information risks
- enhancing business resilience/continuity and crisis management
- improving understanding and management of technology risks through designing and implementing effective control frameworks over technology assets.
Enterprise
Enterprise Advisory – Technology Services
Are you are interested in how the two worlds of technology and consulting are bridged together to create innovative and effective solutions? Enterprise Technology Services design solutions to help clients make the most of the business opportunities presented by technological change.
Our services set the foundations for a digital transformation program that connects the front, middle and back offices and includes:
- developing digital and IT strategies
- data and AI optimisation
- designing the target IT operating models
- gathering business requirements and selecting technology solutions
- developing IT-based business cases
- designing solution architectures
- implementing selected technology solutions.
This team also sits in across our Technology Operations, Data & Analytics, AI, ML & Automation and Technology Engineering (systems and platforms) segments
Enterprise Advisory – Technology Integration
Are you passionate about technology, data and AI? We work with our leading corporate and government clients to modernise their data platforms for data driven insights, connect their data and systems, automate tasks and processes to drive seamless customer experience and empower AI-driven innovation. We are recognised as leaders in the industry, working with our best of breed alliances to deliver innovative digital solutions underpinned by our global best practices and cutting-edge technology. We use a platform-based approach to successfully deliver projects across the entire lifecycle from strategy, analysis, design, development and managed services so you will have the opportunity to learn and grow your skills across every aspect of the data management and integration lifecycle. Join our growing team today!
This team also sits in across our Data & Analytics and Technology Engineering (systems and platforms) segments.
Enterprise Advisory – Risk & Assurance – Cyber
Focus on helping mid-market clients address cyber risks and build cyber resilience while operating their business. We identify, assess and manage threats, and establish effective risk frameworks, and cyber and technology risk advisory. We assess our clients’ cyber maturity using KPMG frameworks and industry standards and provide incident response planning and managed security services. We also provide cyber risk quantification, compliance and governance, vulnerability assessments and managed solutions.
Enterprise – Human Capital Risk & Compliance
A multidisciplinary team bringing together practical experience and deep expertise across risk assurance, industrial relations, employment law, payroll operations and data analytics to provide an end-to-end service across all human capital risk and compliance services.
We sustain a compliant workforce framework through a focus on technology and analytics. We help our clients utilise data to identify, quantify and analyse their risk areas. Some of the work we do:
- deliver leading-edge data analytics and remediation activities leveraging specialist knowledge of different payroll and HR systems
- develop components across the entire data pipeline, from extract/transform/load to data visualisation
- contribute data-driven insights to help our make important business decisions and minimise risks around employee entitlements.
We also consider Data, Analytics, AI, ML and Automation students.
Deal Advisory, Infrastructure & Futures
Deal, Adv, Inf – Project and Program Delivery
We offer multidisciplinary planning and design services, across all phases of the project lifecycle.
Our extensive experience means we can create project controls to analyse, assess and manage risk in all major projects. Robust governance, project controls, data-based solutions and new digital technologies help manage risk and improve productivity.
This team also works across our Business, Consulting & Risk and Audit, Finance & Assurance pathways.
Deal, Adv, Inf – Engineering and Asset Management
Help clients make decisions and achieve business objectives in asset management and engineering. Our Engineering Services provide several interdisciplinary services to assist organisations in how to specify, design, integrate and manage complex systems over an asset’s lifecycle. This includes:
- the application of systems thinking to design and deliver assets
- assessing the condition of assets during their useful life
- assessing the environment in which those assets are deployed.
This team also sits across our Data & Analytics, AI, ML & Automation and Technology Engineering (systems and platforms) segments.
Deal, Adv, Inf – Planning and Infrastructure Economics
Provide strategic, economic, policy and planning advice for infrastructure, places and precincts, and other major projects. We work with government agencies and departments on business cases, policy advisory, urban and regional plans across the following industry sectors:
- transport (rail, road, ports and aviation)
- energy
- natural resources
- social infrastructure
- urban/regional development and placemaking.
Deal, Adv, Inf – Commercial Advisory & Transactions
Provides commercial and financial advice for major projects or transactions, with specialised groups within the team focused on infrastructure, energy, and real estate.
We work across different asset classes including:
- transport (rail, road, ports and freight)
- energy
- social infrastructure (health, housing, education, justice and security)
- defence
- complex property and precincts (real estate).
This team also sits in across our AI, ML & Automation and Technology Engineering (systems and platforms) segments
Business Services
Business Services – Connected Technology Group (CTG)
The Connected Technology Group (CTG) is a coordinated, collaborative and firmwide approach to technology in one specialised, integrated team. Our ambition is to simplify, digitise, and transform our firm. To deliver on this ambition, we are building a first-class, modern, thriving technology business with the latest systems and the best people in the business.
Applications for KPMG Australia’s Graduate Program will reopen in February 2025
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