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Be part of a team that provides top-quality, practical taxation advice that’s tailored to our client’s unique circumstances - working with a variety of top-tier clients, ranging from multinational corporations to high net-worth individuals.

You'll learn from some of the industry’s top business experts, and we’re always open to discussing your professional development and future pathways. If you’re considering a postgraduate qualification such as a Graduate Diploma of Tax, Chartered Accountants (CA), or Masters of Tax/Law, we can explore potential support options.

Applications are now closed. Selected opportunities remain open in limited teams.

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Step 1. Discover your career pathway


Learn more about the specific Deloitte teams we hire into and the work you can expect in a role with us to find a career pathway that fits your skills, interests and future ambitions. 

Deloitte’s Business Tax (BT) team is a trusted advisor to some of the Australia’s largest and most complex businesses. Beyond just preparing tax returns, BT offers strategic advice to help clients navigate tax across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory environments.  

The team focuses on both operational tax support and high-stakes transactions, solving problems that utilise the skills of law, finance/commerce and accounting.  

BT is structured into four main service lines: ASX/MNC (Corporate & International Tax), Transfer Pricing (TP), Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Tax and Financial Services Institutions (FSI) Tax. 

What will you get to do?

ASX/MNC (Corporate & International Tax) – Help large companies follow tax rules and plan ahead. 

Transfer Pricing – Make sure international branches of the same company charge each other fairly. 

M&A Tax – Advise on the tax side of major business deals

FSI Tax – Support financial institutions like banks and super funds with complex tax matters. 

Degrees: Accounting, Business, Commerce, Economics, Finance, Law.

The ATO is more active than ever and our clients are increasingly seeking our trusted legal advice to manage complex tax disputes and transactions. 

You’ll be working on client matters from day one, collaborating with our team of highly experienced tax lawyers and resolving real issues confronting taxpayers. We pride ourselves on delivering expert, tailored advice for clients, who range from multinational corporations to large family groups. We also encourage our lawyers to contribute their skills and expertise to the pro bono program, which helps provide charitable organisations with meaningful legal advice and assistance.  

We also support our graduates with training and study opportunities while working with us, including completing their practical legal training for admission as a lawyer.

Come join us and make an impact that matters. 

What will you get to do?

At Deloitte Legal, our work is varied and no two days are ever the same. For example, our lawyers could expect to: 

Assist taxpayers in dealing with tax audits run by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and state revenue offices.

  • Brief Counsel and prepare evidence, files and submissions for litigation in the Administrative Review Tribunal, Federal and State courts.
  • Undertake research and prepare advice to support M&A transactions and the restructuring of private groups. 
  • Participate in discussions with the ATO and state revenue offices on behalf of our clients. 
  • As part of Deloitte Legal’s pro bono program, prepare advice for charitable organisations and help them register as a charity and/or a deductible gift recipient. 

Degrees: Law.

We advise many of Australia’s most successful privately owned enterprises, high net-worth individuals and families, and not-for-profits. You’ll get to work across a broad variety of advisory engagements providing assistance with restructures, transactions, intergenerational family planning and compliance engagements including preparation of financial statements and tax returns.

What will you get to do?

  • Be part of the best client service teams attending to our client’s compliance and advisory requirements, including preparing financial statements, income tax returns and working files to support  

  • Collaborate with other specialist teams within the private market 

  • Assist on advisory engagements and accounting solutions 

Degrees:  

Private Advisory - Accounting Business, Commerce.

Private Tax - Accounting, Business, Commerce, Law (combined with Acconting, Commerce or Business).

Through a global network of experts, we help global employers navigate the tax, technology, immigration, and mobility aspects. We also help them transform global programs cost-efficiently and use data analytics, digital insights, and other technologies to offer our clients tailored solutions.

What will you get to do?

  • Engage in client interactions addressing the personal and company tax and immigration implications of internationally mobile workers.
  • Assist clients in responding to regulator-initiated audits and reviews relating to matters such as underpayment of wages, primary tax obligations, compliance with immigration requirements and reporting of equity-based incentives.
  • Work with global teams to solve complex problems for large multinational employers.
  • Migration team: Law degree and Practical Legal Training (or, at a minimum, the coursework component) OR Graduate Diploma in Australian Migration Law and Practice and the associated Migration Agents Capstone Assessment.

Degrees: Accounting, Business, Commerce, HR, Economics, Finance, Law (Migration).

We're specialists in a broad range of increasingly important indirect taxes, including GST, State Taxes, Global Trade and Advisory, Fuel Tax and Luxury Car Tax. We’re at the forefront of indirect tax policy, framing national conversations, and regularly and successfully leading litigation.

What will you get to do?

  • Work with a diverse team of accountants and lawyers to solve complex tax issues as a result of mergers and acquisitions, business reorganisations and evolving indirect tax legislative change within Australia and globally.
  • Assist clients in managing tax authority and government regulator audits and reviews.
  • Work with several Deloitte teams to develop tailored solutions to assist clients with tax transformation, including outsourcing and adopting technology to streamline compliance.

Degrees: Accounting, Business, Commerce, Economics, Finance, Law.

We're not your typical tax function. We're a team of engineers, accountants, scientists, lawyers, and IP strategists. Our job is to help clients access incentives and grants. This includes identifying and communicating industry-scale R&D projects on behalf of our clients to the two entities that administer R&D tax incentives—the ATO and AusIndustry.

What will you get to do?

  • Provide technical and financial support and advice and draft technical documentation.
  • Liaise with government bodies regarding funding opportunities for clients.
  • Work with a variety of clients and industries and attend client meetings with managing directors, CFOs, tax managers, heads of R&D, chief scientists, chief technology officers and other key decision-makers.

Degrees: Accounting, Commerce, Finance, Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Environmental Management, Biotechnology, Mathematics .

Are you looking to join a united team of diverse professionals focused on solving complex challenges? If you're interested in tax transformation, technology, process, people join our team at an incredible moment in time… opportunity rewards those who are fearless in facing change – could this be your moment? 

What will you get to do?

  • Develop and Apply tax technical skills to client technology and data projects 

  • Designing, building, and implementing digital tools to streamline and automate processes for clients  

  • Supporting clients in their digital transformation journey  

  • Working side-by-side with data analysts to deliver tax solutions. 

Degrees: Business/Commerce (Accounting, Taxation, Finance, Economics), Data Analytics, Computer Science, IT, Project Management, Business Information Systems, Business Administration. 

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