Specialist Tax (Transfer Pricing) Vacation Program

A career without compromise starts here.

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Every day we seek to reach for remarkable - in the opportunities we unlock the experience we share and the results we deliver. But unleashing the remarkable in each of us takes CARE and that connects our passion with the purpose we live by. Its why we go beyond in the way we care for our people clients and communities and support them to thrive always.

A Vacation Program with a difference

You deserve a career as unique as you are. At Grant Thornton we strive to provide you with all the space exposure training and opportunities you need to truly pursue a career without compromise.

Taking place over 4-6 weeks our Vacation Program offers you a unique insight into what its like to provide accounting and advisory services to a wide range of complex and dynamic clients and experience what life might be like as a Graduate with us. Our approach is simple: we provide you with remarkable support remarkable exposure and the opportunity to make a remarkable impact allowing you to unlock your potential and explore a career filled with possibilities.

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 currently have opportunities for driven and commercially-minded students to join our vacation program within our Sydney Transfer Pricing team.

Transfer pricing is one of the most challenging tax issues. Multinational companies are increasingly facing scrutiny from regulators media and the public and complying with different requirements across multiple jurisdictions can be a complex and time-consuming task.

Our Transfer Pricing team helps clients manage their entire transfer pricing lifecycle by:

• establishing planning structures when expanding overseas for the first time or entering new markets
• restructuring transfer pricing frameworks
• undertaking transfer pricing reviews
• conducting pricing of intercompany debt and arms length debt testing analysis
• supporting statutory reporting requirements; and
• preparing and maintaining local regional and global transfer pricing documentation.

Joining the Transfer Pricing team as a vacationer will see you:

• working closely with clients to understand their business holistically their operations and their objectives

• attending client site visits and walk throughs
• conducting due diligence reviews in support of M&C transactions
• liaising with the ATO and other jurisdictional agencies
• conducting in-depth industry research
• keeping up to date with legislative and regulatory changes
• having a high degree of direct client contact from day one.

Eligibility

To be eligible for our 2025/2026 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

We welcome applications from international students who are studying at an Australian tertiary institution. 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

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 onor to discuss your application and your individual circumstances.