Graduate Auditor (Sep 2025)

QAO’s 12-month graduate program is the first step in an incredibly rewarding and versatile career. 

You will be a valued member of our collaborative, diverse, and fun team, where everyone is supported to be their best. And as a permanent staff member from day one, you will progress directly to Auditor level after successfully completing the program.

We will provide: 

• comprehensive, hands-on learning opportunities 
• on-the-job training in a supportive team
• regular professional development sessions
• mentoring and a dedicated buddy as you start working with a variety of clients
• support to achieve your professional accreditation (such as CA, CPA, or IPA)
• flexibility and a 36.25 hour work week to promote work–life balance
• a variety of opportunities, experiences, and work to build your skills and knowledge.  

As a Graduate Auditor, you will work across different teams, engage with a range of clients throughout Queensland, and apply our technology and tools to glean unique insights. Effective communication skills, the ability to identify and solve problems and achieve results, a sense of adventure, and a passion for pursuing better public services are desirable qualities for the role. 

Unlock your potential while you help improve public services for all Queenslanders – from the local government services you use in your community, to your hospitals, energy providers, universities, and more. 

We also offer:

• a Brisbane-based, hybrid working model – work from our head office, client sites, or from home
• a starting salary of $88,509, which includes 12.75 per cent superannuation and 17.5 per cent leave loading
• continuous learning opportunities, including formal training and personalised career development.

If you graduate before January 2026, or have graduated within the previous 2 years, join our team and make a real difference to people’s lives.

You have a choice of commencing in October 2025 or February 2026, depending on your university graduation date. 

About the Queensland Audit Office

As the independent auditor of state and local government public sector entities, we are vital to Queensland’s integrity system. We provide independent, professional audit and assurance services, giving parliament and the public trusted assurance and insights.

We have hundreds of audit clients from a wide range of industries across the beautiful state of Queensland. We help them improve their financial management and performance, so they can deliver better public services for the community. We support the Queensland Parliament in holding entities to account for the effective, efficient, and economical use of public resources. We also engage with many other stakeholders, such as integrity bodies, accounting standards boards, and Australian and international audit offices. 

Innovation, teamwork, and client relationships are at the heart of what we do. 

Working at QAO

QAO is an inclusive employer. We encourage flexible working and aim to create a work environment where all employees are respected, connected, and can contribute regardless of age, culture, disability, family and caring responsibilities, gender identity, Indigeneity, religion, or sexuality. We strongly encourage applications from people with lived experience of marginalisation who meet our eligibility requirements to apply. 

We aim to represent the community we serve and greatly value the diverse experiences our people bring. QAO’s culture sets our workforce up for success – we invest in our people so they can be best in their field. We are passionate about innovation, we welcome new ideas, and we invest in advanced audit capabilities such as data analytics.

We also offer:

• a Brisbane-based role with hybrid work arrangements – work from client sites, in our head office, and from home. 
• salary commensurate with experience – $88,509.79 (includes 12.75% superannuation and 17.5% annual leave loading)
• continuous learning opportunities, including formal learning and personalised career development.

Who can apply

To apply for the graduate program, you will need to meet the following eligibility criteria:

• Be an Australian or New Zealand Citizen/Permanent Resident, or have permanent working rights within Australia
• Be studying, or have studied, at an Australian university in an appropriate tertiary qualification such as accounting, commerce, business, data science, information technology, information systems, mathematics/statistics, public policy, social science, or management.
• You must have completed a minimum of undergraduate-level study within the last 2 years or will complete a minimum of undergraduate-level study before the program starts.

How to apply

• You should provide a copy of your Curriculum Vitae (CV) and your academic transcript.
• Clearly state your tertiary qualification and graduation date (including pending dates) in your CV – your application may be unable to proceed if this is unclear.

1. Apply online via GradSift and create your profile. You will be prompted to add our Program Code which is 45187734. 

2. Complete the following: 

• upload your current resume, including contact details of 2 referees who have supervised you within the past 2 years (for example, this might be work, university, or volunteer work) 
• upload your academic transcript and any other tertiary qualifications you hold 
• create a short 60 to 90 second video to introduce yourself. The video is a short introduction about yourself, what you’ve studied, one or 2 key achievements, what strengths you bring to the role, and why you'd like a career with us. The details of how to record the video are explained under the support ‘?’ icon. 

More information

More information on the role responsibilities and assessment criteria is provided in the role description available from our Career Opportunities website or via email at graduate.recruitment@qao.qld.gov.au.

The role description also provides other important information including qualification requirements, pre-employment checks, and the probation period.

For consideration of permanent appointment at QAO you must:

• be an Australian citizen or,
• be a permanent resident in Australia with permission to work in Australia, or
• hold a valid visa with permission to work in Australia.

Our values and our culture

Our values of engage, respect, inspire, and deliver underpin all that we do and define how we work with our clients and each other. They help us be the best we can and make QAO an enjoyable place to work.

Our culture also reflects the independence and objectivity of our role, which is embedded in the ethical and professional codes we apply to our staff.

Our recruitment process will reflect the values of equity, diversity, respect, and inclusion. Our processes will adhere to the principles of fairness and transparency, and will be flexible, unbiased, culturally safe, psychosocially safe, and accessible.  

We welcome applicants to share with the Director Human Resources (HR.General@qao.qld.gov.au) any health condition, disability, and/or cultural or linguistic background, so that we may make any necessary adjustments to enable you to equitably participate in the recruitment process.