Vacationer Program | Tax & Legal Consulting - Global Employer Services

Job Requisition ID: 40372 

• Join a team recognised for excellence - Deloitte is the current Tax Firm of the Year.
• Connect with passionate Deloitte mentors and be part of a supportive, inclusive culture.
• Impress us during your placement and you could secure a coveted Graduate Program offer.

Are you curious about where a career in Tax could take you?

At Deloitte, our Tax & Legal team works on real challenges that matter. Our Vacationer Program is designed to help you build skills, confidence and clarity about the kind of career you want to grow into. We will connect you with coaches and mentors who are at the top of their game and are fully invested in advancing your career, with your growth as our priority.

Our Vacationer Program is a paid summer internship (4 weeks) offering real client exposure, project work, and structured onboarding. You’ll have a dedicated buddy, access to networking and social events, and the opportunity to be considered for an early Graduate offer.

Interested in further study? You will have the opportunity to pursue qualifications such as the Diploma of Tax, Master of Tax or Chartered Accountants.

Program dates: November 2026 – February 2027

Duration: 4 weeks

Program type: Paid summer internship

Location: Canberra

Eligibility: Penultimate-year students & Australian Citizen

About the team

Our Canberra Employment Taxes team, being part of our Global Employer Services (GES) team, specifically advise on complex employment tax matters including assisting on matters relating to payroll, PAYG, superannuation, payroll tax and fringe benefits tax (FBT), mitigating compliance risks and providing innovative solutions – this is a critical role to support the reputation of employers, particularly in the current labour and skills shortage.

With complexity and change in Tax and IR regulations comes a need for data-driven insights and fit-for-future solutions - that's where we come in. The employment tax team, working collaboratively with other market-leading teams at Deloitte, combines tax research, automation techniques and data analytics, to advise and assist employers to maximise performance and achieve sustainable compliance with respect to its employment tax and reporting obligations.

What will your typical day look like?

The employment tax team at Deloitte are at the forefront of exciting developments with automation and analytical solutions and you will have the opportunity to work with a forward-thinking team in a supportive environment:

• Providing advice, and designing and implementing new solutions for clients
• Assisting with the implementation of technology for tax and utilising tax technology and analytics
• Working across the business of Deloitte to solve multi-disciplinary problems with major Australian government departments

Enough about us, let’s talk about you.

We’re seeking penultimate year students to join our vacationer program. As a bright, ambitious and hard-working student, you’ll also:  

• Be studying or recently completed a degree in Accounting, Business, Commerce, HR, Economics or Finance
• Enjoys working with a team and can work with a diverse range of clients across Australia and other parts of the world
• Is self-driven, resourceful and problem solver oriented
• Enjoys working with numbers and technology and is self-motivated drive our digital offerings
• Demonstrates the ability to work collaboratively toward common goals and utilise past experience in successfully delivering analytically driven insight
• Have Australian Citizenship

You won’t be expected to know everything from day one. You’ll be supported through structured learning, feedback and collaboration.

Why Deloitte?

At Deloitte, we focus our energy on engaging and impactful work. We’re always learning, innovating, and setting the standard, making a positive difference for our clients and our society. We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction – whether that means advancing, moving into something new, or even relocating across the world.  

We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with diverse experiences, gender identities, abilities, and thinking styles. What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone’s perspective and to cultivate inclusion, so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong. 

We support flexibility and choice. We encourage you to find the right balance between connecting in person with your clients and teams and meeting your own personal needs.

We help you live and work well. To support your personal and professional life, we offer a range of perks and benefits, including retail discounts, wellbeing leave, paid volunteering days, twelve flexible working options, market-leading parental leave and a return to work support package. 

Next Steps 
Sound like the sort of role for you? Apply now.

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By applying for this job, you’ll be assessed against the Deloitte Talent Standards. We’ve designed these standards so that you can grow in your career, and we can provide our clients with a consistent and exceptional Deloitte employee experience globally. The preferred candidate will be subject to background screening by Deloitte or by their external third-party provider.