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Career Compass Program (Sep 2023)

Location details

On-site

  • Australia

    Australia

    • Australian Capital Territory

      Canberra

    • New South Wales

      Sydney

    • Queensland

      Brisbane

    • South Australia

      Adelaide

    • Victoria

      Melbourne

    • Western Australia

      Perth

Location

Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane

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Opportunity details

  • Opportunity typeInternship, Clerkship or Placement
  • Number of vacancies10-100 vacancies
  • Application open dateApply by 25 Aug 2023
  • Start dateStart date 25 Sep 2023 - 10 Oct 2023

Could the skills you learn here unlock doors anywhere?  

At EY we believe that whoever you are, your uniqueness helps us stand apart. We bring together extraordinary people, like you, to build a better working world. Through our coaching and training programs, youโ€™ll develop the skillsets you need to stay relevant today and in the future โ€“ all while building a network of colleagues, mentors, and leaders who will be on the journey with you at EY and beyond. The exceptional EY experience. It's yours to build.โ€ฏโ€ฏ  

Whatโ€™s in it for you?โ€ฏ 

Discover your direction with the EY Career Compass Program. During our structured learning sessions, youโ€™ll learn how to evaluate your career options to make smarter decisions for your future. This Program is designed to give you a first-hand experience of EY, so you can find out as much as possible about the EY culture, how EY teams operate and provide services, and most importantly, how we can help you to build your future. Demonstrate that your values aligns with ours, and you may be invited to interview for the EY Vacationer Program. Weโ€™re looking for students from a range of disciplines including Accounting, Commerce, Law, Engineering, Science, Information Technology / Information Systems, Actuarial Studies, Economics, Psychology and Human Resources.โ€ฏ  

Eligibility  

To apply for the EY Career Compass Program, you are required to be:  

  • On track to complete your studies in 2025  
  • An Australian or New Zealand citizen, or an Australian permanent resident  

Program dates 

Programs will take place in our EY offices across one or two days (full days), depending on location: 

  • Adelaide: 11 October (one day) 
  • Brisbane:  26 September โ€“ 27 September (two days) 
  • Canberra: 10 October (one day) 
  • Melbourne: 2 October โ€“ 3 October (two days) 
  • Perth: 4 October โ€“ 5 October (two days) 
  • Sydney: 4 October โ€“ 5 October (two days) 

The exceptional EY experience. Itโ€™s yours to build.  

ยฉ 2023 Ernst & Young Australia. All Rights Reserved.โ€ฏ Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation. 

Work rights

The opportunity is available to applicants in any of the following categories.

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Australia
Australian Citizen โ€ข Australian Permanent Resident
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New Zealand
New Zealand Citizen

Qualifications & other requirements

You should have or be completing the following to apply for this opportunity.

Degree or Certificate
Study field
Study field (any)

Hiring criteria

  • Experience requirementNo experience required
  • Working rights
    Australian Citizen
  • Study fields
    Business & Management
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Reviews

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Graduate
Sydney
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5 months ago

I am an audit graduate and am slowly learning how to perform an audit from start to finish. This has involved me working on increasingly complicated accounts and assisting my seniors and managers in this process. Day-to-day I am typically responsible for sampling, discussing problems with client, and helping clean-up/present workbooks for seniors/managers to review.

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Graduate
Sydney
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5 months ago

My day-to-day responsibilities include updating seniors on my work, completing my assigned tasks, communicating with the client and building relationships

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Graduate
Perth
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5 months ago

As a graduate consultant in the risk team, my day-to-day responsibilities vary based on the engagement/project I am working on. Risk projects tend to have three key phases: Planning, Fieldwork, and Reporting. The planning stage often involves tasks such as requesting information from clients, confirming the issue you are solving for them, and completing administrative work. Fieldwork is where I will deal with client communication, analyzing documents, figuring out risks/findings, and attempting to figure out where the client is going right or wrong. Once this is all completed, I will assist the team with writing the final report and sending it to the client for review. EY also provides a lot of learning opportunities when you aren't as busy with work. This involves internal modules, courses, and qualifications you can obtain.

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About the employer

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EY Australia

Rating

3.9

Number of employees

> 100,000 employees

Industries

Accounting & Advisory

As a global leader in Assurance, Consulting, Tax, Strategy & Transactions, we're using our expertise to build a better working world.

Pros and cons of working at EY Australia

Pros

  • The flexibility with my work schedule. I can work from home, or leave for appointments during the day if I need and make up the time some other days etc.

  • The people, learning and opportunities.

  • The opportunities available and having different aspects that are important to the company e.g. soccer tournament, ripples etc. Learning experience has been amazing and have had lots of hands-on help from upper management.

  • The work culture within EY's consulting practice has been incredibly welcoming in the early stages of my career. Off the bat, I've been given the opportunity to have a buddy (similar rank level) and counsellor (manager +) who have guided me in getting adapted to the team and ensuring I am exposed to different types of work.

  • Due to the size and complexity of the work we do at EY, an employee is able to expose themselves to a range of interesting working opportunities, as long as they are willing to extend themselves.

Cons

    • Salary is not the best.

    • The model of being coached by those that are only 1 or 2 years your senior... they might be a good worker, but that doesn't always make them a good teacher.

    • The salary at early stages.

    • End of Financial Year workload - unavoidable though and not the end of the world.

    • There are times where you may feel overwhelmed with what your key tasks/expectations are. This is something that gets better over time and is likely not specifically an EY issue - more something that is dealt with in other professional services companies as well.