Downer Group
Downer Group Finance Graduate Program
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job
- $68,000
- 4 vacancies
- Apply by 31 Jan 2018
WHO WE ARE
Downer is a diversified engineering and services business. With over 19,000 employees we build strong relationships of trust with our customers, truly understanding and predicting their needs and bringing them world leading insights and solutions.
POSITION SUMMARY
Downer is looking to develop its next generation of Finance talent through a two-year structured graduate program that will develop your understanding of our business and provide insight into how finance plays a critical role in ensuring we deliver value for our customers.
As a recent graduate with a keen interest in Accounting, Finance or Commerce, you will be an energetic team player, committed to reaching your full potential through hard work, continuous improvement and collaboration.
Expected to build strong relationships with all sections and levels of the business, your development will concentrate on four, six month rotations across Downer's national footprint (relocation support provided).
This broad exposure along with ongoing financial and development support will ensure you grow a balanced skill-set that includes professional accounting accreditation as well as core Downer capabilities.
If you are passionate about making a difference, prepared to broaden your horizons and want to learn about finance in an organisation that shapes our urban environment, we want to hear from you.
ABOUT YOU
- Recent graduate with commercial orientation
- An appetite for ongoing growth and preparedness to step out of comfort zone
- Proven ability to take initiative and seek positive business outcomes
- Ability to demonstrate clear analytical thinking and problem solving skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to liaise with a broad spectrum of people
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- A high level of computer literacy, including Microsoft Office applications
About the employer
Downer Group AU
4.3
50,000 - 100,000 employees
Construction & Property Services
A leading provider in Transport Services; Rail, Mining; Utilities; Technology & Communications Services; and Engineering, Construction & Maintenance.
Pros and cons of working at Downer Group AU
Pros
The excellent safe working culture which prioritizes physical safety as well as the flexibility to facilitate a healthy lifestyle.
Graduates are taken care of very well and attend graduate development courses which provides insight into how to be the best person you can be and allows you to meet and socialise with other graduates.
Diverse opportunities for growth.
The opportunities are not predefined and you have control over the choice of the 6-month rotations, this includes moving sites/cities and exposure to different levels.
Can work in the major project.
Cons
Aging workforce.
Large company makes it hard to familiarise yourself with each aspect of the business and people in other departments.
Can be unorganized.
Lack of young people.
The lack of definition sometimes means it is not always clear what you are to support or learn.