2022/23 Graduate Program (Sep 2022)

• Ongoing employment with generous conditions, including a starting salary of $64 698 plus 15.4 per cent super
• Tailored learning and development with structured rotations to support your professional capabilities and career goals
• A positive approach to flexible work and work life balance

The Australian National Audit Office is seeking graduates of all degree backgrounds to join its 2023 graduate program. Not sure what to do with your degree? Help us investigate a range of public policy and administrative issues.

In addition to the traditional accounting graduate that investigates expenditure, we’re looking for data science majors and generalists with strong analysis, research and writing skills. 

See what other grads don’t in 2023

See the big picture of government

Get a birds-eye view of the public service. Work across multiple portfolios, getting the ultimate intro to government and a unique professional edge to launch your APS career.

See the inner workings of organisations

A career in audit develops your business acumen like no other! Be privy to the information and operations critical to running an organisation, priming you take on leadership roles both at the ANAO and in the wider world. 

See action

Do real work with real responsibility — from day one. See your work published and tabled in Parliament. Make a difference, contributing to better public administration and supporting integrity, accountability and transparency in government agencies. 

See first-hand how senior leaders operate

Have unparalleled access to leadership. Work with executives from across the public service. Learn from the best, sitting in on meetings and master classes with ANAO senior leaders including the Auditor-General and Deputy Auditor-General. 

See where your ANAO career takes you

Bring what you know — we’ll help you develop the rest. Expand your career options with tailored learning and development, an extensive training program and structured rotations into different areas.

Auditing: it’s not just for accountants

We’re looking for curious and highly motivated team players from all academic backgrounds. Our work is highly varied, and different audit topics call for different specialities — which means that whatever your degree or experiences, you have the expertise to share. 

Characteristics that will help you flourish at the ANAO include: 

• strong written and verbal communication skills
• creative and critical thinking
• flexibility and adaptability
• well-developed conceptual and analytical abilities
• a strong sense of purpose and the drive to achieve.

Who we are 

The Australian National Audit Office is a specialist public sector agency that supports the Auditor-General of Australia to conduct financial, performance and performance statement audits of Australian Government agencies.

Driven by our strong culture of integrity, independence and high performance, our audit reports support accountability and transparency in government. We’re proud of the way our work keeps the Parliament and public informed of government agencies’ exercise of authority and expenditure of public funds. 

As an ANAO auditor, you could examine the Australian Government: 

• program implementation and management
• IT systems
• financial statements
• performance statements
• service delivery
• procurement processes
• grants management
• policy development processes
• and more!

Get more information

Find out what else you’ll see that other grads don’t — explore our website.

Applications for our 2023 graduate program close at 11:30 pm, (AEST) 18 April 2022. Don’t miss out!