Finance Graduate - RTS COM

Build your career with one of Australia's leading infrastructure and services companies. We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Finance Graduate to join our Rail & Transit Systems team based at our manufacturing facility. This is an exciting opportunity to kick-start your finance career while gaining hands-on experience in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Working alongside experienced finance professionals, you will gain exposure to a broad range of financial activities and play an important role in supporting operational and project outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

As you develop in the role, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Support monthly reporting, reconciliations and month-end activities, building your understanding of business performance.

• Contribute to budgeting and forecasting activities and learn how financial insights support business decisions.

• Review financial transactions, invoices and journal entries, helping maintain accurate and reliable financial information.

• Support purchase order management and day-to-day finance activities across the team.

• Work with stakeholders across the business, developing your commercial knowledge and understanding of our operations.

What You Bring

We’re looking for someone ready to learn, contribute and grow. You’ll bring:

• A recently completed, or close to completed, degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline.

• An interest in building a career in finance within an operational and project environment.

• Strong attention to detail and an organised approach to your work.

• Confidence using Microsoft Excel and the broader Microsoft Office suite.

• A collaborative mindset, curiosity and willingness to learn from others.

About Downer

Your role at Downer can make the difference that matters by delivering integrated rail & transit systems that connect people, power freight and strengthen Australia's rail capability.

With more than 150 years' rail experience providing end-to-end, innovative transport solutions, we are a leading provider of rollingstock asset management services.

We are experts in delivering whole-of-life asset management support to our customers and our capability allows us to offer turnkey solutions for complex projects, across every project phase.

You want your work to matter and so do we. With over 26,000 people across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, our team is made up of individuals with unique perspectives, backgrounds, and ideas.

We know that diversity makes us stronger and we actively celebrate it through our commitment to inclusion and belonging.

We're committed to building a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve and we welcome people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, cultures, abilities, and lived experiences. We especially encourage applications from those whose voices have traditionally been underrepresented in our industry, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Māori and Pasifika Peoples, veterans, people with disability, and neurodivergent individuals.

Even if your experience doesn't align perfectly with this role, we'd still like to hear from you. If it feels like the right fit, apply. Potential counts, and so do you.

As a WORK180 Endorsed Employer, we support flexibility that works for your life, inclusive leadership that values your voice, and equitable access to opportunity so you can do your best work and bring your whole self to it.

If you need support or adjustments through the recruitment process, just let us know. We're here to help you put your best foot forward.