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Perpetual Graduate Program

Perpetual Graduate Program

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Perpetual Graduate Program

Creating business leaders of the future

Perpetual is one of Australia’s leading financial institutions because for over 130 years we have been putting our clients first – and investing in our people.  That combination makes Perpetual a great place to work – a place where you can grow, thrive and make a difference in people's lives.

At Perpetual, the graduate program is designed to build a pipeline of talent and create the business leaders of the future. Because your success is important to our growth we help you develop your skills and plan your career.  A key to your success is the Perpetual culture – we are a business that demands high performance and integrity and believes that work should be challenging – and fun. 

Perpetual is an ASX-listed, diversified financial services company with a rich history dating back to 1886. Our three core businesses are Asset Management, Perpetual Private and Perpetual Corporate Trust.

About the Graduate Program

As a Perpetual Graduate, you will complete your program in our Wealth Management or Corporate Trust business units.  

To learn more about the Perpetual Graduate experience please visit our page on GradAustralia

More information can be found on our GradAustralia page.

Or, if you have any questions, get in touch with us via email.  

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Our core values:

Excellence

Integrity

Partnership

Excellence

Delivering exceptional outcomes

Integrity

Doing what's right

Partnership

Succeeding together

Top 100 Graduate Employers 2024

Perpetual is proud to be a Top 100 Graduate Employers finalist for 2024.

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Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for the Perpetual Program, we require you to meet the below criteria. You must:

  1. Be an Australian or New Zealand Citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident at the time of submitting this application.
  2. Have completed your undergraduate or post graduate degree within the last three years of the program start date (ie 2021, 2022 or Feb 2023)
    Have a credit or above WAM/GPA.

While many of our past graduates have studied business, commerce, accounting or law, we welcome applications from a wide variety of disciplines.

You enjoy solving problems, aim to keep learning throughout your career and have both drive and empathy. To compete in the world we live in we want graduates who are adaptable, have high IQ and high EQ. People who enjoy hitting high targets and setting the next ones even higher.

As long as you’re smart, driven and a people person you can be anyone – we want diversity of backgrounds, attitudes, talents and thinking to help us meet the challenges of tomorrow (even before we know what they will be).

The Fordham Group accounting programs

The Fordham Graduate Program is an essential component in building talent, helping you develop your skills and deliver exceptional outcomes in an environment of high performance and integrity. 

We’re proud of the fact that many of our graduates go on to have long careers at Fordham and work their way up to Partner. Our people are what makes our business a success, so we are committed to providing a flexible working environment that cultivates high performance and offers you support every step of the way.

Joining us on a vacation placement will give you a real taste of life at Fordham. You’ll meet our clients and develop your skills working on real-life projects many of our graduates go on to have long careers at Fordham and work their way up to Partner. Our people are what makes our business a success, so we are committed to providing a flexible working environment that cultivates high performance and offers you support every step of the way.

As a Fordham Graduate, you will be based in one of our specialist accounting teams and work on real projects from day one. You will be supported to commence your Chartered Accounting qualification during your program.