Grant Thornton New Zealand
Summer Internship Program (Nov 2025)
Auckland, Wellington
Opportunity details
- Internship, Clerkship or Placement
- NZD 52,000 - 55,000 / Year
- 6-8 vacancies
- Apply by 31 Jul 2025
- Start date 16 Nov 2025 - 23 Nov 2025
Description
Our Summer Internship Program aims to provide you with hands-on experience to client work, contribute to meaningful projects and explore the different areas of a Professional Services firm. You will work closely with a team of professionals who will support and guide you through your internship journey. This program offers a unique chance to apply theoretical knowledge gained in your studies to real-world scenarios, enhancing your skills and preparing you for a successful career in accounting.
Requirements
Who are we looking for?
Free to be yourself, confident and approachable, you must be a great relationship builder and self-motivated who can inspire the people around you with your energy and ideas.
We are looking for students for our Business Advisory Services (Accounting) / Audit / Financial Advisory Services / Tax / Consulting teams who:
- Enrolled in a relevant commerce degree with an interest in the above areas
- Be in your penultimate year of study
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Proactive and eager to learn
- Can work full-time over the summer period from mid-to-late November 2025 to end of February 2026
- Have the right to work in New Zealand
These internship roles are available across our Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch offices!
To ensure your application is considered for the right location, kindly indicate the specific office you are applying to.
Benefits
What's in it for you?
- Our paid 12-week program will provide you valuable foundational industry experience into the different areas of Professional Services such as Accounting, Tax, Audit, Financial Advisory and Consulting
- Career guidance and networking with other Grads and Senior Leaders
- If we see you putting in the hard mahi, then there is an opportunity to secure a permanent graduate position once you have finished your studies!
We empower our people to make a difference. We want our people to think for themselves, to speak up, and to actively shape our firm’s culture and future.
So, see what we have offer, how we work and how our people feel about Grant Thornton New Zealand via our careers website; then decide for yourself whether it's the right fit for you.
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- New Zealand Citizen +more
- Business & Management +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
They allow me to do some basics of their job such as auditing, evaluation of materials, proposals, drafting etc. which allows me to experience what an employees' job feels like.
There is a good variety in the work that I complete that keeps me interested. I'm not pigeonholed into a specific area which I enjoy. I'm a very independent worker and am given the freedom to have ownership of my work and the time to complete it.
BAS is focussed on tax accounting. You work on and prepare: - Annual accounts - Financial statements - Tax returns - Management accounts - Payroll - GST returns - FBT returns - Liaise with IRD
About the employer
Grant Thornton New Zealand
4.4
100 - 500 employees
Accounting & Advisory
Drive your career forward with a passion for business that equals ours.
Pros and cons of working at Grant Thornton New Zealand
Pros
The flexibility - for example, working from home, being able to make up time when life gets in the way.
GT has a great working environment where people are helpful and kind.
A Graduate training programme with a 2-month training period before starting chargeable work.
Every week gets Friday half-day (Recharge) - currently on trial (as long as you hit your targets for the week).
Everyone is supportive and the culture is what attracted me to the firm.
Cons
No parking is available for staff except when partners make their car parks available.
High expectations even for grads to hit your targets and meet your budget.
Due to the nature of the job, it will be busier than usual during the busy season (mid-year).
Having to complete weekly timesheets.
The waterfall of work that flows from management, sometimes I am not given as much responsibility as I would like.