Australian Government Graduate Program – Accounting and Financial Management Stream - Affirmative Measures Disability (Feb 2026)

About the Australian Government Graduate Program 

The Department of Finance has partnered with the Australian Public Service Commission to lead the recruitment process for the Australian Government Graduate Program – Accounting and Financial Management Stream including an Affirmative Measures Disability and Affirmative Measures Indigenous process. 

About the Opportunity

As an accounting and financial management graduate, you will work on projects that make a difference to the Australian community. You’ll work in collaborative teams and build you professional and technical skills in a diverse range or areas, while supporting the Australian Government’s decision making through the provision of high-quality problem-solving analysis and advice, this is the opportunity for you.

As part of the program, you’ll undertake specialist accounting and finance training to hone your technical knowledge and be paired with and mentored by an experienced finance professional to develop your professional and practical skills.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON AFFIRMATIVE MEASURES DISABILITY

Applicants will not be required to provide evidence of a disability unless they are found suitable, and prior to being made a formal offer of employment. This means that you will not be required to provide evidence unnecessarily. Evidence of a disability does not need to include information about the type of disability.
 
Suitable evidence of a disability may include:

• A letter from a Disability Employment Service or JobActive provider
• A certificate or letter from a registered medical practitioner

• A letter from a secondary or tertiary institution Disability Services Unit

More information:

• How disability is defined in the Public Service please click here.
• More information on Affirmative Measures Disability please click here. 

Important Note: There is no obligation for a candidate who meets eligibility under Affirmative Measures categories to apply under these options. Selection of consideration under Affirmative Measures is voluntary.