Careers at Avant Group
Our people are expert, down-to-earth and practical.
We hire outstanding talent from a wide range of fields and invest in continuous development. Our leadership team combines career consultants with former senior executives from the private, public and community sectors, giving you a strong mix of consulting rigour and real-world sector experience.
We form multidisciplinary teams that complement your capabilities, listen carefully, push thinking beyond the obvious and work with you as true partners.
When you join our team – we provide more than a job. It’s an opportunity to join a leading professional advisory firm that thrives at the intersection of innovation, strategy, and results.
Avant Group offers a range of career pathway options, from internship placements through to graduate, postgraduate, management and senior executive roles.
Why Join Avant Group?
We hire people who love their work, aim high, and enjoy solving interesting problems with smart, collaborative colleagues and clients. We value diversity because it strengthens our thinking. You’ll join an inclusive team where you’re supported to pursue your professional and personal goals.
Helping businesses grow
Our grants and advisory division provides consulting services across a diverse range of services, from tender writing to RTO program development and marketing consulting, this helps organisation to compete and thrive in competitive markets across the private, public and government sectors.
Our wealth management division is ideal for developing a career in law, commerce and finance, general consulting and economics.
Helping individuals grow wealth
Our wealth management team helps individuals from private investors to foundations and trusts to grow and manage wealth, develop investment strategy, all while building a discrete advisory relationship with our clients.
Our wealth management division is ideal for developing a career in finance, commerce, stockbroking and economics.
Accelerating research & development
Use your STEM qualifications and experience to drive innovation in Australia with a career in R&DTI advisory consulting.
Our technical projects and R&D Tax Incentive advisory team provide strategic guidance to Australian businesses engaging in technical and R&D projects. Helping them navigate the complexities of the R&D tax incentive, maximise available benefits and ensuring they are audit ready through exceptional R&D compliance, project management and technical project write-up services.
Our R&DTI team offers clear career pathways for people with STEM, legal and tax qualifications; applying deep technical expertise to deliver meaningful outcomes across the hard sciences globally.
Make a difference and create lasting, social change
At Avant Group, we believe in making a meaningful difference and creating lasting social change through our specialised NFP and Social services. Our team is dedicated to empowering not-for-profit organisations, charities, and philanthropic ventures to maximise their impact.
By leveraging your expertise in finance, economics, governance, and commerce, you’ll play a pivotal role in helping these organisations structure themselves effectively and invest their assets with purpose, ensuring every decision amplifies their ability to do good.
You’ll also have the opportunity to guide investors in building responsible investment portfolios that reflect their values, fostering a culture of ethical and impactful investing.
Our NFP and Social Services team offers clear career pathways for people with science, consulting, arts and legal qualifications – applying their expertise to deliver meaningful outcomes across the public, private and community sectors.
Our culture & benefits
At Avant Group, you’re a person, not a number. We’re a professional services firm built on approachability, kindness, and genuine care, so you can do great work and live a great life. We believe balance fuels better thinking, and we design our ways of working to support that.
Our culture
We keep things human. You’ll find leaders who are accessible, teammates who are friendly, and a culture that values collaboration over hierarchy. We encourage curiosity, celebrate wins together, and make space for the moments that matter, at work and beyond. We are nimble and fast to react to change and we make decisions without layers of bureaucracy. This has enabled a high growth firm to be developed.
Our benefits
We invest in your wellbeing and growth with practical benefits that support both your day to day and long term development:
- Regular in-office training and development, tailored to your role and goals.
- Clear career progression supported by our continued scaling as a high-growth firm.
- Collaborative bonus structures that reward shared success.
- Company-funded professional development to deepen your expertise and broaden your career options.
- In-office birthday celebrations, because milestones matter.
- Charity and NFP fundraisers, giving you the chance to do good with colleagues who care.
- Regular team social events, from fundraising activities to relaxed afternoons at the local bowls club.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for confidential counselling and support.
- Direct access to senior leaders, we keep things lean, with minimal layers (our team is deliberately close-knit and fun
- A serious outside with a fun inside – on the outside we are all about business but when inside we have a laugh and we keep it light, we support our team and we live and breathe our values.
If you’re looking for a place where your voice is heard, your growth is supported, and your work has impact, you’ll feel at home here.
Early careers
At Avant Group, we believe in nurturing the next generation of industry leaders. Our early careers roles are designed for ambitious students and recent graduates who are eager to make a real difference from day one.
Whether you’re interested in government grants, wealth management, business advisory, or technical research, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and contribute to projects that matter.
We value curiosity, initiative, and a collaborative spirit—qualities that will help you thrive as you launch your career with us.
Internship Program
Our internship program opens twice a year, with intakes in November and March.
The internship program offers an unparalleled opportunity for hands-on experience in the professional services sector, focusing on government grants, wealth management, business advisory, and technical research.
Interns will collaborate closely with seasoned professionals, gaining insight into our service areas and contributing to innovative solutions.
This immersive program aims to equip interns with practical skills and knowledge, setting a solid foundation for their career paths. Participants are encouraged to actively engage in team projects, offering fresh perspectives and driving forward our mission of innovation and excellence.
We regularly seek students for our internship program who are studying in the following fields:
- Science – including Medical Technologies and Pharmaceuticals
- Commercial Law
- Finance, commerce and economics
- Engineering
- Marketing
Current opportunities
Internships
Government Grants Intern – Annual March Intake
Work with consultants supporting major grant applications.
Wealth Management Intern – Annual March Intake
Support investment research and portfolio analysis.
R&D Tax Consulting Intern – Annual November Intake
Assist technical consultants supporting innovation projects.
Graduate roles
Graduate Consultant
Strategic Grants Advisory
Graduate Analyst
Wealth Management
Graduate Associate
R&D Technical Consulting
Experienced careers
Early career professionals are the next generation of Avant Group leaders. As you take the next step in your career, you’ll have opportunities to accelerate your growth, learn from experienced practitioners, and build the leadership capability to seize emerging opportunities.
As an expert in your field, you’ll support our clients to tackle society’s most complex and critical problems while helping shape the future of Avant Group. You’ll join a national network of professionals who share your passion and drive for delivering meaningful work that significantly changes people’s lives.
Manager
Wealth Management Advisory
Financial Planner
Principal Consultant
R&D Tax Incentive
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Our locations
- Melbourne – Head Office
- Brisbane
- Adelaide
- Sydney
- Perth