- Full-time
- Melbourne
Jetstar 2026 Graduate Program – Finance & Strategy Stream
- Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd
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- Enjoy a dedicated Finance & Strategy Graduate Program and receive funding towards your CA/CPA qualification
- Take off immediately with permanent employment whilst enjoying the amazing experiences of a 2 year Graduate Program
- Live the travel dream with immediate access to our famous staff travel benefits
Love crunching numbers and with travel on your mind?
You’re in the right place! At Jetstar, you get to take-off at work, and in life.
As a team, we’re lucky we get to do both for a living – and we want you to be part of where we go next. Helping our teammates soar is what we’re all about. And with a new fleet of state-of-the-art aircraft, plus new routes being added, the sky’s the limit.
Our 2026 Graduate Program – Finance & Strategy Stream
As part of our commitment to growing our pipeline of future leaders, we’re excited to be searching for recent graduates to join our 2026 Graduate Program.
Dip your toes into something new, stopover in another role. Move around quickly. That’s what the Jetstar Graduate Program is all about – giving you the freedom to grow, steer and make the program yours. As a Jetstar Graduate, you are uniquely placed to immediately enjoy a permanent role, whilst reaping the benefits of a two-year rotational program.
We’re offering a specific Finance & Strategy Graduate Program that will see you rotate through a range of projects and functions within our Financial Control, Operations/Commercial FP&A teams & Strategy, all designed to develop both your technical and leadership capabilities. You’ll gain exposure to a range of stakeholders and initiatives across both Jetstar and the broader Qantas Group.
Throughout the program, you will have access to a range of structured development initiatives, including regular development days, work experience with our frontline team and coaching and shadowing with our senior leaders. As you approach completion of the 2-year program, we’ll partner with you to land you a role that ensures that your Jetstar career continues to soar.
Ready for your next adventure?
We’re searching for someone who:
- Holds undergraduate or postgraduate qualifications in Finance or Accounting – in your final year of study or completed in the last two years, with a credit average or above
- Able to commence full employment with Jetstar in Melbourne in February 2026.
- Confident to work autonomously and collaboratively within a team, ideally demonstrated through some previous work experience.
- Resilient and Flexible – curious and motivated to always learn, get involved and adapt to change
- A strong problem solver – confident to challenge us to think differently
- A customer centric, positive mindset – ready to embrace the benefits of a graduate program and learn about the aviation industry
- Be a permanent Resident or Australian/NZ citizen at application.
This is your opportunity to help us learn about you – don’t forget to submit a cover letter, current resume and copy of your academic results.
Your life at Jetstar is unlike any other
Put the craft in aircraft: There’s a new fleet of A321LR NEO’s waiting for your arrival. Beyond Jetstar, our teams gain exposure to projects related to the Qantas Group’s A320/1, B717 and A321 Freighters, plus Jetstar Branded Airlines (JBA’s) in Singapore and Japan.
Learn fast, take-off faster: Our Graduate Team take-off immediately with a fast-tracked development plan – both on the job and via structured development and training. In just two years, you’ll have worked across up to four different teams – ensuring that you learn and grow quickly.
Live the travel dream: You and your nominated travel companions can take-off more with our famous Qantas Group Staff Travel discount.
Make work feel like a holiday: Join a fun, driven team where work feels like a holiday. Our people take every opportunity to take-off together and find ways to help their teammates soar.
There’s a place for everyone at Jetstar: For us, travel and meeting new people go hand in hand. We invite our people to get involved in various Employee Network Groups that play an important role in creating our inclusive and supportive culture that we are fiercely proud of. We believe that teams with a diversity of ideas and experiences are more creative, innovative and solve problems quickly. We welcome applications from anyone who wants to takeoff with us. If you have support or access requirements, just reach out and let us know what you need.
We’re Jetstar. Let’s take-off together
We can’t wait to hear from you. Applications close strictly 11.59pm Sunday 13 April.
We're Jetstar
You may know us for famously low fares, but did you know that we’ve flown more than 400 million passengers since we launched in Australia in 2004? We take around 3,000 flights to the sky each week - and we're not just an Australian airline. The Jetstar Group includes Jetstar Asia and Jetstar Japan, making us one of the largest low-cost airlines in the region. Our fleet of more than 115 aircraft, includes the Airbus A320 family and Boeing 787-8's.
Impressive numbers? What's even more impressive is the team of extraordinary people taking off together day in day out, flight after flight.
Our people are the real jet stars.

We're Jetstar
You may know us for famously low fares, but did you know that we’ve flown more than 400 million passengers since we launched in Australia in 2004? We take around 3,000 flights to the sky each week - and we're not just an Australian airline. The Jetstar Group includes Jetstar Asia and Jetstar Japan, making us one of the largest low-cost airlines in the region. Our fleet of more than 115 aircraft, includes the Airbus A320 family and Boeing 787-8's.
Impressive numbers? What's even more impressive is the team of extraordinary people taking off together day in day out, flight after flight.
Our people are the real jet stars.
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