Senior Consultant | Finance & Corporate Advisory | Education Consulting

Location: Melbourne

Contract Type: Permanent

MinterEllison is one of Australia’s largest independent law and consulting firms. With a heritage of almost 200 years, we are known for our excellence, and our authentic and enduring relationships with our clients, our people and our communities.

MinterEllison helps our clients to solve complex problems every day. We do this by our full-service legal offering and complementary advisory offering, MinterEllison Consulting, where clients seek out our industry-informed independent advisors who understand where strategy meets risk, and how to unlock opportunities.

We offer opportunities to work on industry-leading mandates for top-tier clients, while being part of a high-performing and collaborative team that values excellence, diversity of thought, curiosity, and inclusion. We value our people and empower them to achieve their ambitions - with the support, trust and autonomy to grow their careers in meaningful ways.

At MinterEllison, we're leading the way with AI and other emerging technologies, powering innovation right across our firm. You will have the opportunity to engage with AI tools we've built, and other external AI tools, to enhance efficiencies and excellence internally and with our clients.

We support sustainable ways of working regarding how, when and where you work and offer a wide range of social, financial and health benefits (see https://www.minterellison.com/-/media/Minter-Ellison/Files/Careers/MinterEllison-Employee-Benefits-Dec_2025.pdf)

Our Team

Wells Advisory has merged with MinterEllison Consulting. Our team is comprised of management consultants with backgrounds, skills and knowledge to support a range of diverse clients and service streams within the education sector.

Our Education Practice provides consulting advice to senior executive leaders, encompassing regulation, governance, audit and review, strategy, business case development, growth and market expansion, transaction support and financial analysis. Our clients include leading universities, independent research institutes, government, regulatory agencies and sector bodies, private education businesses, and investors.

The Role

We are currently seeking a Senior Consultant to join our tight knit education consulting team whose primary objective will be to support the finance & corporate advisory service stream with opportunity to work across our other service offerings. This is a full-time permanent position available in our Melbourne practice with hybrid working arrangements available. 

In this role you will have the opportunity to;

• Contribute to client engagements and form a core part of our consulting team.
• Support projects, develop knowledge and skills in education consulting and be a part of the continuous growth of the team and the firm,
• Take ownership of the various Education market databases and
• Manage multiple parallel client engagements, with projects usually involving client and stakeholder engagement and consultation, solution and design workshops, research and analysis (qualitative and quantitative, as required), and developing high-impact reports/deliverables.

More About You

• Bachelor degree or higher in a Commerce or Accounting field.
• Chartered Accountant or Certified Practising Accountant, or studying towards
• 2 to 5 years' experience as a management accountant, business analyst, management consultant or auditor
• Ability to build rapport quickly and create valuable relationships with clients
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with high attention to detail
• Background in the following will be highly regarded
  • financial / data analysis / financial modelling
  • financial statements review and understanding
  • budgeting and forecast forecasting
  • deep integration of data
  • market research
  • report writing, including business plans
  • mergers and acquisitions
• Advanced skills in AI applications, Microsoft office suite, experience with analytics platforms / tools, such as Tableau, PowerBI will be considered as highly desirable.

How to apply

We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, cultural backgrounds, genders (including trans or gender diverse), LGBTQ+ people and those with carer responsibilities. We particularly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

We prefer to connect with people directly, so please submit your CV by clicking on the 'Apply' button. We encourage all applications, including if you do not meet all the criteria listed for the role. Your application will also enable us to consider you for other opportunities that may be available at MinterEllison.

If you are currently a MinterEllison employee, please apply through the internal careers page.

If you would like further information, require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process or for a confidential discussion, please contact Alexandra.Hussain@minterellison.com.