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Senior Financial Modeller – Mining | Contract (3 to 4 months)
Circa $950/day | CBD-based | Immediate impact

This is not a tidy-up. This is a rebuild.

We’re looking for a senior, hands-on Financial Modeller to step into a critical Life of Mine (LoM) and Budget build for a developing underground mining operation. The current model? Over-engineered, noisy, outdated, and no longer fit for purpose. The mandate is clear: strip it back, rebuild it properly, and make it usable.

You’ll lead the redesign of a highly detailed Life of Mine model (Excel-based) that feeds directly into the annual Budget. Think first-principles modelling: all inputs that then rolls cleanly to G/L-level outputs. Best practice structure. Clear assumptions. Zero fluff.

You’ll work closely with site leadership and mining engineers who will provide operational inputs. Your job is to turn that into a gold-standard, intuitive model that others can confidently run after you leave.

What you’ll be doing

• Rebuild the Life of Mine model from the ground up (cherry-picking only what adds value)
• Design a simple, scalable, best-practice budgeting model
• Separate mining costs by asset while appropriately allocating site admin
• Prepare the model for future consolidation as a new mine comes online
• Ensure outputs are clear, commercial, and decision-ready
• Separately, support a corporate 3-way model - cashflow-led, KPI driven

What we’re looking for

• Exceptional financial modelling skills (this is non-negotiable)
• Strong budgeting and forecasting capability, must understand G/L coding
• Ideally come from a management accounting or FP&A background
• Mining experience highly preferred (or adjacent industries)
• Ability to simplify complexity and build models others can actually use
• Senior presence – confident engaging with GMs, Commercial leads and engineers, be able to push back and stress-test assumptions
• Comfortable travelling to mine site inter-state for some face-to-face meetings

The details

• Contract: ~3 - 4 months
• Location: CBD office (Mon–Thu), WFH Friday | minimum 3 days in-office
• Travel: Short site visit required interstate
• Rate: Circa $950/day with flexibility candidate dependent

If you love building clean, commercial models that actually drive decisions — and fixing what everyone else avoids — this is your contract. Please apply via the link or reach out to Dave Goldbach directly.