Finance Director (Commercial & Contracts)

Overview:

Location: Perth (WA)
Salary: c. $260,000 + Superannuation + Bonuses
Sector: Mining/Resources Services
Scope: Multisite (APAC footprint)
Focus: Commercial partner to Ops, long-term contract profitability + lifecycle management
Background fit: Mining services / infrastructure / engineering / project-led environments

The Opportunity

Our client is a specialist services provider to the mining and resources sector, supporting major operators across Australia and an expanding APAC footprint.

With long-term, profitable contracts in place and more in motion, they’re looking to appoint a senior finance leader to own commercial performance across the contract lifecycle,  from forecasting and cost-to-serve through to margin protection, reporting, and continuous improvement.

This is a hands-on leadership role based in Perth, with some potential regional travel required at times (Pacific Islands).

Role Profile

Reporting to the Group CFO and executive team, you will:

• Lead budgeting, forecasting and performance reporting across a portfolio of long-term B2B services contracts
• Build clear visibility of contract profitability, cost drivers, and forward risk (labour, materials, logistics, mobilisation)
• Strengthen contract lifecycle management: financial governance, change control, claims/variations support, and margin protection
• Partner closely with operations to drive practical improvements in processes and decision-making, without adding unnecessary bureaucracy
• Improve the quality and usefulness of management reporting (what’s happened, what’s changing, what we need to do next)
• Challenge current ways of working and implement affordable, pragmatic enhancements that move the dial
• Support the business’s broader APAC growth agenda, including occasional offshore stakeholder engagement

Successful Candidate Profile

• Senior commercial finance leadership experience within mining services, resources, infrastructure services, engineering services (large project-led B2B environments)
• Strong capability in long-term contract financial management (cost-to-serve, margin analysis, escalation mechanisms, pricing, variations, lifecycle reporting)
• A grounded understanding of labour and materials cost pressure, plus logistics/mobilisation impacts
• Confidence operating as a genuine business partner to operations; able to challenge constructively and influence outcomes
• A track record of improving processes and reporting in a way that’s practical and adopted (not just “pretty spreadsheets”)
• Comfort with travel and working across dispersed stakeholders in regional/offshore environments
• CA/CPA/CIMA qualification

Apply Now

If you meet the key criteria and believe you're a strong fit for the role, please apply now or contact Liam Hassell at Recruitment Labs on +61 *********** for a confidential discussion.

Please note: Only candidates currently based in Australia with full Australian working rights will be considered.

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