Senior Adviser Finance | Boyne Smelter, Gladstone

- Turn financial insight into operational impact, partnering with leaders to strengthen performance, shape investment decisions and drive better business outcomes

- Permanent opportunity which includes attractive salary, annual incentives and a range of additional benefits designed to make your life better

- Gladstone-based position so you can enjoy all the perks of living a coastal lifestyle

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About the role

This site-based Adviser role provides strategic financial partnership, performance insight and decision support to operational and senior business leaders, as well as supporting engagement with Boyne Smelters Limited’s joint venture participants. The role will help leaders understand financial performance, manage costs, improve business outcomes and make informed operational, commercial and investment decisions.

This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional who enjoys working closely with stakeholders, influencing outcomes, and driving continuous improvement in a complex global environment.

The preferred commencement for this role will be mid-January 2027.

What you’ll be doing

Reporting to the Finance Business Partner, you will work as part of the site Finance team and collaborate closely with the broader Pacific Operations Finance team.

Your key accountabilities will be to:

- Drive a strong cost leadership culture across the site by partnering with departments to strengthen performance routines,



embed leading practices and build cost management capability. Collaborate with peers across Pacific Operations to share and develop leading cost practices

- Perform key month-end activities and analysis, take direct, hands-on accountability for completing recurring month-end tasks, including energy costs, employee costs, cell componentisation and selected cost leadership activities, and ensure outputs are accurate, timely and supported by transparent analysis

- Coordinate management and joint venture reporting by delivering high-quality monthly reporting, constructively challenge inputs and improve the clarity and strategic value of performance commentary

- Support the Board and joint venture participants by working with the Company Secretary to respond to queries, prepare high-quality Board papers, presentations and meeting materials, and coordinate site visits

- Provide strategic financial oversight of the capital portfolio by partnering with the Projects and Business Analysis teams to maintain robust forecasts, identify risks and opportunities, evaluate and challenge business cases, and support informed investment decisions

- Partner with the Planning team on budgeting, forecasting, and business planning, ensuring financial assumptions are robust and aligned with business priorities,



and coordinate site inputs and system submissions to support timely and accurate planning outcomes

- Identify opportunities to improve business performance and track delivery of transformation initiatives against agreed outcomes

- Build trusted relationships across the business and act as a proactive finance partner on strategic and operational matters

- Leverage AI, automation and analytics to improve efficiency, quality and insight provided through finance processes, including developing fit-for-purpose digital solutions and AI agents

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

- A commitment to the safety of yourself and our team

- A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Business, or a related discipline

- Demonstrated experience in finance business partnering, FP&A;, commercial finance, or a similar strategic finance role within a complex organisation

- A proactive, collaborative and adaptable approach, with the ability to build strong relationships and remain closely connected to operational priorities

- A hands‑on approach and willingness to personally complete essential finance activities while also contributing to broader business partnering and improvement priorities

- The ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high‑quality outcomes within required timeframes

- The ability to influence senior stakeholders and clearly communicate financial insights that support decision‑making

- Strong financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management capabilities

- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

Desirable skills and expe

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