Mine Accountant – Costing, Forecasting & Ops Insights

Cadence Connect; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 155,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote day once a week

Parental leave (26 weeks)

Share gift plan

Salary packaging incl. novated leases

Education and leadership development

Job summary

Cadence Connect in Brisbane seeks a seasoned accountant for mine accounting, reporting to the Manager of Mine Accounting. You will produce monthly results, budgets and forecasts, with a focus on cost performance and site collaboration across finance, commercial and operations.

The role blends on-site work (roughly one week a month) with remote collaboration, requiring autonomous work, strong relationships and a proactive approach to cost management and capital projects.

Qualifications

• Solid grounding in management or financial accounting, including month end, reconciliations and variance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Complete monthly management accounts for the operation in line with the group timetable.
• Prepare and post accrual, prepayment, allocation and other recurring journals.
• Ensure site costs are recognised in the correct period and classified to the right cost centre and project.
• Investigate material variances and write commentary that explains the drivers, not just the movement.
• Run weekly and month end cost reviews with budget owners and resolve the actions that come out of them.
• Maintain the fixed asset register and review capital work in progress, capitalising and closing projects on time.
• Support the annual budget and periodic forecasts, validating physical, cost and capital inputs.
• Partner with site commercial and operational stakeholders to explain cost performance and flag emerging risk.

Skills

Independent work

Stakeholder management

Cost reviews

Variance analysis

Month-end accounting

Education

Degree in Accounting or Commerce

CA or CPA qualified

Tools

SAP

Job description

Cadence Connect in Brisbane seeks a seasoned accountant for mine accounting, reporting to the Manager of Mine Accounting. You will produce monthly results, budgets and forecasts, with a focus on cost performance and site collaboration across finance, commercial and operations.

The role blends on-site work (roughly one week a month) with remote collaboration, requiring autonomous work, strong relationships and a proactive approach to cost management and capital projects.