Principal Mining Finance Consultant - Mining Advisory

SLR Consulting Australia Pty Ltd; Perth; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

SLR Consulting Australia Pty Ltd is seeking a senior Mining Advisory finance professional based in Brisbane or Perth. The role focuses on financial and commercial advisory across feasibility studies, lender advisory, and investment decisions for mining projects.

The successful candidate will bring extensive mining finance experience, expertise in budgeting and financial modelling, and the ability to engage with operations, boards, lenders, and investors while contributing to business development

Qualifications

• Experience in mining sector advisory roles.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, cost management and investment evaluation skills.
• Proven ability to communicate complex financial information to stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Advisory & Evaluation: deliver financial, commercial, and technical assessments across mining studies and due diligence.
• Project Delivery: lead advisory projects within scope, schedule, budget and quality.
• Client Engagement: build trusted relationships with clients and stakeholders at all levels.
• Reporting & Recommendations: prepare reports to support financing and investment decisions.
• Business Development: support client relationships, proposals and new opportunities.
• Leadership & Mentoring: guide consultants and foster technical excellence within the team.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Investment evaluation

Financial modelling

Cost management

Business planning

Education

CA/CPA/CMA accreditation

Job description

About SLR

SLR is a global leader in environmental and advisory solutions, employing more than 5,000 professionals across six regions. In APAC, our team of 1,200+ specialists work across 24 offices, supporting clients in mining, energy, infrastructure, and the built environment.

Our globally integrated Mining Advisory team brings together experts across geology, mining engineering, metallurgy, geotechnics, civil engineering, environmental science, and finance. We support mining companies, investors, financiers, and governments through every stage of the project lifecycle, from exploration and study phases through to financing, operations, and closure.

About the role

Based in Brisbane or Perth, this role provides financial and commercial advisory expertise across feasibility studies, lender advisory assignments, due diligence reviews, independent technical reviews, and investment decision processes for mining projects. Working closely with mining companies, financiers, investors, and project developers, you’ll help shape major investment and development decisions across the mining sector. The role requires extensive mining industry experience in finance, commercial, management accounting, project controls, or cost management functions, including experience supporting mining operations and site‑based leadership teams. Strong skills in budgeting, forecasting, cost management, business planning, investment evaluation, and financial modelling are essential. The successful candidate will engage with stakeholders from operations through to executive management, boards, lenders and investors, while contributing to business development, proposal preparation, and the continued growth of SLR's Mining Advisory business.

What you’ll be doing

• Advisory & Evaluation: Deliver financial, commercial, and technical assessments across mining studies, lender advisory engagements, due diligence reviews, and investment evaluations.
• Project Delivery: Lead and contribute to advisory projects, ensuring delivery to agreed scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
• Client Engagement: Build trusted relationships with clients and stakeholders, clearly communicating complex information across technical, operational, and executive audiences.
• Reporting & Recommendations: Prepare, review, and present reports and recommendations that support financing, investment approval, and project development decisions.
• Business Development: Support business growth through client relationship management, proposal development, tender submissions, and identification of new opportunities.
• Leadership & Mentoring: Mentor consultants and emerging professionals, while contributing to technical excellence, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement across the team.

What we’re looking for

• Relevant Qualifications: Tertiary qualifications in Finance, Commerce, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related discipline, together with CA, CPA, CMA, or equivalent professional accreditation.
• Mining Industry Experience: Extensive experience in senior finance, commercial, management accounting, project controls, or advisory roles within the mining sector, including experience supporting mining operations, operational leadership teams or major mining projects.
• Commercial & Financial Expertise: Strong capability in budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, cost management, business planning, investment evaluation and financial modelling.
• Stakeholder Management Skills: Proven ability to build trusted relationships and communicate effectively with clients and stakeholders at all levels, from site operations through to executive, board, lender, and investor groups.
• Leadership & Professional Requirements: Experience leading multidisciplinary teams, mentoring colleagues, and delivering complex advisory, due diligence, studies, or major project engagements, together with unrestricted Australian work rights and a willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required.

Why SLR?

• Global Reach: Work with a globally connected Mining Advisory team supporting projects across Australia and international markets.
• Diverse Projects: Contribute to financing, investment, due diligence, and project development decisions across a broad range of commodities and jurisdictions.
• Career Growth: Develop your expertise alongside industry‑leading technical specialists within a multidisciplinary advisory environment.

You can find a comprehensive list of our employee benefits here.

We are proud of our collaborative culture and the way our people work together to deliver outstanding outcomes for our clients. Whether you’re working in the office, from home or a mix of the two, we recognise that every person is different, and our benefits aim to ensure that we cater for all.

We’re Making Sustainability Happen

We are a consultancy with 4,500+ employees, working on projects in over 125 countries around the world. When you join SLR, you’ll work alongside some of the world’s leading advisors and technicians on projects of global importance in the environmental space. We know sustainability starts from within. And no matter how good we are today, we can always do better. We continually work on our internal ethics to set the standard for organisations and reflect the advice we give to clients.