Description

• Our client is considering the application for either a Chief Commercial Officer or a Senior Financial Analyst. Both roles would report to the CEO, the CFO and the Strategic Advisor. The two position descriptions are presented together to assist decision making; only one of the roles is intended to be filled.
• The Chief Commercial Officer is positioned as a senior executive appointment, with primary accountability for commercial leadership, capital markets engagement and Board-level decision support. The Senior Financial Analyst is positioned as a hands-on commercial analyst role that delivers many of the same outputs at a more operational level under the direction of the CEO, CFO and Strategic Advisor.
• Both roles support core financial outputs (such as group budgeting and statutory cash forecasting) through an interface with the CFO and finance team, and provide the commercial overlay, scenario analysis and Board-ready materials for the executive team.

• The Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) is a senior executive appointment reporting to the CEO, the CFO and the Strategic Advisor. The CCO is the principal commercial counsel to the executive team and the Board, with primary accountability for the commercial framing of group budgets, cash and capital models, external financial market engagement and the analysis that underpins strategic decision making across Client Minerals and its subsidiaries, including Kulu Minerals.
• The CCO partners closely with the CFO and the broader finance team. Core financial activities such as group budgeting, statutory and operational cash forecasting, management reporting and accounting driven analytics are delivered through this interface with the CFO and finance team. The CCO provides the commercial overlay, scenario analysis and strategic framing of those outputs for the executive team and the Board, and works alongside the Strategic Advisor on transaction structuring, capital markets positioning and Board-level advisory matters.

• Reports to: CEO, CFO and Strategic Advisor
• Direct reports: Senior Analyst (where appointed); external advisers as required
• Key internal relationships: CEO, CFO and finance team, Strategic Advisor, Board of Directors, General Manager Exploration, Company Secretary, Subsidiary leadership (including Kulu Minerals)
• Key external relationships: Sell-side and buy-side analysts, institutional and retail investors, brokers, corporate advisers, lenders, auditors, regulators, joint venture and offtake counterparties

• ct as the principal commercial sounding board to the CEO and Strategic Advisor on strategic initiatives, including corporate restructuring, project prioritization, joint ventures, divestments and capital raisings.
• Lead commercial evaluation of new opportunities, partnerships and transactions, ensuring decisions are tested against current and forecast cash, capital and shareholder-value impacts.
• Contribute to the development and refresh of the group's strategic plan and provide independent commercial challenge to operational proposals.

• Lead the group budgeting cycle in partnership with the CFO and finance team, ensuring the budget reflects commercial priorities and the strategic direction set by the CEO and Board.
• Provide commercial framing, top-down challenge and scenario overlays to the bottom-up budget data assembled by the finance team.
• Coordinate quarterly reforecasts with the CFO and finance team, and present material variances and their commercial implications to the executive team and the Board.
• Establish, jointly with the CFO, the budget governance and tracking framework that links operational activity to commercial outcomes.

• Maintain the group commercial cash model and project-level financial models, drawing on actuals, forecasts and balance sheet inputs supplied by the CFO and finance team.
• Stress tests the group's funding runway under a range of commodity price, exploration spend and equity market scenarios, in coordination with the finance team's underlying cash forecasts.
• Recommend the timing, structure and quantum of equity, debt and hybrid capital initiatives, working with the CFO, the Strategic Advisor and corporate advisers on execution.

• Serve as the primary day-to-day point of contact for sell-side and buy-side analysts in conjunction with the CEO and Strategic Advisor.
• Prepare investor presentations, analyst briefings, fact sheets and supporting commercial materials, in coordination with the Company Secretary on continuous disclosure obligations.
• Build and maintain consensus tracking, peer benchmarking and shareholder analytics to inform Board and executive decisions.
• Support investor roadshows, conferences and one-on-one meetings, with attendance in Australia and offshore as required.

• Develop and present commercial papers, options analyses and Board materials that articulate trade-offs clearly and defensibly.
• Establish a small number of high-signal commercial KPIs and report against them to the executive team and the Board.
• Ensure analytical work is reproducible, version-controlled and capable of withstanding due diligence scrutiny from external parties.

• Work with the CFO and Company Secretary to ensure commercial activities are conducted within the group's risk appetite, delegations of authority and continuous disclosure framework.
• Identify and escalate commercial, market and capital risks to the executive team and the Board on a timely basis.

• Tertiary qualifications in commerce, finance, economics, engineering or a related discipline; a postgraduate qualification (CA, CFA, MBA or equivalent) is highly regarded.
• Twelve or more years of post-qualification experience spanning two or more of: corporate development, investment banking, equities research, corporate strategy or senior commercial roles in resources.
• Demonstrated experience in the resources sector (mineral exploration, development or production) is strongly preferred, including familiarity with PNG or comparable operating jurisdictions.
• Direct experience advising boards and chief executives of ASX-listed (or comparable) entities, including in IPO, secondary raising or corporate restructuring contexts.
• Strong existing relationships with Australian institutional investors, sell-side analysts and corporate advisers covering the resources sector.

• Exceptional financial modelling, scenario analysis and capital markets judgement.
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication, including the ability to translate technical and operational detail into commercial narrative for non-specialist audiences.
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity, competing priorities and Board-level scrutiny.
• High personal integrity, sound commercial instinct and a collaborative working style with the CEO, CFO and finance team, the Strategic Advisor, operational leadership and the Board.
• Willingness to travel domestically and to PNG on a regular basis.

• The role is based in Australia ( Brisbane or Sydney), with regular travel to other sites including Papua New Guinea.
• Hybrid working arrangements are available.

• The Senior Analyst is a hands-on commercial role reporting to the CEO, the CFO and the Strategic Advisor. The Senior Analyst is responsible for building and maintaining the commercial analytics that support strategic decision making across Client Minerals and its subsidiaries, including Kulu Minerals: commercial budget views, cash and project models, capital markets materials and ad hoc commercial analysis for the executive team and the Board.
• The Senior Analyst works closely with the CFO and the broader finance team. Core financial activities such as group budgeting, statutory and operational cash forecasting, management reporting and accounting-driven analytics are delivered through this interface with the CFO and finance team. The Senior Analyst builds commercial views, scenario analysis and Board-ready materials on top of those outputs for the CEO and Strategic Advisor, and supports their engagement with the Board and the market.

• Reports to: CEO, CFO and Strategic Advisor
• Key internal relationships: CEO, CFO and finance team, Strategic Advisor, General Manager Exploration, Company Secretary, Subsidiary leadership (including Kulu Minerals)
• Key external relationships: Sell-side and buy-side analysts, retail and institutional investors, brokers, corporate advisers and auditors (in support of the CEO and Strategic Advisor)

• Coordinate the group budgeting cycle in partnership with the CFO and finance team, working with cost center owners across Client Minerals and Kulu Minerals.
• Consolidate the bottom-up budget data prepared by the finance team into commercial views, variance, sensitivity and scenario outputs for the executive team.
• Support the quarterly reforecast process run by the finance team, and prepare commentary explaining material movements and their commercial implications.

• Maintain the group commercial cash model and project-level financial models, drawing on actuals, forecasts and accounting inputs supplied by the CFO and finance team, with assumptions and outputs clearly documented and version-controlled.
• Run scenario and sensitivity analysis around commodity prices, exploration spend, capital raising timing and other key drivers.
• Support funding planning, including the timing and sizing of potential equity, debt and hybrid initiatives, in coordination with the CFO and the Strategic Advisor.

• Prepare investor presentations, analyst fact sheets, peer benchmarking and consensus tracking, working with the CEO, the Strategic Advisor and the Company Secretary.
• Respond to information requests from sell-side and buy-side analysts under the direction of the CEO and Strategic Advisor and within continuous disclosure constraints.
• Maintain a shareholder register analytics view and prepare market updates for the Board.

• Build commercial evaluations, option papers and Board-grade analytics for new opportunities, partnerships, restructuring steps and capital initiatives.
• Translate operational and technical inputs into clear commercial outputs that support decisions by the executive team and the Board.
• Support due diligence on transactions, including data room population, model review and Q&A coordination.

• Produce monthly and quarterly commercial reporting packs for the executive team and the Board, drawing on management accounts and finance team outputs.
• Maintain a clear audit trail of models, assumptions and analytical outputs.
• Ensure work is conducted within the group's risk appetite, delegations of authority and continuous disclosure framework.

• Tertiary qualifications in commerce, finance, economics, engineering or a related discipline. Progress towards or completion of CA, CPA or CFA is highly regarded.
• Five to eight years of relevant post-qualification experience, ideally including a combination of corporate finance or equities research and an in-house commercial or FP&A role.
• Exposure to the resources sector (mineral exploration, development or production) is preferred; PNG or comparable jurisdiction experience is an advantage but not essential.
• Demonstrable experience preparing Board, investor or analyst materials in a listed or pre-IPO environment.

• dvanced financial modelling skills, including scenario analysis, sensitivity testing and cash flow modelling.
• Strong written communication, particularly the ability to produce concise, well-structured Board and investor papers.
• High attention to detail and an instinct for sense-checking outputs before they leave the desk.
• Comfortable working directly with senior executives and the Board, and operating with discretion on commercially sensitive information.
• Collaborative working style, particularly with the CFO and finance team whose outputs the Senior Analyst will rely on.
• Self-directed, well organised and able to manage multiple workstreams to tight deadlines.
• Willingness to travel domestically and to PNG as required.

• The role is based in Australia (Brisbane or Sydney), with periodic travel to different sites including Papua New Guinea.
• Hybrid working arrangements are available.