Role Summary
The Director of FP&A is a key finance leader within Aristocrat Interactive, responsible for enterprise-wide planning, performance management, and financial insight. Partnering closely with senior executives, this role helps shape business strategy, evaluate investment decisions, and drive accountability for financial performance across the organisation.
Reporting to the Vice President, FP&A, the Director owns the annual planning, forecasting, and reporting processes while building scalable analytics and decision-support capabilities that enable growth and long-term value creation.
Key Responsibilities
Key Planning Cycles & Business Partnering
- Own the Long Range Plan, Annual Plan, rolling forecasts, and Risk & Opportunity processes.
- Partner with senior leaders to evaluate business performance, critical initiatives, investment opportunities, and resource allocation decisions.
- Support business initiatives including market expansion, M&A evaluation, investment cases, and strategic projects.
Financial Performance & Governance
- Own consolidated financial reporting and performance analysis for Aristocrat Interactive, providing clear and actionable insights to executive leadership, Group Finance, and Investor Relations.
- Drive weekly and monthly performance reviews, identifying emerging risks, opportunities, and performance trends.
- Ensure strong financial governance, planning processes, and alignment with Group policies, controls, and reporting standards.
- Partner across Finance to improve visibility, consistency, and accountability for financial performance.
Data, Analytics & Operational Improvement
- Develop scalable reporting, indicators, and dashboards that support effective decision-making across the organization.
- Leverage data and analytics to enhance forecasting accuracy, performance insights, and commercial outcomes.
- Drive continuous improvement of planning, reporting, and financial management processes.
- Partner with Finance Systems, BI, and Enterprise Data teams to improve automation, data quality, and self-service reporting capabilities.
Team Leadership & Development
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing FP&A team.
- Cultivate a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Build strong relationships across Finance, Operations, Product, Technology, and Commercial teams.
- Champion modern finance capabilities, including data literacy through the use of SQL.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field required.
- Professional accounting qualification (ACA, CIMA, CPA, or equivalent) preferred.
- MBA or postgraduate qualification desirable.
Experience & Expertise
- Significant experience in FP&A, commercial finance, corporate finance, or related finance leadership roles.
- Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
- Strong experience leading planning, forecasting, management reporting, and performance management processes.
- Proven track record supporting senior executives within a global, matrix organization.
- Background in technology, digital, gaming, entertainment, software, or similarly fast-paced industries preferred.
Skills & Leadership
- Exceptional analytical, financial modelling, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to influence decisions through data, insight, and commercial judgment.
- Highly adaptable and comfortable operating in a fast-moving, evolving environment.
- Advanced proficiency with planning, reporting, and business intelligence tools (e.g., TM1, Anaplan, Power BI, D365, SQL).
This job description may have been reviewed and enhanced using AI-assisted tools to improve clarity, consistency, and inclusivity. All final content, role requirements and hiring decisions remain subject to human review and approval by Aristocrat.
We offer a comprehensive pay and benefits package designed to stay competitive in the market, support your wellbeing, and recognise your contribution to our success. Our approach is underpinned by a pay-for-performance belief in rewarding individual impact. Your specific compensation package will be determined by factors such as your skills, experience, qualifications, and location.
Depending on your role and location, you may be eligible for annual bonuses and incentives, health and wellbeing benefits, paid time off, retirement plans, insurance coverage, and other local or statutory benefits.
Specific details about compensation and benefits for this position will be discussed during the recruitment process.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field
- Significant experience in FP&A, commercial finance, corporate finance, or related finance leadership roles
- Experience leading and developing high-performing teams
- Strong experience leading planning, forecasting, management reporting, and performance management processes
- Experience supporting senior executives within a global, matrix organization
- Exceptional analytical, financial modeling, and problem-solving capabilities
- Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills
- Advanced proficiency with planning, reporting, and business intelligence tools, including TM1, Anaplan, Power BI, D365, or SQL
- Professional accounting qualification such as ACA, CIMA, CPA, or equivalent
- MBA or postgraduate qualification
- Background in technology, digital, gaming, entertainment, software, or similarly fast-paced industries
Aristocrat Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Aristocrat and has not been reviewed or approved by Aristocrat.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is considered strong, with mentions of comprehensive medical, dental, and vision options plus mental‑health resources. Descriptions point to solid insurance offerings across core areas.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include a 401(k) with employer matching, positioned as a notable part of the package. This element is consistently referenced alongside other key benefits.
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Parental & Family Support — Family support is emphasized through paid parental leave, adoption or surrogacy assistance, and benefits that can include dependents. Wellbeing resources are described as part of the broader family-support ecosystem.
Aristocrat Insights
What We Do
Aristocrat Leisure Limited is an ASX20 listed company and one of the world’s leading providers of gaming solutions. We’re licensed in over 300 jurisdictions and operate in over 90 countries around the world. We’re also proud to have a team of over 6500 employees that deliver outstanding results by pushing the boundaries of innovation, creativity and technology each day. We offer a diverse range of products and services including electronic gaming machines, social gaming and casino management systems, but it doesn’t stop there. Despite our global presence and exponential growth, we remain an ideas company at heart that is committed to delivering outstanding results for our customers and players and an unparalleled experience for our employees, who have the opportunity to grow, be inspired and be the best they can be. Our values of Talent Unleashed, All About the Player, Collective Brilliance and Good Business, Good Citizen guide and inspire us to live our mission of bringing joy to life through the power of play – every day. Come and join us – let’s play!
Why Work With Us
Individually we’re great, but together we’re brilliant. Our employees are the beating heart of our business and we attract the best people in the industry thanks to our unique and inspiring culture. Come and join the team and help bring joy to life through the power of play.
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