At Aristocrat, we believe in bringing happiness to life through the power of play. Our standing as a global leader in gaming content and technology advances regulated land-based gaming, social casino, and regulated online real-money gaming worldwide. Joining our team means becoming part of a dynamic and ambitious workforce focused on outstanding performance and innovation.
As our Finance Manager FP&A, you will hold a pivotal role in reshaping and guiding our enterprise workforce planning process. You will assure smooth delivery and exceptional quality in every result. This is a unique opportunity to develop a more refined workforce planning function and make a meaningful difference within our company. Your expertise will support us in competing at the highest tier and fulfilling our bold transformation goals!
What You'll Do
- Direct everyday workforce planning operations, coordinating planning calendars, templates, inputs, submissions, and follow-through efforts across Business Units and Corporate Functions.
- Maintain detailed documentation of headcount, labour expenses, contractor engagement, and vacancy plans to ensure the workforce data remains accurate, complete, and aligned with authorised financial assumptions.
- Coordinate the delivery of annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and monthly reporting cycles by consolidating inputs, reviewing outputs, and identifying key movements, risks, and opportunities.
- Perform variance analysis on headcount and labour costs, including hiring activity, attrition, vacancies, transfers, contractors, role changes, and efficiency initiatives.
- Partner with Finance and P&C teams to reconcile workforce planning data with source systems, payroll information, organisational structures, and approved budgets.
- Collaborate with the RCOE team to ensure workforce planning reporting, dashboarding, and self-service analytics are developed, maintained, and meet the needs of collaborators.
- Support the development, testing, and implementation of standardised workforce planning templates, data definitions, reporting outputs, and process documentation.
- Identify data quality issues, process gaps, and improvement opportunities, advancing themes, insights, and recommended actions to the Director.
- Assist with workforce scenario modelling to assess the impact of hiring plans, efficiency initiatives, organisational changes, and labour cost assumptions.
- Guide collaborators in embracing the redesigned workforce planning process through clear communication, practical mentorship, and hands-on support.
- Provide leadership, mentorship, and technical guidance to Workforce Planning Finance Senior Analysts, enhancing capabilities in analytics, financial modelling, data quality, reporting, partner support, and problem-solving.
- Support the continuous development of workforce planning tools, processes, and forecasting methodologies.
What We're Looking For
- A minimum of 10+ years working in Finance, FP&A, Workforce Planning, or similar analytical roles is required. You must have been responsible for planning tasks or supervising analyst efforts in a challenging setting.
- Demonstrated ability in handling headcount, labour cost, contractor, and vacancy planning data.
- Exceptional forecasting, budgeting, financial modelling, analysis, and data reconciliation skills.
- Demonstrated experience supporting budget, forecast, month-end reporting, or workforce planning activities within a complex organisation.
- Ability to work with large datasets, resolve issues, and translate data into clear insights and recommendations.
- Experience bringing to bear AI-enabled tools, automation, and workflow improvements to enhance planning efficiency, reporting quality, data validation, and insight generation.
- Strong attention to detail, process rigour, and ability to manage competing planning and reporting deadlines.
- Demonstrated skill in leading by influence, coordinating the activities of Senior Finance Analysts, reviewing results, establishing clear expectations, and maintaining progress on schedule.
- Strong collaboration skills across Finance, P&C, data teams, and business partners.
- Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, including reporting packs, analysis, and management commentary.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
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
- 10+ years of experience in Finance, FP&A, Workforce Planning, or similar analytical roles
- Experience managing planning tasks or supervising analyst efforts in a challenging environment
- Experience handling headcount, labor cost, contractor, and vacancy planning data
- Forecasting, budgeting, financial modeling, analysis, and data reconciliation skills
- Experience supporting budget, forecast, month-end reporting, or workforce planning activities in a complex organization
- Ability to work with large datasets, resolve issues, and translate data into insights and recommendations
- Experience using AI-enabled tools, automation, and workflow improvements for planning, reporting, validation, and insight generation
- Strong attention to detail, process rigor, and ability to manage competing deadlines
- Ability to lead by influence, coordinate Senior Finance Analysts, review results, establish expectations, and maintain schedules
- Strong collaboration skills across Finance, P&C, data teams, and business partners
- Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, including reporting packs, analysis, and management commentary
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field, or equivalent experience
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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