Finance Manager FP&A

Aristocrat; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Aristocrat is enhancing its workforce planning and financial forecasting capabilities. The Finance Manager FP&A will lead the core planning, budgeting, and analytics processes, ensuring accuracy and timely insights across business units and corporate functions.

You will drive data quality, develop standardised templates, and partner with cross-functional teams to deliver robust workforce plans and scenario modelling.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Finance, FP&A, workforce planning or similar analytical roles.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, month-end reporting, or workforce planning in a complex organisation.
• Ability to handle large datasets and translate data into insights.

Responsibilities

• Direct workforce planning operations across business units and functions.
• Maintain headcount, labour costs, contractor engagement, and vacancy data with accuracy.
• Coordinate annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and monthly reporting cycles.
• Perform variance analysis on headcount and labour costs, hiring activity, attrition and vacancies.
• Collaborate with Finance and P&C teams to reconcile planning data with source systems and budgets.
• Lead by influence, guiding Senior Finance Analysts and ensuring timely delivery.

Skills

Forecasting

Budgeting

Financial modeling

Data reconciliation

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

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.
• 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.

What We're Looking For

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.

Compensation Philosophy

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.