Senior Director: Enterprise Workforce Planning Transformation

Aristocrat; Ryde; On-site; AUD 230,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Aristocrat in Australia seeks a transformational leader to design and build a next-generation enterprise planning capability that links talent, strategy and financial performance across a global technology and gaming business. You will redefine how strategic workforce decisions are made and partner with senior executives to shape the future state planning model.

You will drive end-to-end transformation, standardise processes, deliver budgets and forecasts, and lead a team delivering analytics,

Qualifications

• 12+ years in Finance Transformation, FP&A, Workforce Planning, Analytics, or related roles in global organisations.
• Experience leading enterprise transformation programs from current-state assessment to benefits realisation.
• Strong data and financial analysis skills.
• Ability to translate strategy into governed workforce plans and governance forums.
• Proven experience redesigning planning processes and operating models.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement a future-state operating model across Finance, P&C, BUs, Corporate Functions, and Enterprise Data & Analytics.
• Redesign the end-to-end workforce planning cycle from strategic demand to budget and forecast.
• Lead enterprise workforce planning transformation and integration of new methods.
• Translate strategic priorities into governed workforce plans with executives.
• Drive standardisation of processes, data definitions, and reporting standards.
• Deliver budgets and forecasts for headcount, labour costs, contractors, and investments.
• Own consolidated headcount forecasting, workforce trends, vacancies, attrition, and pipelines.
• Develop workforce scenarios for growth, redesign, acquisitions, and restructuring.
• Partner with regional centre for reporting, dashboards, and self-service analytics.
• Provide executive insights on transformation progress, costs, risks, and opportunities.
• Promote adoption through change management, training, and documentation.
• Lead and mentor Workforce Planning Manager and Finance Analysts.

Skills

Enterprise planning

Finance transformation

Data analytics

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategy development

Change management

Forecasting

Tools

Anaplan

Workday

TM1

D365

Power BI

Job description

At Aristocrat, we're powering the future of play through world-class talent, market-leading products, and a relentless focus on innovation. As we continue our global growth journey, we're seeking a transformational leader to design and build a next-generation enterprise planning capability that will directly influence how we invest, scale, and compete.

It's a rare opportunity to lead an enterprise-wide transformation, partnering with senior executives to redefine how strategic workforce decisions are made across a global technology and gaming business. You will architect the future state planning model, modernise planning processes, leverage data and AI-driven insights, and establish a globally integrated approach that links talent, strategy, and financial performance. This opportunity is ideal for a motivated leader who flourishes in a dynamic atmosphere and wants to create substantial impact!

At Aristocrat, we're powering the future of play through world-class talent, market-leading products, and a relentless focus on innovation. As we continue our global growth journey, we're seeking a transformational leader to design and build a next-generation enterprise planning capability that will directly influence how we invest, scale, and compete.

It's a rare opportunity to lead an enterprise-wide transformation, partnering with senior executives to redefine how strategic workforce decisions are made across a global technology and gaming business. You will architect the future state planning model, modernise planning processes, leverage data and AI-driven insights, and establish a globally integrated approach that links talent, strategy, and financial performance. This opportunity is ideal for a motivated leader who flourishes in a dynamic atmosphere and wants to create substantial impact!

What You'll Do

• Define and implement a future-state operating model across Finance, P&C, Business Units, Corporate Functions, and Enterprise Data & Analytics, including accountabilities, decision rights, and governance forums.
• Redesign the end-to-end workforce planning cycle from strategic demand through to budget, forecast, reporting, and executive decision‑making.
• Lead the enterprise workforce planning transformation, encompassing the rationale for change, transformation roadmap, main accomplishments, and ongoing integration of new methods.
• Partner with Finance, P&C, and executive leaders to translate strategic priorities, organisational changes, and growth plans into governed workforce plans.
• Drive process standardisation, planning assumptions, data definitions, reporting standards, governance routines, and approval pathways to improve consistency, transparency, and accountability.
• Deliver robust workforce budgets and forecasts covering headcount, labour costs, contractors, and workforce‑related investments.
• Own consolidated headcount forecasting, including workforce trends, vacancies, hiring pipelines, attrition, contractor usage, efficiency, and labour cost movements.
• Develop workforce scenarios to assess growth, efficiency initiatives, organisational redesign, acquisitions, restructuring, and labour investment choices.
• Work with the Regional Centre's Of Excellence to ensure appropriate workforce planning reporting, dashboarding, and self‑service analytics are developed, maintained, and aligned to collaborator needs.
• Provide executive insights on transformation progress, workforce performance, labour cost trends, forecast accuracy, efficiency, risks, and opportunities.
• Promote the adoption of change by engaging collaborators, analysing change impact, facilitating communication, offering training, preparing documentation, and developing capabilities.
• Lead and mentor the Workforce Planning Manager and Finance Analysts, building capability in transformation delivery, workforce analytics, financial modelling, and business partnering.

What We're Looking For

• Minimum of 12+ years' experience across Finance Transformation, FP&A, Workforce Planning, Analytics, or related roles in complex global organisations.
• Deep experience leading enterprise transformation programs, including current‑state assessment, future‑state development, implementation planning, delivery governance, and benefits realisation.
• Structured problem solver with excellent data and financial analysis skills.
• Strategy development through to implementation skills.
• Proven experience redesigning finance or planning processes, operating models, governance structures, and decision forums across complex collaborator groups.
• Strong transformation delivery capability, including roadmap development, achievement tracking, dependency management, risk mitigation, issue resolution, and executive status reporting.
• Experience integrating balanced change through working with collaborators, evaluating change effects, communications, training, documentation, and adoption assistance.
• Strong understanding of workforce planning, headcount forecasting, labour cost management, efficiency drivers, and the link between workforce investment and financial outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to use data, automation, AI‑enabled tools, and advanced analytics to transform planning quality, forecasting accuracy, insight generation, and decision support.
• Experience driving innovation in planning tools, dashboards, self‑service reporting, and data governance, including platforms such as Anaplan, Workday, TM1, D365, Power BI, or similar.

This job description may have been reviewed and enhanced usingAI-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.