Strategic FP&A Lead, Workforce Planning

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

Job summary

Aristocrat Leisure is seeking a Finance Manager FP&A to reshape our enterprise workforce planning, delivering accurate headcount, labour cost, contractor, and vacancy planning data across business units and corporate functions.

You will own annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and monthly reporting cycles, perform variance analysis, partner with P&C, and drive insightful analytics with AI-enabled tools to raise planning quality and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Ten or more years in Finance, FP&A or workforce planning.
• Proven forecasting, budgeting, modelling, and data reconciliation skills.
• Experience supporting budgets, forecasts and month-end reporting.
• Ability to translate data into clear insights and recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Direct everyday workforce planning operations across units and functions.
• Maintain headcount, labour expenses, contractor engagement and vacancies.
• Coordinate annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, monthly cycles.
• Perform variance analysis on headcount and labour costs.
• Collaborate with Finance, P&C, data teams to reconcile data.
• Develop workforce planning templates, data definitions and reports.
• Lead by influence and guide Senior Analysts.

Skills

Headcount planning

Labour cost analysis

Forecasting and budgeting

Financial modelling

Data reconciliation

Scenario modelling

Leadership by influence

Cross-functional collaboration

AI-enabled tools & automation

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Aristocrat Leisure is seeking a Finance Manager FP&A to reshape our enterprise workforce planning, delivering accurate headcount, labour cost, contractor, and vacancy planning data across business units and corporate functions.

You will own annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and monthly reporting cycles, perform variance analysis, partner with P&C, and drive insightful analytics with AI-enabled tools to raise planning quality and efficiency.