Finance Manager FP&A

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.