Senior Finance Manager, FP&A

Sr. Finance Manager - FP&A

At Aristocrat, our mission is to bring happiness to life through the power of play, and every team member contributes significantly to reaching this objective. We are seeking an exceptionally skilled Sr. Finance Manager - FP&A to join our dynamic Finance team. This new role offers an outstanding opportunity to not only manage critical financial operations but also develop the future of our cost planning processes. You will be at the forefront of innovation and excellence, ensuring flawless execution and world-class reporting standards. Come be a part of an ambitious and collaborative team that values your expertise!

What You'll Do

• Direct the routine FP&A planning workflow, arranging calendars, templates, inputs, submissions, and the assignment of analyst tasks across Business Units and Corporate Functions.
• Maintain comprehensive expense planning records for consulting, computer and communications, depreciation, rent, travel, marketing, professional services, and other FP&A cost categories.
• Support annual budget, quarterly forecast, and monthly reporting cycles by consolidating SMG&A inputs, preparing analysis, and identifying key movements, risks, and opportunities.
• Carry out in-depth variance analysis on SMG&A costs, including consulting spend, technology costs, depreciation, rent, travel, marketing, professional services, and other operating expenses.
• Collaborate with Business Units, Corporate Functions, Finance, and Accounting to understand cost drivers, validate assumptions, reconcile results, and support disciplined expense management.
• Collaborate with the RCOE team to ensure appropriate SMG&A reporting, dashboarding, and self-service analytics are developed, maintained, and aligned to collaborator needs.
• Support the creation, testing, and integration of standardized FP&A planning templates, cost category definitions, reporting outputs, and process documentation.
• Identify data quality issues, process gaps, and improvement opportunities, bringing up themes, insights, and recommended actions to the Director.
• Assist with scenario modeling to assess the impact of investment decisions, cost reduction initiatives, supplier spend, project phasing, and changes in operating assumptions.
• Support collaborator adoption of standardized FP&A planning and reporting processes through clear communication, practical mentorship, and hands-on support.
• Serve as the second-in-command to the Director by supporting the FP&A business partnering model. Help manage collaborator requests, coordinate analyst support with business priorities, prepare materials for senior discussions, and maintain consistent messaging within the team.
• Provide day-to-day leadership, mentorship, and technical direction to FP&A Finance Analysts, building capability in expense analysis, financial modeling, data quality, reporting, collaborator support, and business partnering.

What We're Looking For

• Minimum of 10+ years' experience in Finance, FP&A, Business Partnering, Management Reporting, or related analytical roles.
• Extensive background in FP&A or operating expense planning, covering consulting, technology, depreciation, rent, travel, marketing, professional services, or other discretionary cost categories.
• Proven forecasting, budgeting, financial modeling, variance analysis, and data reconciliation skills.
• Experience supporting budget, forecast, month-end reporting, or management reporting cycles in a complex organization.
• Ability to work with large datasets, resolve issues, and translate financial data into clear insights, commentary, and recommendations.
• Experience bringing to bear AI-enabled tools, automation, and workflow improvements to improve planning efficiency, reporting quality, data validation, and insight generation.
• Strong attention to detail, process rigor, and ability to manage competing planning and reporting deadlines.
• Strong collaborator engagement and business partnership skills across Business Units, Corporate Functions, Finance, Accounting, and data teams.
• Proven ability to lead through influence, coordinate analyst priorities, review deliverables, maintain team rhythm, and support day-to-day execution without formal HR direct-report accountabilities.
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint, including reporting packs, analysis, and management commentary.
• Experience with planning, reporting, or ERP systems such as Anaplan, TM1, D365, Power BI, or data warehouse environments desirable.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Analytics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Join us in this exciting new role and help us achieve our vision with seamless implementation and world-class standards! You will be instrumental in driving our financial success!

Why Aristocrat?

Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming content and technology, and a top-tier publisher of free-to-play mobile games. Aristocrat has three operating business units, spanning regulated land-based gaming (Aristocrat Gaming), social casino (Product Madness), and regulated online real-money gaming (Aristocrat Interactive). Our team of over 7,400 employees worldwide is united by our company's mission of bringing joy to life through the power of play.

We deliver great performance for our B2B customers and bring joy to the lives of the millions of people who love to play our casino and mobile games. And while we focus on fun, we never forget our responsibilities. We strive to lead the way in responsible gameplay, and to lift the bar in company governance, employee wellbeing and sustainability.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to our values of Talent Unleashed, Collective Brilliance, Good Business, Good Citizen, and It's All About the Player. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on gender, race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.

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.