Business Controller
Aristocrat is seeking a Business Controller for its Gaming business in the EMEA region. This role focuses on ownership, insight, and business partnership, moving beyond transactional execution to manage the entire balance sheet and drive financial performance.
The successful candidate will sit at the intersection of finance operations, supply chain, and commercial finance. They will be responsible for providing financial judgement, leading a team of accountants, and overseeing risk management. Additionally, the role involves driving transformation through an upcoming ERP implementation project.
This position is suited for a finance leader who thrives in dynamic environments and enjoys combining technical depth with commercial thinking. The individual will play a critical role in shaping a modern, forward-looking controllership function.
- Own the integrity, quality, and performance of the balance sheet for the Gaming business.
- Provide end-to-end oversight of balance sheet movements, risks, and underlying drivers, including receivables collections.
- Review and challenge reconciliations, ensuring issues are identified, understood, and resolved.
- Lead month-end close review, including financial commentary, variance analysis, and business sign-off.
- Apply financial judgement across accruals, provisions, revenue recognition, and complex transactions.
- Partner with senior team members to provide insight, challenge, and support strategic decision-making.
- Translate financial outcomes into clear insights, highlighting risks, opportunities, and performance drivers.
- Ensure alignment with accounting policies, internal controls, and governance requirements.
- Identify and proactively manage financial and balance sheet risks and exposures.
- Manage a team of accountants ensuring operational execution and high-quality outputs.
- Monitor important measures including working capital, balance sheet efficiency, and forecast accuracy.
- Drive continuous improvement through enhanced reporting, insight, and automation of finance processes.
- Significant experience in controllership, finance business partnering, or senior accounting roles within a multinational organisation (required).
- Strong expertise in balance sheet management, financial accounting, and governance (required).
- Proven ability to apply financial judgement and provide commercial insight in complex environments (required).
- Experience working within centralised or shared service finance models (required).
- Strong knowledge of IFRS and financial reporting requirements (required).
- Proven stakeholder management and influencing capability across finance and business leadership (required).
- Experience with ERP platforms such as Sage, Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) and close/reporting tools (required).
- Experience in implementing ERP systems (nice-to-have).
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills (required).
- Continuous improvement approach with a focus on simplification, standardisation, and automation (required).
- Experience in automating processes with AI tools (nice-to-have).
- Degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field (required).
- CPA, CA, ACCA or equivalent (required).
- Offer a comprehensive pay and benefits package designed to stay competitive in the market, support your wellbeing, and recognise your contribution to our success.
- 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.
Aristocrat Leisure Limited is an Australian gaming and technology company and one of the world's largest providers of gambling products. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and headquartered in Sydney, it designs and manufactures electronic gaming machines and casino-management systems, and runs sizeable online real-money gaming (Aristocrat Interactive) and mobile games (Pixel United) businesses. Founded in 1953, the group employs more than 7,000 people across over 20 locations worldwide. It is the largest gaming-machine manufacturer in Australia and among the biggest slot-machine makers globally.