FP&A Senior Analyst – Group Planning & Reporting
The FP&A Senior Analyst – Group Planning & Reporting role is an outstanding chance to create a significant impact within the organisation. Reporting directly to the Senior Director Group Planning & Reporting, the analyst will be instrumental in driving high-quality financial reporting, forecasting, and analysis.
This role is pivotal in supporting the Executive Leadership, including the CFO, CEO, and the Board, to make informed financial decisions. The analyst's contributions will build financial strategies and help continue delivering happiness to the global audience.
- Run and maintain existing monthly and quarterly reporting packages to ensure a consistent and efficient operating rhythm.
- Prepare and maintain quarterly Forecast, Annual Budget, and 5-year Strategic Plan PowerPoint presentation decks.
- Support the consolidation of Group monthly management reports, including analysis and commentary.
- Develop compelling dashboards and data visualizations to deliver enhanced financial and performance-related information and insights.
- Collaborate with global finance leads to identify and capture new reporting metrics relevant to business analysis.
- Implement reporting guidelines and embed automation/AI in reporting.
- Manage the Group Planning & Reporting Sharepoint site.
- Coordinate the Global Finance reporting calendar.
- Assist with relevant audit and Group Finance initiatives.
- Provide ad hoc analysis to support projects as needed.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field, or equivalent experience (required).
- CA/CPA (preferred).
- 3+ years' experience in finance roles, covering FP&A and business partnering (required).
- Advanced skills in TM1 (IPA), Excel (including pivot tables, charts, graphs), and PowerPoint (required).
- Strong collaborator engagement and communication skills with the ability to build and maintain positive relationships across the business (required).
- Strong attention to detail (required).
- Experience working with complex financial data to produce analysis including trend, forecast, and benchmark analysis generating insights to improve efficiency, quality, and performance (required).
- Confidence to drive challenging conversations (required).
- Proven ability to prioritise multiple tasks and meet changing demands (required).
- Ability to understand the overall vision while being capable of focusing on details when necessary (required).
- Ability to deliver in a fast-paced global environment across multiple time zones (required).
- Continuous improvement approach, including identifying automation and leveraging of AI opportunities (required).
- Possess a high level of personal and professional accountability and be able to enlist the cooperation of peer groups to meet common business goals and objectives (required).
- Dedication to personal growth and development (required).
- Data visualization tool experience highly desirable (e.g., PowerBI, IBM Planning Analytics, Tableau) (nice-to-have).
- Robust benefits package
- Global career opportunities
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.