FP&A Senior Analyst - IT
The FP&A Senior Analyst will partner with Global Corporate IT leaders to produce detailed and dependable bottom-up quarterly forecasts and annual budgets through meaningful business partnership and insight gathering.
This role will lead strategic analysis of SMG&A to provide actionable insights to key finance collaborators, including the CFO. It will coordinate month-end operations for principal Global Corporate IT business units and departments by assessing monthly transactions, entering journal entries, and pointing out risks and opportunities connected to projected spend.
The analyst will work with Global Corporate IT on the cost allocation model annual review, including communication with key collaborators. They will develop enhanced reporting, including self-service reporting for collaborators, such as dashboards, visuals, or new reporting styles.
Building positive connections across the Global Corporate IT, Group Planning and Reporting, and extended Group Finance teams is essential to encourage open and timely communication. The role will also support relevant audit and business risk management initiatives as required, and assist in the delivery of Global Corporate IT, Group Planning & Reporting, and wider Group Finance initiatives.
- Partner with Global Corporate IT leaders to produce detailed and dependable bottom-up quarterly forecasts and annual budgets through meaningful business partnership and insight gathering.
- Lead strategic analysis of SMG&A to provide actionable insights to key finance collaborators, including the CFO.
- Coordinate month-end operations for principal Global Corporate IT business units and departments by assessing monthly transactions, entering journal entries, and pointing out risks and opportunities connected to projected spend.
- Work with Global Corporate IT on the cost allocation model annual review, including communication with key collaborators.
- Develop enhanced reporting, including self-service reporting for collaborators, such as dashboards, visuals, or new reporting styles.
- Build positive connections across the Global Corporate IT, Group Planning and Reporting, and extended Group Finance teams to encourage open and timely communication.
- Support relevant audit and business risk management initiatives as required.
- Assist in the delivery of Global Corporate IT, Group Planning & Reporting, and wider Group Finance initiatives.
- Proven experience in financial planning and analysis, preferably within a corporate IT environment (required)
- Outstanding analytical skills with a strong attention to detail (required)
- Ability to build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships (required)
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal (required)
- Advanced proficiency in financial modelling and forecasting (required)
- Experience with cost allocation models and strategic financial analysis (required)
- Familiarity with month-end procedures and journal entries (required)
- Proficiency in developing and improving reporting tools and dashboards (required)
- Ability to prioritise various tasks and meet strict deadlines (required)
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field, or equivalent experience (required)
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid time off
- 401(k) plan with employer matching
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.