Director of Portfolio Planning

Aristocrat seeks a strategic and commercially minded finance leader for our Development & Build Finance team. As Director of Portfolio Planning & Capital Allocation, you will influence investment decisions, prioritize capital, guide portfolio strategy, and measure success across our multi-billion-dollar global business. This role offers a unique opportunity to help shape Aristocrat's strategic direction by ensuring investments are aligned to the initiatives that create the greatest long-term value for the organization. Far beyond a traditional FP&A role, this highly visible position sits at the intersection of finance, strategy, governance, and executive decision-making. You will help shape Aristocrat's capital allocation framework, investment governance processes, and strategic decision-making across Product, Technology, Studios, Finance, and enterprise functions. Partnering closely with senior leaders across the organization, you will evaluate cases, assess investment opportunities, and guide how the company allocates capital across innovation, technology, talent, and growth. Your work will directly influence portfolio priorities, investment governance, resource allocation, and long-term business performance across the enterprise. The ideal candidate is intellectually curious, commercially astute, and comfortable navigating ambiguity. You can move seamlessly between critical thinking, financial analysis, operational execution, and executive communication. You build credibility quickly, challenge conventional thinking when needed, and influence decision-making through clear insights and compelling business narratives. If you are energized by solving complex business problems, driving measurable impact, and helping senior leaders make better investment decisions, this is an exceptional opportunity to build a new capability, gain broad organizational exposure, and leave a lasting mark on the future of Aristocrat. What You'll Do Support the development and ongoing evolution of Aristocrat's capital allocation framework. Drive alignment between capital allocation priorities, product roadmaps, investment proposals, and business outcomes. Own and direct investment governance processes to ensure resources are passionate about the highest-return opportunities. Develop portfolio-level insights that inform executive, ESC, and Board decision-making. Accountability for multi-year portfolio strategy and policy. Lead a team responsible for developing arguments, investment analysis, scenario modeling, and strategic evaluations across Product, Technology, Studios, Finance, and enterprise functions. Deliver financial and strategic counsel on important initiatives, new product investments, organizational changes, acquisitions, and transformation programs. Evaluate trade-offs between contending opportunities and support prioritization decisions. Translate complex financial and strategic questions into clear options, trade-offs, and decisions for senior leaders. Assume responsibility for capital allocation, investment outcomes, and portfolio reporting directed at the Executive Leadership Team, ESC, and Board audiences. Build clear, compelling narratives that connect investment choices to strategic outcomes and measurable value creation. Build decision-focused reporting that improves transparency, accountability, and follow-through across the investment lifecycle. Help establish a robust rhythm of business around investment reviews, portfolio health, and strategic performance measurement. Partner with business leaders to track outcomes against investment commitments. Drive continuous improvement in decision quality, governance, and investment accountability. Work closely with Product, Technology, Business Divisions, Finance, Strategy, Corporate Development, and Chief of Staff teams across Aristocrat. Influence outcomes through clear analysis, strong collaboration, good judgment, and practical recommendations. What We're Looking For 10+ years of experience in FP&A, strategy, investment analysis, consulting, corporate finance, portfolio management, or decision support roles. Demonstrated experience developing investment frameworks, and executive-level recommendations. Strong commercial foresight with the ability to balance strategic objectives and financial outcomes. Experience presenting to senior executives and/or Boards. Advanced financial modeling, scenario analysis, and portfolio management capabilities. Why Aristocrat? Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming content and technology, and a top-tier publisher of free-to-play mobile games. 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. We’re a diverse business united by shared values and an inspiring mission to bring joy to life through the power of play. We aim to create an environment where individual differences are valued, and all employees have the opportunity to realize their potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural background, disability status or LGBTQ+ identity. EEO M/F/D/V World Leader in Gaming Entertainment Robust benefits package Global career opportunities Our Values All about the Player Talent Unleashed Collective Brilliance Good Business Good Citizen Travel Expectations None Pay Range $119,000 - $221,000 per year Our goal is to pay a market competitive salary focusing near the median of our pay ranges. However, final offers for all positions will be based on several factors such as experience level, education, skills, work location, and internal pay equity. This position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, and a 401(k) plan with employer matching, more details available at https://atibenefits.com/. Additional Information At this time, we are unable to sponsor work visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the job posting location for this position on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship. Aristocrat Leisure Limited (Aristocrat) is a global entertainment and content creation company powered by technology to deliver world-leading casino and mobile games. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Aristocrat (ASX code: ALL) is headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with over 7300 employees working in more than 20 locations across the globe. Aristocrat offers a diverse range of products and services including electronic gaming machines, casino management systems, mobile games and online real money games, including iLottery. Aristocrat has seven corporate functions and three reporting segments that span regulated land-based gaming (Aristocrat Gaming), social casino (Product Madness) and regulated online real money gaming (Aristocrat Interactive). Our game and product portfolios collectively entertain millions of players worldwide every day. Across our global enterprise, Aristocrat aims to create long-term sustainable value for all stakeholders by upholding our core values and producing the world’s best gaming content. Our people-first mindset prioritises the safety and wellbeing of our people. We have ambitions to be an industry leader in responsible gameplay and we invest in employees’ development and offer career pathways, so they have what they need to do their best work at Aristocrat. Our values of Talent Unleashed, All About the Player, Collective Brilliance and Good Business, Good Citizen guide and inspire us every day. We are excited about the future of Aristocrat and united by our mission and we invite everyone to join us as we bring joy to life through the power of play! Aristocrat Leisure Limited or its affiliates worldwide provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to any protected characteristic, such as race, color, sex, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, genetic characteristic, pregnancy, breastfeeding or related medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by local, state/provincial or federal law. If you need assistance or accommodation applying for a position, please reach out to helpdesk-recruiting@aristocrat.com. At Aristocrat, sustainability is embedded in our strategy, operations and the values and culture of our teams across the globe. Our Sustainability report provides information on the progress we’ve made each year, across our four strategic sustainability pillars – Good Governance & Responsible Business, Empowering Safer Play (formerly responsible gameplay), Operational Sustainability & Climate, and People & Community. You can read more about our progress here: https://www.aristocrat.com/sustainability/