Vice President, Finance - Product Development and Design and Development Portfolio Management

Vice President, Finance - Product Development and Design and Development Portfolio Management

Las Vegas, NV | $266,756 - $495,405 | 1 day ago

• Business partner with the Chief Product Officer and Chief Technology Officer (both US-based), as well as the CFOs for each of our three businesses (Gaming, Interactive, and Product Madness), in decision support with the vision to enable the business to optimize global D&D portfolio spend. Provides data‑led insights supporting the nature of the spend and the profitability projections linked to capital allocation decisions.
• Facilitate and support the processes and analysis required for investment decision making for global D&D spend, including developing cases to support investment choices in line with Aristocrat’s investment frameworks. This will initially require crafting and embedding global standard processes. Work cross‑functionally to resolve when key assumptions have changed and further leadership dialogue is needed, and conduct periodic pulse checks on the results of investments.
• Collaborate with SVP Product Strategy and EVP Enterprise Program Management to ensure the product ideas are connected from opportunity identification, through prioritization, cases, and program execution.
• Lead the FP&A team that supports global D&D spend in the Product function, and coordinate standard processes across each of our respective commercial business divisions (Gaming, Interactive, and Product Madness) and Product Technology to ensure spend is run, understood, and reported across all reporting cycles, including identification and management of financial risks and opportunities. Close collaboration with the VP Finance, Product Technology will be important to build detailed connections.
• Support and drive personal and professional development of the extended D&D Finance team. Direct reports will include a Senior Finance Director, Product FP&A, a Finance Director for D&D Portfolio Planning, and an extended team of six additional individuals. Provide direction and mentorship to ensure quality in execution and strong business partnerships across the organisation.
• Own preparation of the D&D global annual budget, forecasts during the year, and monitoring spend versus expectations, with analysis across multiple business divisions and currencies.
• Produce regular executive‑level analysis on return on investments and visibility of the portfolio spend.
• Provide thought leadership to drive and challenge continuous improvement.
• Partner with the Finance enterprise reporting centre of quality to enable financial reporting to meet the needs of the D&D function.
• Lead various projects with the team, including designing processes where allocation of existing spend is attributed to specific programs of work. Annually, gain an understanding of where time is spent through collaboration with D&D leaders. Develop a taxonomy and simple allocations of cost.
• Provide commercial business support for M&A activity and strategic projects as it relates to Product & Technology spend.
• Actively participate as a senior member of the Group Finance team in the broader function supporting our Finance culture vision and transformation journey.

• CA/CPA qualified, MBA, or equivalent experience preferred.
• 15+ years of experience in a large, multi‑layered corporate finance environment, of which 8+ years in leadership positions.
• Thrives in a global, fast‑paced organisation.
• Motivated by building, maintaining, and leading multiple relationships across global locations.
• Excellent eye for business, with the ability to lead discussions with executives to acquire key decisions.
• Strong change‑management skills.
• Collaborative people leader with the ability to delegate effectively.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and influencing skills.
• Critical thinker willing to challenge the status‑quo.
• Understanding of Finance Systems and capabilities of insight tools.
• Position based in Las Vegas but needs to be flexible to work with internal and external customers in various global time zones, with some travel required to meet team and customers.

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