Director, Accounts Payable

At Aristocrat, we are passionate about offering outstanding gaming experiences to millions of players globally. As a worldwide leader in gaming content and technology, our mission is to bring happiness to life through the power of play. We maintain strong governance and operational excellence with a focus on responsible business practices. This role presents an outstanding chance to lead our global Accounts Payable function. You will play a key role in crafting the future of our Source-to-Pay operating model and influencing our organization significantly. Join us in our goal to transform industry standards and promote operational excellence!

What You'll Do

• Own and direct the global Accounts Payable function across business units, regions, and shared service operations, holding enterprise-wide responsibility for AP strategy, governance, service delivery, controls, and performance.
• Define and complete the global Accounts Payable strategy and multi-year roadmap aligned with Finance and Source-to-Pay priorities.
• Establish the global AP operating model, governance framework, service standards, important metrics, and performance expectations across regions and business units.
• Offer strategic leadership and supervision to regional AP managers and operational teams, ensuring clear accountability and reliable delivery throughout the global function.
• Advance consistency, scalability, and operational excellence across global AP processes while building frameworks that encourage organizational development.
• Serve as the senior AP leader responsible for advising Finance leadership on AP strategy, transformation priorities, organizational build, risk, controls, and investment decisions.
• Maintain enterprise accountability for timely and accurate invoice processing and payment execution, including improvements in invoice cycle times, payment accuracy, and exception management.
• Establish and maintain robust financial controls, adherence, and audit preparedness throughout global AP operations.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that improve operational efficiency, service quality, and the overall employee and supplier experience.
• Provide strategic leadership throughout the entire Source-to-Pay process, collaborating with Procurement, Finance, Treasury, Tax, Technology, and business leaders to set enterprise priorities, governance, and transformation initiatives.
• Lead cross-functional transformation initiatives spanning AP, Procurement Operations, supplier management, payment operations, ERP and workflow technology, and financial controls.
• Drive alignment with Procurement Operations on PO quality, supplier onboarding, invoice matching, workflow optimization, data integrity, and operational governance.

What We're Looking For

• Over 10 years of experience in Accounts Payable, shared services, finance operations, or related Source-to-Pay functions.
• Over 5 years of experience directing global or regional AP teams, with responsibility for managers or distributed teams.
• Proven experience managing or directing enterprise-wide AP strategy, governance, operating models, and performance.
• Experience operating in a global shared-service or highly matrixed environment.
• Solid knowledge of complete Source-to-Pay workflows, AP operational controls, adherence to regulations, and risk oversight.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale operational transformation, process standardization, automation, and organizational change.
• Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence senior collaborators across Finance, Procurement, Treasury, Tax, Technology, and business functions.
• Strong strategic, analytical, and financial competence, with the ability to translate operational metrics and insights into enterprise priorities and decisions.
• Excellent leadership, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder-management capabilities.
• Experience with ERP, workflow, invoice automation, analytics, and AI-enabled finance technologies.
• Experience leading operational transitions, shared-service evolution, or organizational redesign initiatives.

Step into a role where your leadership and expertise can deliver a world-class impact. Join Aristocrat and be part of our ambitious journey to redefine Source-to-Pay operations!

This job description may have been reviewed and enhanced using AI-assisted tools to improve clarity, consistency, and inclusivity. All final content, role requirements and hiring decisions remain subject to human review and approval by Aristocrat.

Compensation Philosophy

We offer a comprehensive pay and benefits package designed to stay competitive in the market, support your wellbeing, and recognise your contribution to our success. Our approach is underpinned by a pay-for-performance belief in rewarding individual impact. 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.

Specific details about compensation and benefits for this position will be discussed during the recruitment process.

About Aristocrat

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!

Employment Equality Statement

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.

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Empowering a Sustainable Future

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/