Finance Analyst

Allwyn UK; Watford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Join our journey to create a new experience for the National Lottery and help us to power change for the greater good.

About us:

We are Allwyn UK, part of the Allwyn Entertainment Group - a multi-national lottery operator with a market-leading presence in Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Cyprus and Italy. We have been officially awarded the Fourth Licence (10 year licence) to operate the National Lottery starting February 2024.

We've developed ground-breaking technologies, built player protection frameworks, and have a proven track record of making lotteries better. Our aim is to create one of the UK's most inclusive organisations - where people can bring the best of themselves, to do their best work, every day, for the benefit of good causes.

Allwyn is an Equal Opportunity Employer which prides itself in being diverse and inclusive. We do not tolerate discrimination, harassment, or victimisation in the workplace. All employment decisions at Allwyn are based on the business needs, the job requirements, and the individual qualifications. Allwyn encourages applications from individuals regardless of age, disability (visible or hidden), sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

While the main contribution of the National Lottery to society is through the funds to good causes, at Allwyn we put our purpose and values at the heart of everything we do. Join us as we embark on a once-in-a-lifetime, largescale transformation journey to build a bigger, better, and safer National Lottery that delivers more money to good causes.

Role Purpose:

• We are looking for an experienced and commercially-focused accountant and business partner to manage the Marketing & Product budget.
• This will include accurate budgeting, forecasting, reporting and business partnering to the Marketing & Product Team. [Costs include Marketing, Product & People costs].
• In addition, this role will allow scope to be involved in commercial projects and new reporting creation and development.

Business partner to work across multiple workstreams and projects to provide finance support to new initiatives, taking advantage of growth and cost-saving opportunities to maximise returns to Good Causes and company profit.

Role Responsibilities:

• Own all month end, budget and reforecast processes to ensure timely and accurate reporting.
• Clear financial control applied - financial assumptions are captured and understood. Concise balance sheet ownership, Risks & Ops, GRIR balances.
• Ownership of month end performance updates, including detailed analysis and commentary to communicate performance to internal and external stakeholders.
• Own resource requests and present at bi-weekly meetings. Validate people costs reporting.
• Communicate appropriately within Finance working closely with FP&A and Cost team.
• Provide financial modelling & reporting as required. Support Marketing Scorecard.
• Lead on process improvement - new ways to simplify and speed up current processes.
• Develop reporting packs to track actual spend vs budget/forecast, spend to go, risks and opportunities etc.
• Provide financial support and guidance to initiatives for queries of an ad-hoc nature.
• Work closely with Finance Graduate to handover some BAU processing to support their development.

Key Skills and Experience:

• Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA).
• Advanced Excel Modelling and PowerPoint skills.
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Business partnering - ability to work cross-functionally with both finance and non-finance colleagues.
• Ability to work independently, create own priorities and manage upwards accordingly.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Commercial experience beneficial but not essential.
• Understanding of Lottery/Gaming industry beneficial.
• Use of Enterprise Financial Systems such as forecasting and data visualisation tools. SAP/SAC/BPC a plus.

Our goal is to create one of the UK's most inclusive organisations - where people can bring the best of themselves, to do their best work, every day, for the benefit of good causes.

Allwyn is an Equal Opportunity Employer which prides itself in being diverse and inclusive. We do not tolerate discrimination, harassment, or victimisation in the workplace. All employment decisions at Allwyn are based on the business needs, the job requirements, and the individual qualifications. Allwyn encourages applications from individuals regardless of age, disability (visible or hidden), sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Benefits:

• 26 days paid leave (plus bank holidays).
• Annual bonus scheme.
• 2 x Life Days.
• 4 x Salary of Life Insurance.
• Pension: we'll match your contribution up to 8.5%.
• Single Private Health Cover.
• £500 Wellness Allowance.
• Income Protection.
• Enhanced parental leave (maternity and paternity).
• Eye Care, Dental and Cycle To Work schemes.