Finance Analyst at Allwyn UK – Watford, England, United Kingdom

Job Description

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.

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.