About the Role
At the heart of everything we do is our vision to change lives every day, and our mission to grow The National Lottery responsibly and champion its impact. We are Allwyn UK, part of the Allwyn Entertainment Group – a multi-national lottery operator with a market-leading presence across the USA (Michigan and Illinois) and Europe, including Czech Republic, Austria, Greece, Cyprus and Italy.
We are looking for an experienced Senior Finance Manager to lead on Retail profitability and Scratchcard performance, providing recommendations for change and optimisation.
Responsibilities
•Business Partner to the Retail and Product Directors and their Direct Reports.
•Finance Lead supporting Retail Channels & Scratchcard Product team.
•Finance lead for Scratchcard strategy, business cases, modelling and PIRs.
•Finance lead for Retail benefit cases including development of business case and post investment review.
•Develop a reporting and governance framework to support business strategic initiatives across Retail & Scratchcards.
•Lead on the consolidation of benefits tracking of business initiatives as identified through P&L optimisation.
•Through thorough analysis and measurement, influence decisions and recommend key areas of focus and improvement. This could include:
•Pricepoint optimisation
•Product Mix recommendations
•Retailer specific trend analysis
•Understand significant cost lines and challenge investment proposals where required.
•Accountable for the input of new Retail & SC initiatives into the planning process.
•Support the Head of Finance with ad hoc commercial requests as required.
•Work with the analytical teams to develop benefit tracking measurement and robust assumptions for commercial cases.
•Upskill the business to understand the Commercial drivers of profitability by channel and work alongside senior leadership to drive change.
Requirements
•Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA) with previous experience in Commercial Finance as well as partnering Senior Stakeholders.
•Ability to lead cross functional workstreams and influence outcomes.
•Strong interpersonal, communication & presentation skills and able to articulate financial information to non-finance stakeholders.
•Commercial awareness and ability to apply this to decision making and recommendations.
•Strong financial modelling required, enhanced with the ability to actively translate this into actions & insight.
•Previous experience of driving improvements to underlying profitability.
•Self-starter with a keen attention to detail and independent thinking.
What We Offer
•Company Bonus Scheme
•Matched pension contributions up to 8.5%
•26 days annual leave + 2 Life Days (and bank holidays)
•Single Private Health Cover
•Complimentary Private Medical Income Protection
•Flexible Benefits – EV Scheme, Money Coach, Will Writing, Mortgage Advice, Dental and Eye Care Schemes
•Enhanced Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity, Adoption)
•Wellness Allowance £500
•Employee Assistance Programme
•Discounted Health Assessments
•Volunteering Days
•Matched Funding
Allwyn is a Disability Confident Leader and offers an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential requirements of the job.
