Director of Transactional Finance

Bally's Interactive; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

25 days annual leave

Company share scheme

Flexi-block policy for remote work

Wellness or Gym allowance

Job summary

Bally's Interactive in Manchester is seeking a Director of Transactional Finance to establish and lead a new operational function. This role focuses on overseeing accounts payable, vendor management, and cash reconciliations while driving digital improvements and automation.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in finance leadership, along with expertise in SOX compliance and transformational projects. Join a dynamic team and play a crucial role in enhancing operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Proven progressive finance experience in transactional finance leading roles.
• Experience driving digital AP transformation with tangible ROI.
• Hands-on SOX experience in a publicly traded company.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end accounts payable operations across multiple entities.
• Drive digital transformation and implement AP automation.
• Manage vendor relationships and ensure compliance with policies.

Skills

Finance leadership

AP and shared-service operations

Digital transformation

People management

SOX compliance

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA)

Tools

Payment platforms (e.g., Tipalti, Coupa)

Workflow tooling (e.g., BlackLine, Kyriba)

Job description

About us

Bally’s Intralot is a newly formed company established through the combination of Intralot and Bally’s International Interactive, positioning the group as a top iGaming operator and a leading global provider of lottery solutions.

Bally’s Intralot is uniquely positioned across digital online gaming markets, lottery,iLottery, and sports betting. Operating at the intersection of technology, regulation, and entertainment. We are optimally positioned tocapitaliseon strong global growth trends driven by digital adoption and regulatory expansion across lottery and iGaming markets.

More about the role

This role will establish and lead a newly created Transactional Finance function for Bally’s Intralot B2C. The Director will build a stand‑alone team, transitioning responsibilities currently managed through a North American shared service model, and will oversee the full scope of transactional finance operations including accounts payable, accounts receivable, vendor management, and cash reconciliations. The function will support steady‑state volumes of approximately 15,000+ invoices and 3,000+ reconciliations annually while maintaining high standards of accuracy, efficiency, andservice.

Inparallel, the Director will drive the modernisation of the function by delivering significant improvements in automation and introducing agentic AI across the invoice‑to‑pay and reconciliation lifecycle. The role will also establish and maintain a SOX‑grade control environment and serve as the accountable owner for transactional finance risk management and compliance across Bally’s Intralot B2C.

The role reports directly to the CFO and is part of the Finance leadership team.

So, what will you be doing?

• End-to-end accounts payable operations across all Bally's Intralot B2C entities: invoice intake, PO and non-PO matching, coding, approvals, pay run preparation and execution in a multi-currency environment.
• Month-end deliverables including accruals, inter-company processing and close support to the Accounting and Statutory Reporting teams.
• Spend analysis, DPO and cash management in coordination with Treasury and Procurement.
• Payment controls and fraud prevention: segregation of duties, bank mandates, payment release and callback procedures.
• AR operations relevant to the B2C operating model, including reconciliations, receipt application and ageing management.
• Bank reconciliations across all Bally's Intralot B2C bank accounts (~3,000 reconciliations per year), with timely clearing of reconciling items.
• Balance sheet reconciliation support for the Accounting and Statutory Reporting teams across transactional accounts, including resolution of long-dated items.
• Vendor master file governance: onboarding, KYC/AML and tax due diligence, duplicate prevention and periodic cleansing.
• Ongoing vendor maintenance, including bank detail change controls with callback verification.
• Vendor query and dispute management, acting as the primary interface to external suppliers on invoice and payment status.
• Own and deliver the digital transformation roadmap for the function, targeting straight-through processing, touchless invoice handling and autonomous reconciliation.
• Lead selection, implementation and continuous improvement of AP automation, e-invoicing, payment platforms and reconciliation tooling (e.g. Tipalti, Coupa, Esker, BlackLine, Trintech, Kyriba).
• Pilot and scale agentic AP capabilities — autonomous invoice coding, exception triage, vendor query handling and anomaly detection — in partnership with internal and external teams.
• Track and report automation rate, cost per invoice, exception rate, cycle time and FTE productivity; reinvest efficiency gains into higher-value work.
• Design, operate and evidence SOX controls over AP, AR, cash and vendor master processes.
• Act as primary point of contact for Internal Audit, external auditors and advisory reviewers; own remediation of any findings.
• Ensure compliance with group policies, statutory requirements, gaming-regulatory expectations and indirect / withholding tax obligations on payments.
• Hire, onboard, develop and retain the full team: AP & Payments Lead, AP & Payments Specialist, two AP/AR & Payments Specialists, Vendor & Payments Specialist and Banking Analyst.
• Define the operating model, service levels, RACI and escalation paths to replace the current shared-service arrangement with zero disruption to close.
• Partner with Finance and Commercial teams to ensure smooth and consistent business operations and vendor relationship management.

And what will you need?

• Proven progressive finance experience, with a substantial portion leading transactional finance, AP or shared-service operations in a publicly traded company (NYSE, ATHEX, LSE or equivalent).
• Proven track record delivering digital AP transformation — e-invoicing, payment platforms and ideally AI or agentic automation — with quantified ROI.
• Hands-on SOX experience: designing, operating and remediating process-level controls in a listed-company environment.
• Demonstrable experience building or carving out a finance team from scratch, including hiring, operating model design and location strategy.
• Strong people leader with a track record of attracting, developing and retaining high-performing teams.
• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent).
• Sector experience in online gaming, fintech, payments, digital platforms or another high-volume, multi-currency, multi-entity consumer business.
• Experience integrating finance functions post-M&A, including shared-service carve-outs into stand-alone entities (desirable).
• Hands-on exposure to LLM-based or agentic workflow tooling in a finance context (desirable).

What benefits will you get?

• 25 days annual leave, plus the bank holiday allowance.
• Health insurance.
• Company share scheme.
• Volunteering days.
• Home office allowance.
• Wellness or Gym allowance.
• Flexi-block policy allowing you to work abroad for up to four weeks a year.
• Annual Summer and Christmas parties.

DNA / Values

At Bally’s Intralot we are driven by a set of core values that we like to call our DNA. We strive to embody our DNA and keep them at the heart of everything we do!

WeWin as One, we succeed together - across every location and every function. We collaborate openly, raise each other up, and share the wins. We'rePowered by Curiosity, we ask questions, challenge assumptions and make space to learn and innovate. We haveFun with Purpose, we bring creativity, energy and joy to how we work and what we deliver, because when people enjoy what they do, the work is better for everyone. Our teamsEmbracethe Possibility, when opportunity appears, we act. When the unexpected hits, we adapt. We don’t wait for change - we move towards it. At Bally's Intralot, weGuardthe Game, we protect what matters most, fair play for our players, integrity for our partners, and accountability in everything we do.

Equal Opportunities

At Bally’s Intralot, we are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and working conditions. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are important to us, and we encourage a culture where everyone can be themselves at work. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success, this is our superpower.

We do not discriminate against employees or job applicants on the basis of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, age, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, political opinion or disability.