Finance Analyst - CAPEX

TN United Kingdom; Watford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization embarking on a transformative journey to enhance the National Lottery. As a finance analyst business partner, you'll play a pivotal role in overseeing capital projects, ensuring financial accuracy, and collaborating with diverse teams. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence financial strategies, engage with stakeholders, and contribute to a mission that benefits good causes. If you're ready to bring your analytical skills and financial expertise to a dynamic environment, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Part-qualified accountant with strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Experience with enterprise financial systems and data visualization tools.

Responsibilities

• Support financial oversight of capital projects across the business.
• Collaborate with project teams and ensure accurate financial reporting.

Skills

Excel modelling

PowerPoint skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

Part-qualified accountant

Tools

SAP

SAC

BPC

Job description

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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, large-scale 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 finance analyst business partner to support the Capex Finance Business Partner/Capex Finance Manager in reviewing, analysing, and reporting on capital projects across the business. This role involves working across finance functions (Commercial Finance and Financial Accounting) and engaging with the business to ensure Capex projects are well-understood in terms of costs, timelines, accounting, risks, and opportunities. For the right candidate, this role offers the opportunity to collaborate with project teams and oversee multiple Allwyn projects financially.

Role Responsibilities:

• Support the Capex Finance Business Partner/Capex Finance Manager in providing financial oversight of capital projects across the business.
• Ensure financial assumptions are captured, understood by stakeholders, and forecasts are developed with risks and opportunities tracked.
• Support robust reporting on projects using data from SAP/SAC and Excel, ensuring data consistency and accuracy.
• Communicate effectively within Finance to ensure other Finance Business Partners and Management are informed on capital topics.
• Collaborate with Financial Accounting to ensure correct accounting treatment for projects.
• Provide financial support and guidance to project teams for ad-hoc queries.
• Support specific capital projects with financial responsibility.

Requirements:

• Part-qualified accountant
• Excel modelling and PowerPoint skills
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Collaborative, with the ability to work cross-functionally with finance and non-finance colleagues
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Highly organized with excellent attention to detail
• Experience with enterprise financial systems such as forecasting and data visualization tools; SAP/SAC/BPC experience is a plus