Financial Controller

Betway Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Betway Group is hiring a Financial Controller to support the finance function with month-end and year-end reconciliations, audit file preparation, and high-quality financial reporting for all entities.

You will reconcile prepayments and accruals, assist with management accounts, and ensure accurate allocation of brands, regions, and products across entities. The role requires a B. Com finance degree and 2–3 years accounting experience.

Qualifications

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
• Expertise in managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Exceptional attention to detail, ensuring high quality outputs.
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing environments and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Monthly management reports.
• Assist in the preparation of the management accounts.
• Assist with posting of invoices, accruals and prepayments.
• Reconcile prepayments and accruals.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Prepare loan schedules and monitor cashflow and dividends.
• Provide commentary for month-end Opex and balance sheet files.
• Coordinate reporting index and ensure intercompany settlements.

Skills

Communication

Cross-functional

Project management

Attention to detail

Adaptability

Ownership

Initiative

Resilience

Team orientation

Integrity

Innovation

Education

B. Com finance degree or similar

Tools

FloQast

Business Central (BC)

Job description

Who we are

Kick-start your career in the online gaming world and experience the very latest in technology and innovation. We’re part of Super Group, the NYSE-listed digital gaming company behind some of the world’s leading Sports and iGaming brands. At Super Group International which includes the Betway Spin and Jumpman brands, we’re driven by our shared vision to become the global leader in the online sports betting and casino industry. Our people are forward-thinking team-players who thrive on a collective diversity of skills and backgrounds. Founded in 2006, our teams in Guernsey, London, Malta, Germany, Portugal and Spain and are constantly expanding and evolving.

Who we’re looking for

We’re on a thrilling journey of growth and innovation, and we need passionate, driven individuals to join us. At Super Group International, every day is action-packed, and we expect you to bring your A-game. In return, you’ll find a supportive environment where your skills can flourish and your career can soar. Ready to become a game-changer? Supercharge your career with us and be part of something extraordinary.

Why we need you

We’re on a mission to create extraordinary experiences for our customers, and we believe that your unique skills, passion and superdrive will help us achieve our vision. As our Financial Controller you’ll be supporting the delivery of a high-quality service within the finance function, assisting with accounting, month end and year end reconciliations and preparation of audit files for all Super Group International entities. This will help us excel and stay ahead of the game.

What you’ll be doing

As part of your role, your responsibilities will include:

• Monthly management reports
• Assist in the preparation of the management accounts
• Assist with posting of invoices, accruals and prepayments
• Review expense analysis, prepayments and accruals to identify missing expenses and raise accruals appropriately
• Reconcile prepayments, accruals, foreign exchange
• Assist with the analysis of expenses, with commentary (Opex, IS and Fee files) ensuring all expenses have been categorised and allocated correctly
• Assist with updating headcount splits by department, brand and region for cost allocation purposes
• Matching of open items
• Run FX in Business Central and prepare FX reconciliations
• Proactively resolve any queries raised
• Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Preparation of all fixed asset recons and review the fixed asset register ensuring that assets are captured and depreciated in line with fixed asset policies, scrapping old assets and revisiting estimated useful lives
• Monitor and maintain reporting dimensions to ensure the accurate allocation of brands, products, and regions across all relevant entities.
• Monitor reporting dimension SPLIT in BC to ensure accurate allocation across brands, products and regions in all entities.
• Assist in ensuring accurate and up-to-date MRC’s within FloQast working paper files.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet schedules in particular trade and other receivables and payables
• Preparation of loan schedules and monitoring of loan balances and cashflow and dividend payments
• Prepare necessary commentary for month end Opex review files and review input and commentary from Creditors controllers
• Prepare necessary commentary for balance sheet review files
• Assist with the preparation of monthly Income statement files, including commentaries per expense type and brand
• Updating of disclosure schedules for quarterly audit files
• Managing reporting index.
• Ensure all intragroups are settled timeously and balances confirmed monthly
• Ensure all customers are collected and vendors settled
• Reviewing of aging reports and open items
• Communicate cash requirements with Treasury team weekly
• Ensure all contractual relationships up to date
• Review contracts matrix regularly with Legal
• Posting of ad hoc journal entries
• Ensure vendors are kept up to date with banking details and changes for the payment journal process.
• Monitor and maintain provisions and litigation schedules, ensuring accurate reporting, supporting documentation and timely updates.
• Monitor and manage intercompany loan schedules, ensuring balance are accurate, documentation maintained, repayment plan are tracked and executed in line with agreement.
• Act as the delegated approver for payment packs in the absence of the Financial Manager.
• Preparation and review of internal and external audit files
• Liaise with the statutory team to ensure all queries resolved timeously
• Co‑ordinate functions in the team to ensure that all team members are working effectively and able to deliver reporting on time
• Ensure best business practice is embedded across all processes and functions
• Ensure team key deliverables are met on time and accurately
• Provide guidance, mentoring and support to all direct reports to ensure the team is working efficiently and coherently
• Manage all stakeholder expectations appropriately and communicate any potential problems

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities. You may be required to complete other reasonable duties in order to achieve business objectives.

Essential skills you’ll bring to the table

The necessary skills that we require for this role include:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas clearly and effectively
• Experience working collaboratively in cross-functional teams, with a focus on achieving shared goals
• Expertise in managing multiple projects simultaneously, with a track record of delivering on time and within scope
• Exceptional attention to detail, ensuring high standards of quality in all outputs
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing environments and priorities, maintaining effectiveness in dynamic situations
• B. Com finance degree or similar
• 2 to 3 years accounting experience
• Demonstrates consistent behaviour aligned to the organizational culture

Desirable skills you’ve got up your sleeve

• In-depth knowledge of sports betting markets, including odds calculation, betting types and market trends
• Previous experience in the online gaming or casino industry, with a strong understanding of player behaviour and industry regulations
• Familiarity with gambling regulations and compliance requirements in various jurisdictions, ensuring adherence to legal standards
• Experience in developing and executing customer retention strategies

Our values are non-negotiables

Our culture is underpinned by core values that are linked to key behavioural competencies. Along with the below behavioural competencies, these are essential for all employees in order for you to embed in and drive our culture forward. These competencies are:

• Adaptability
• Ownership and accountability
• Initiating action
• Resilience
• Team orientation
• Integrity
• Innovation

What you’ll get back

We invest in your growth and wellbeing, so you can bring your best: Supergrowth is real here. Our learning and development programmes give you the tools, training and opportunities to level up fast. Your progress matters. Our Performance tool ensures you get meaningful feedback to support your development and superdrive your career. Support that has your back. Our Employee Assistance Programme offers resources for you and your family. Group Life Cover Funeral Fund Benefit Income Continuation Benefit Medical Aid Subsidy Retirement Annuity Subsidy Ready to feel superclass? At Super Group, your experience matters. We’re honest, fair, and focused on helping you succeed – and your work will have real impact from day one. Game on!

*Please note we will apply relevance to our Talent Management and Talent Development Programme as part of our recruitment process. *Shortlisted candidates may need to complete an assessment. This position requires trust and honesty it has access to customers financial details - therefore a credit and criminal record check will be conducted. The qualifications identified herein are an inherent job requirement; therefore, a qualification verification check will be done. By applying for this role, and supplying the necessary details, you hereby grant us permission to apply for these checks. This will be done in a confidential manner, and solely for the purposes of verification. Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks, please deem your application as unsuccessful.

The perfect place to work, play and grow! Betway Group is a proud member of Super Group, who are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker: SGHC). We are a leading provider of innovative and exciting entertainment across sports betting, casino and esports betting. Founded in 2006, our teams in Malta, Guernsey, Spain and London are constantly expanding and evolving. By developing and utilising the very latest technologies, we have remained at the forefront of the online gaming industry, providing innovative and interactive gaming experiences in a fair, safe and responsible environment. Driven by our shared vision to become the global leader in the online sports betting and casino industry, our people are forward-thinking, team-players who thrive on a collective diversity of skills and backgrounds. We provide our teams with the tools to create market-leading, cutting-edge interactive gaming experiences, from pre-game and live sports betting, to esports and casino. We bring our people closer to the action – putting them at the heart, making them feel part of it. We live and breathe our values – these values define how we conduct ourselves in everything we do shaping how we interact with each other, our customers and our business partners. If you can imagine yourself in an environment which thrives off collaboration, and where everything is possible, then Betway could be the place for you.