Senior Finance Business Partner (7 Months FTC)

Allwyn UK; Watford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading lottery operator is seeking an experienced Senior Business Partner to oversee the finance team and provide decision support for strategic initiatives. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with strong team management and analytical skills, capable of working in a fast-paced environment. This role involves budget management, stakeholder interaction, and supporting various financial functions. Join to help transform the National Lottery for good causes.

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified accountant.
• Experience in team management required.
• Advance proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint necessary.

Responsibilities

• Deliver budgets, forecasts, and financial analysis for Allwyn UK.
• Manage a team of business partners.
• Work closely with senior stakeholders to provide financial support.
• Drive continuous improvement within the finance function.
• Provide ad-hoc financial support as needed.

Skills

Qualified accountant

Team management experience

Advanced Excel Modelling skills

PowerPoint skills

Excellent analytical skills

Strong commercial awareness

Collaboration skills

Presentation skills

Attention to detail

Experience with SAP/SAC/BPC

Job description

Join our journey to create a new experience for the National Lottery and help us to power change for the greater good.

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.

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, largescale 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 senior business partner to lead a team of business partners working with multiple stakeholders to provide finance and decision support to multiple functional cost bases around the business. In additional you will have oversight of capital spend and business initiatives as Allwyn look to grow money to good causes.

Role Responsibilities:

• Delivering budgets, forecasts, actuals reporting, financial analysis and decision support for functional cost bases across Allwyn UK – understanding cost bases in detail while also seeing the bigger picture. Challenging assumptions, validating Capex/Opex splits, tracking and managing R&O and driving the business to budget/forecast adherence
• Managing a team of business partners who are aligned to different functions around Allwyn UK, motivating and challenging them to deliver continuous improvement
• Working closely with senior stakeholders across the business, including the Operations Director, to deliver finance support and act as a point of contact/escalation for members of the Senior Allwyn Leadership Team/Exec
• Be a sounding board to senior stakeholders, using business acumen and commercial awareness to both counsel and constructively challenge to drive the best outcomes
• Work collaboratively across Finance, including into other Commercial Finance teams and Financial Accounting so that the right teams are appropriately consulted or informed about topics for review or where decisions are required
• Working closely with the FP&A/modelling team, particularly with regards to monthly and ad-hoc reporting and forecasts, ensuring quality of commentary and output
• Provide financial support and guidance for queries of an ad-hoc nature

Key Skills and Experience:

• Qualified accountant
• Team management experience
• Advanced Excel Modelling and PowerPoint skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to apply this to decision making and recommendations
• Collaborative and able to work cross-functionally with both finance and non-finance colleagues
• Ability to work independently, create own priorities and manage upwards accordingly
• Presentation skills and experience influencing business stakeholders
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Displays excellent attention to detail
• Use of Enterprise Financial Systems such as forecasting and data visualisation tools. SAP/SAC/BPC a plus.

Our goal 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.