Strategic Finance & Growth Director

lnw; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Grover Gaming, now part of Light & Wonder, seeks a senior finance leader to own the end-to-end FP&A process and act as the financial center of gravity for the Grover Gaming unit. You will partner with the CEO and Strategy VP to drive margin expansion, growth and capital discipline, and lead optimization with data teams.

The role requires credibility with executives, technical modeling skills, and a strong point of view on content and hardware roadmaps, market expansion, and enterprise-wide

Responsibilities

• Own the annual budget, quarterly forecast cycles, and the multi-year long-range plan, with scenario construction and variance insights.
• Lead month-end close review and variance analysis (P&L and capital expenditure) explained in driver terms rather than account-level noise.
• Build and maintain financial models linking unit deployment, hold-per-unit-per-day, revenue share economics, and cost structure to P&L and cash.
• Deliver board-level and executive reporting: QBR materials, monthly business reviews, earnings support, and rapid-turn analysis for the CEO and CFO.
• Own capital planning and ROI governance for gaming equipment, including deployment, swap and refresh decisions, plus post-implementation review of actual returns.
• Partner with corporate FP&A and accounting on consolidation, purchase accounting impacts, and reporting alignment.
• Partner with the VP of Strategy to build the pipeline of optimization initiatives, size opportunities, and test assumptions behind them.
• Move initiatives from analysis to execution by defining owners, milestones, and measurable targets, then tracking realized value.

Job description

Grover Gaming, now part of Light & Wonder, seeks a senior finance leader to own the end-to-end FP&A process and act as the financial center of gravity for the Grover Gaming unit. You will partner with the CEO and Strategy VP to drive margin expansion, growth and capital discipline, and lead optimization with data teams.

The role requires credibility with executives, technical modeling skills, and a strong point of view on content and hardware roadmaps, market expansion, and enterprise-wide