Senior Financial Analyst

Welcome to the world of land-based gaming. At Light & Wonder, it’s all about the games, and our Gaming team builds cutting-edge technology, products, and content for the most iconic casinos and operators across the globe.

The Senior Financial Analyst Gaming Operations role is responsible for partnering with the Gaming Operations business to provide strategic thinking and ensure that both short term and long-term business objectives are met. The role is responsible for planning & analysis and driving business insights and recommendations. This position also evaluates business proposals, identifies profit improvement opportunities, and facilitates process improvements.

Responsibilities:

• Identify key business drivers and provide analysis of variances from targeted results along with recommendations to close any gaps.

• Identify trends in performance and implement recommended actions to improve performance in consultation with the Americas leadership team. 

• The role also plays a very active role in the creation and implementation of initiatives to manage the gap between current performance and required performance both in the short and long term.

• This is done by either leading or supporting business initiatives or change management programs. 

• Profitability Analysis.

• NPV analysis of sales proposals and promotional programs.

• Conduct, understand, and analyze potential customer deals with attention to key financial metrics (Margin $, Margin %, FPD, ASP, Ship Share, ROIC, etc.).

• Preparation of margin analysis for products and product categories.

• End-of-life analysis for Platforms and signage.

• Understand and actively manage direct costs (BOM, R&M, Refurb, Spare Parts, Royalties, etc.) as well as operating expenses.

• Prepare Quarterly review and budget presentations and assist in the cascading down of key initiatives. 

• Tracking performance for the Gaming Operations business against budgeted/forecasted requirements (sales volumes/margins, share targets etc.).

• Team with the accounting team to ensure an accurate and on-time month-end close process for the recurring revenue line of business.

• Prepare monthly management reports, analysis and communication of month-end results, and recommendation of corresponding actions. 

• Work with direct reports to formulate and implement individual development plans for improved performance. 

• Provide support for the company’s quarterly reporting requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics or similar required.

• 3+ years Finance or Accounting experience.

• Strong analytical skills with valuation/financial modeling experience and working with large data sets.

• Strong critical thinking skills coupled with the ability to analyze performance results. Strong proficiency with PowerPoint and Excel, with the ability to synthesize complex and diverse information and transform that information into simple and easily understood professional executive presentations.

• Strong business and financial acumen with a curiosity for continuous improvement.

• Self-motivated with an eagerness to continually learn, grow, and improve.

• Ability to develop relationships with key stakeholders that inform and influence critical decisions.

• Ability to manage tight deadlines & manage multiple tasks.

• Experience working with financial systems such as Hyperion Essbase and Oracle.

• Experience with BI Tools such as Power BI or Tableau is preferred.

Light & Wonder and its affiliates (collectively, “L&W”) are engaged in highly regulated gaming and lottery businesses. As a result, certain L&W employees may, among other things, be required to obtain a gaming or other license(s), undergo background investigations or security checks, or meet certain standards dictated by law, regulation or contracts. In order to ensure L&W complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, L&W requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles. As a prerequisite to employment with L&W (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to L&W conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you.

This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above.

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