Director of Business Planning
About Camelot Illinois:
Camelot Illinois is the integrated business manager of the Illinois Lottery. The company is restoring transparency, integrity, and responsibility to the Illinois Lottery. In partnership with the state, Camelot is operating a modern lottery that truly benefits the people of Illinois. The company’s innovative approach places consumers and social responsibility at its core, providing funding for schools, capital projects, and special causes. Camelot is committed to building an organization with the strength and experience to grow the lottery and reinforce its rightful position as a force for good.
Camelot Illinois is a subsidiary of Camelot Lottery Solutions, a leading solutions and technology provider to lotteries around the world. Camelot Lottery Solutions digital and data platforms, and services power some of the most innovative and fastest growing lotteries in the world including the Irish and UK National Lotteries, Loterie Romande (Switzerland), and the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery.
Our sister company, Camelot UK, has operated the UK National Lottery since 1994. Camelot UK has an unrivaled track record for success, helping the UK National Lottery deliver over $80 billion to winners and $46 billion to good causes to date.
Position Overview:
Within Camelot Illinois, the Director of Business Planning will report directly into the General Manager and will be responsible for leading for all business planning activity.
This includes leading our annual planning process and ongoing business planning throughout the year, acting as a point of contact with the State Lottery Director and Team, as well as the Camelot Illinois senior management. This is a key strategic role within the business, building on the diverse range of skills and experience of the existing staff.
Additionally, helping to establish the Illinois Lottery brand, to be a Champion of the People of Illinois, through successfully executing our business plans is a priority. Coordinate with Brand to develop, prioritize and execute plans consistent with long range goals is key to Powering Possibilities for the people of Illinois.
Responsibilities:
- Work with subject matter experts within Camelot Illinois team as well as Camelot Lottery Solutions to craft a comprehensive and integrated business plans to achieve revenue and net income targets.
- Implement and follow through on high level initiatives including the IL state submission requirements for the plans which are grounded in detailed financial forecasts.
- Present plans to Illinois state leaders and ensure the annual business plans are understood and approved.
- Manage state expectations on an ongoing basis and providing regular progress updates on the business plan implementations and manage monthly governance processes.
- Ensure that senior stakeholders including the parent company and Board are appropriately kept informed.
- Build and strengthen critically important relationships with the Illinois Lottery Director and Team.
- Support the General Manager by owning planning relationships with internal and external clients.
- Ensure extensive process, governance and controls are in place and followed.
- Formulate resource plans to support the delivery of the business plans.
- Work with the commercial finance team to shape forecasts and revenue budgets relating to the business plans.
- Lead internal meetings to review actual business plans against current and future priorities.
- Support efficient delivery of the business plan initiatives and continuous improvement by leading cross-functional process improvement initiatives.
Requirements
Required:
- Bachelor's degree.
- 8-10 years relevant working experience.
- A professional, credible and measured demeanor.
- Engaging, influential, dynamic and authoritative nature.
- Demonstration of analytical thinking, organizational skills, communication abilities and leadership.
- Strong leadership: Demonstrates credibility with substantial strategic and business planning experience.
- Skilled relationship manager: An ability to work with senior internal and external management teams. Credible people management and client management experience essential. Collaborates well with others and plays an influential across the business.
- Highly successful communicator: Powerful writing and presentation skills, as well as a proven ability to influence others.
- Proven ability to manage complex plans: Experience with numerous moving parts and multiple stakeholders. Proven ability to manage workload, budgets and project coordination.
- Financially astute: Strong analytical skills and rich experience with financial forecasting, including business case development and understanding of a P&L and Balance Sheet..
- Large scale resource planning: Comfortable shaping resource requirements to ensure successful delivery.
Preferred:
- MBA or similar Masters degree.
- Experience working for a management consultancy organization.
- Commercial experience spanning marketing, sales and digital.
Benefits
Working For Camelot Illinois
We are a transformative lottery company with world-class people, technology, and operations that is committed to powering possibilities--for our employees, our partners, and our consumers. With grit and determination we believe in doing not just the easy thing but the right thing. The Camelot values of do good, be accountable, stay connected, keep improving, and spark enthusiasm are embedded in the design of our organization and our plans for Illinois.
Do Good: We care about our communities, our stakeholders, and each other. We act with integrity & honesty, as a positive force for Illinois.
Be Accountable: we drive results. And we continually strive to get those results more efficiently and effectively.
Stay Connected: Being open, honest, and collaborative is what makes us, us. This is embodied in our messaging and communications and in how we treat each other.
Keep Improving: We’re hungry to be better. We innovate and evolve our business, our teams, and ourselves, always with an eye on professional and personal growth.
Spark Enthusiasm: We incorporate energy and laughter into every aspect of our work to create positive and entertaining experiences.
Career Development
We want people who thrive in an autonomous, collaborative and results-driven environment to join our company. We believe the way to attract and retain the best talent is to offer a fulfilling experience and meaningful work in an organization committed to growing its people. Learning & Development is a top priority, and we partner with employees to grow and progress their professional skill sets.
Benefits and Employee Policies
We bring our experience of working with European lotteries to Illinois. We also bring a European influence to paid time off, family leave and so on. We have created a strong ethical culture that is translated to each of our employees and business dealings globally. We offer a package of benefits and policies that competes with any private sector employer in the state. We ensure that every employee is engaged and has the necessary support to understand and implement the responsible gaming principles at work.
Moreover, we pledge to have the highest standards of respect, diversity and inclusion at our company and support and encourage our partners to do the same.
Camelot Illinois is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.