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Senior Manager - Global Gaming FP&A

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130K-140K Annually
Senior level
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2 Locations
130K-140K Annually
Senior level
Lead financial planning and forecasting for the Global Gaming business, consolidate forecasts, and analyze performance metrics while partnering with senior leadership and managing a finance team.
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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.

Position Summary

This role leads financial planning and forecasting activities for the Global Gaming business unit operating across multiple locations. The position is responsible for consolidating forecasts, operating plans, and performance analyses, with a strong focus on understanding margin drivers, operational drivers, and cost structure across sites.

Financial Planning & Analysis:

  • Tracking of performance for the business against budgeted/forecasted requirements (sales volumes/margins, share targets, KPIs, Operating Expenses, etc.).

  • Partner with the accounting team to ensure an accurate and on-time month-end close process.

  • Understand and actively manage operating expenses

  • Prepare quarterly, annual and 3 year Strategic Plans for the Global Gaming line of business.

  • Consolidate projections related to cash flow, capital investments, and working capital, partnering with project owners on timing and cost estimates.

Commercial Support:

  • Business Partner with Senior Leadership across the Global Gaming Organization to understand and analyze key financial metrics

  • Preparation of business cases, inclusive of identification of business opportunities and assess of commercial viability, including consideration of market, product, customer, and competitive dynamics.

  • Collaborate with commercial and functional leaders to plan and monitor operating expenses across administrative, sales, and development functions.

Operational / Other:

  • Recruit, train, develop, lead, mentor, motivate and appraise team members and ensure that the performance and behaviors of the team is in line with the published core competencies of Light and Wonder.

  • Assist with internal controls, audits, and information requests.

  • Contribute analytical support for cross-functional initiatives and strategic projects.

Qualifications

Education:

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

Experience:

  • Minimum of 5 years in finance/accounting supporting revenue/commercial operations.

  • Must possess a strong ability to synthesize complex data sets into actionable insights.

  • Ability to work through ambiguity applying professional judgement and being able to scale with change.

  • Effective communication and business partnering; ability to articulate financial results into meaningful insights for internal stakeholders globally.

  • Requires advanced use of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint. Experience building robust financial models and sustainable processes.

​The targeted pay range for this role is $130,000-$140,000. The total compensation package for this position may also include applicable incentive compensation, such as an annual performance bonus. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that may include, but are not limited to skill set, depth of experience, specific work geography, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

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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Light & Wonder is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. If you’d like more information about your equal employment opportunity rights as an applicant under the law, please click here for EEOC Poster.

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