Senior Commercial Finance Manager

Gaming

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Position Summary

The Senior Manager Commercial Finance role is responsible for partnering with the Global Systems business to provide strategic thinking and ensure that both short-term and long-term business objectives are being met. The role is responsible for planning, analysis and reporting that drive business insights and recommendations. This position also evaluates P&L actuals vs forecast, business proposals and identifies and facilitates profit improvement opportunities.

Financial Planning & Analysis

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

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

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

• Prepare quarterly, annual and 3 year strategic plans for the Systems line of business.

Commercial Support

• Conduct, understand, and analyze potential customer deals with attention to key financial metrics (Margin $, Margin %, ASP, Ship Share, ROIC, etc.) maintaining a constant pulse on pipeline of sales opportunities.

• Partner with product management, sales, and other key stakeholders to create effective product pricing strategy in the marketplace taking into consideration all relevant criteria (product cost, volume, customer tier, expected returns, competitor pricing, product tier)

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

Operational / Other

• Partner with the S&OP team to ensure proper alignment of demand and supply for all key products and components; forecast and inventory.

• 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.

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.

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 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.

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.