Job Description

Corporate:
Light & Wonder\xe2\x80\x99s corporate team is comprised of incredible talent that works across the enterprise, defying boundaries to provide essential services in an extraordinary manner to ensure the success of the organization and the well-being of employees.

Position Summary

Essential Job Functions:

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  Acts as a strategic business partner and advisor to the R&D organization to develop, document and execute near and long term plans
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  Collaborate with executive team members to determine and prioritize business strategies while interacting with and influencing business leaders and finance team members across the organization
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  Establish critical reports and analytics that support the needs of internal R&D executives and external shareholders, while managing company-wide data requests efficiently
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  Partner with the R&D organization to manage the overall annual Budget, quarterly forecast and annual long range plan (strategic plan) processes
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  Coordinate with R&D team and accounting function to manage month end close processes
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  Implement standardized Management Reporting and aligned KPIs to increase accountability and drive attainment of R&D and Company-wide financial goals
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  Manages complex excel-based models; comfortable navigating various data sources, scenario-generation, and building assumptions/inputs/outputs
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    Experience with business valuation, cash flow and return modeling (ROI, ROIC, IRR, NPV, share price accretion criteria)
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  Develop business cases for both organic and inorganic investments through approval and implementation processes
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  Interacts with All Executive Committee members and their direct reports frequently as part of the project management efforts
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  Engage and lead process improvement and automation initiatives (including leveraging various BI and reporting toolsets); deep dive into all relevant data, and improve management reporting to be more reliable, transparent, and actionable
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  Proactively work with Global R&D functional leaders to understand spending needs and activities, predict future demands, and highlight savings and efficiency opportunities
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    Ability to understand the impacts to profit and balance sheet stemming from impacts to key operating levers
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  Understanding of key accounting principles and navigation of finance process flows
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  Implement a winning culture: provide team members with opportunities to cross train and develop skill sets to drive a robust succession plan
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  Support and execute ad-hoc / special projects as required

Qualifications

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  Minimum of 10 years of accounting/finance positions, business development and/or corporate strategy
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  Management Consulting experience a plus
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  Strong leadership and problem-solving skills to assist with the daily operation of an organization
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  Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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  Track record of working across multiple teams and departments
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  Experience in building integrated financial models and have strong Excel/PowerPoint/BI/ERP reporting skills

Education:

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  Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree from an accredited four-year university in Finance, Accounting or Technology field
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  Master\xe2\x80\x99s degree preferred but not required

Preferred Experience:

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  M&A, new business / market analysis
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  Data Analytics
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  Performance Metrics
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  Excel/Hyperion/HFM/PowerBI/Incorta/Tableau/Other BI reporting tools
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  Financial business partnering

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

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  Excellent oral and written communication skills across all levels of an organization, and especially with Executive Committee personnel
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  Able to quickly understand and explain complex data/issues and distill complex and voluminous data into understandable and/or actionable information
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  Demonstrated ability to anticipate forward looking changes required for shifts in business operations and strategy
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  Strategic mindset with the ability to develop and lead new business models
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  Change mindset \xe2\x80\x93 embrace process improvement to find areas of enhancement and efficiencies
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  Strong understanding of accounting principles and procedures
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  Strong systems aptitude and business focus, experience with Hyperion, HFM, Oracle ERP or similar software(s) a plus
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  Detail oriented with excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills
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  Strong initiative with a proven ability to follow-through on projects and bring them to a timely completion
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  Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
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  Ability to gain trust at the highest levels of the organization
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  Excellent problem-solving skills
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  Strong emotional intelligence with demonstrated sustained leadership in a large organization involving multiple stakeholders
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  Self-motivated and analytical

Physical Requirements: Office environment.

Work Conditions

May require weekend and evening hours. May require travel.

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Light & Wonder and its affiliates (collectively, \xe2\x80\x9cL&W\xe2\x80\x9d) 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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