Financial Data Analyst - Chicago, United States - Light & Wonder

Light & Wonder

Verified Company

Chicago, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Gaming:
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

The Financial Data Analyst role reports directly to the Finance Director - Global Consolidations and is responsible for partnering with each region and line of business to support consolidation of global results for the Land Based Gaming organization.

This is an integral and highly visible role, reporting to the Director of Consolidations Gaming and partnering closely with Finance Leadership across the various lines of business.

This individual needs to be highly impactful, with a need for a detail-oriented self-starter able to multitask and meet routine and non-routine deadlines.

As a business partner to the Commercial organization, Financial Data Analyst will be driving key strategic analysis to influence business leaders to make relevant decisions on revenue, spend and investments.

This a hybrid position which can be based in our Chicago or Las Vegas office._

Essential Job Functions:

Optimize and roll forward standard reporting across all regions and lines of business in the Global Gaming Segment
Own and manage the Global Gaming calendar while keeping key stakeholders informed of key deadlines and deliverables that allow us produce all materials needed for quarterly earnings release and annual Long Range Planning
Prepare Board of Directors and Executive Leadership presentation materials
Identify key business drivers and provide analysis of variances from targeted results a
Determine trends in performance in consultation with the Finance Director.
Effectively business partner with key stakeholders across all departments within the organization.
Support the financial planning, forecasting, and reporting process of our Operating Expenses
Partner with accounting to validate accruals, prepaids, or reclasses for prepaids are recognized correctly
Prepare Monthly and Quarterly financial presentation of expense results for Senior Leadership
Be a culture leader among peers

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree with 1+ years Finance, Accounting, or businessrelated experience
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 to continuous improvement.
Ability to develop relationships with key stakeholders and inform and influence critical decisions
Ability to manage tight deadlines & manage multiple tasks at once
Experience with Power BI or Tableau is preferred

Physical Requirements:

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 the essential functions.

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Work Conditions

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 allinclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other jobrelated tasks and responsibilities than those stated above._