Head of Fp&a

KennedyPearce are partnering with one of the world's largest sports betting and gaming groups, operating both online and in the retail sector. With offices across five continents and licences in more than 20 countries.As the Head of FP&A for the Gaming division,you will be responsible for the delivery of planning, analysis, interpretation and presentation of Gaming data to organisational stakeholders and business leaders to support and improve decision making.

The key responsibilities of the role will be to ensure the team identifies, maintains, evaluates information and presents analysis outcomes with any recommendations to key stakeholders whilst ensuring your team delivers all periodic weekly and ad-hoc reporting.

Reporting to the Director of FP&A, you will also be accountable to relevant stakeholders within the business, including but not limited to the Gaming Director, Brand Director, Head of Performance Marketing and Sports Director.

**Responsibilities**:

- Ensure the delivery of all weekly/periodic/ad-hoc reporting and analysis of Gaming including but not limited to Business Review, Weekly Trading Report and Weekly Group Dashboard by using data sources including Teradata. Reports are to including relevantand insightful commentary, taking responsibility for ensuring that it is accurate and delivered according to deadlines
- Lead the Gaming budgeting, planning and reforecasting processes by identifying and modelling key business drivers, utilising a number of approaches, including but not limited to, current and historic trends and regression analysis. You add business inputand insight where necessary
- Business partnering the Gaming Director and senior members of the newly appointed Gaming management team, providing the necessary support and challenge around bonus, key props and other significant P&L levers
- Managing the Senior Gaming FP&A Analyst role, ensuring all day to day tasks are carried out to a high standard and support is provided where necessary.
- Co-ordinate the initial and any subsequent daily re-phasing of the brands budget and reforecasts into Teradata, ensuring all known events are taken into account within the daily forecast, relevant stakeholder or business leader sign-off prior to uploadand accuracy of data provided to Hyderabad
- Coordination of Gaming data for Investor Relations, Group Finance and Gaming suppliers, working with the Head of Reporting in FP&A, key stakeholders and business leaders across the business to ensure insightful and relevant information provided to Groupdeadlines
- Specific period forecasting and Reporting. E.g. cross sell campaigns from key sporting events, pay cycles.
- Provide Marketing support across all brands working with BI and the Reporting Manager to ensure co-ordination between marketing and Gaming.
- Undertake a periodic detailed review of Gaming actuals vs. budget, reforecast and expectations to highlight variances and trends for further detailed deep-dive analysis in conjunction with the Gaming BI
- Undertake any ad-hoc analysis in conjunction with key stakeholders and business leaders to understand key drivers and any financial impacts. Analysis will including periodic reporting of actual performance vs. regression analysis
- Undertake tracking and analysis of new projects or initiatives to ensure that they are delivering against set key measures of success. Ensure all variances are clearly understood and explained
- Work with other members of the FP&A team or throughout the wider business to develop tools, models and processes that improve the analytical capabilities of Gaming. In addition, developing the effectiveness and insight generated by financial analysis tocontinually enhance and improve analysis provided
- Work with the Commercial Finance business partner accountable for cost of sales to ensure UK Digital is accurately forecasting and reporting Gaming components such as PoC, taxable and non-taxable bonus costs and other Gaming rev share costs.
- Develop strong relationships with Group functions and other divisional analysts in order to share knowledge, ideas and best practic.
- A strategic and inspiring leader that provides leadership and direction to Gaming creating and embedding a culture where continuous improvement is embraced
- Encourages communication and collaboration across the business, team and stakeholders in order to build strong relationships and develop cross functional working
- A leader that mentors and develops the Senior Gaming FP&A analyst by; providing development, coaching, objectives and goal setting, performance management and other people policies as required ensuring they are motivated, productive and fully compliantwith all regulations and legislation

We are looking to speak with:

- Qualified accountants
- Passionate about sports/ Gaming
- Will relocate to Gibralter or be willing to work once every few weeks in Gibralter
- Relevant FP&A and Business partnering