Commercial Financial Analyst
Camelot Illinois, United States
Job Description
About Camelot Illinois
Camelot Illinois operates the Illinois Lottery, a modern enterprise that truly benefits the people of Illinois. We place consumers and social responsibility at our core, providing funding for schools, capital projects, and special causes. We are a progressive organization that is reinforcing the lottery’s rightful position as a force for good alongside the State of Illinois.
About the Team:
The Finance team will be a model of transparency and collaboration with strategic planning and forecasting at the core of all cross-functional commercial decision-making.
Position Overview:
The Commercial Financial Analyst assists in providing all aspects of financial support in order to achieve our business goals and objectives by assisting in the analysis of our financial performance and support for all financial decision-making in the business.
Responsibilities:
As a product focused organization we need ongoing, highly accurate modeling and forecasting, ensuring financial viability and profitability for our existing product streams and opportunities in emerging Illinois markets. In addition, the role will contain the following deliverables:
- Team member in developing budgets and forecasts ensuring alignment of departmental strategies with corporate targets.
- Assist in conducting and identifying risk and opportunity assessment for year end close process.
- Assist in creating reporting ensuring that data is accurate and easy to digest.
- Help develop and maintain ways of working that promote clear communications, ensure simplification and efficiencies.
- Team member in Undertaking analysis of new initiatives ahead of go live to ensure appropriate return of investment and realistic goals.
- Assist in evaluating the profitability and performance of new business initiatives against plan.
- Support the capital process and ensure business cases are robust and provide effective pre and post capital investment appraisal.
Requirements
Required:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related discipline.
- Experience in delivering budgets and forecasts.
- Knowledge of data analysis and forecasting methods
- Understanding of budgeting and regulatory requirements
- Proficient in MS Office and databases
Preferred:
- Big 4 or similar public accounting experience.
- Passion for working in a customer-facing environment and a proven background in delivering highly valuable commercial financial insights.
- Previous experience working and managing stakeholder expectations and deliverables.
- Strong communication skills, verbal and written.
- Proven business partnering skills.
Benefits
Working For Camelot Illinois
We are a transformative lottery company with world-class people, technology, and operations that are committed to powering possibilitiesfor our employees, our partners, and our consumers. With grit and determination, we believe in doing not just the easy thing but the right thing. The Camelot values of Do good, Be accountable, Stay connected, Keep improving, and Spark enthusiasm are embedded in the design of our organization and our plans for Illinois.
- Do Good: We care about our communities, our stakeholders, and each other. We act with integrity amp; honesty, as a positive force for Illinois.
- Be Accountable: We drive results. And we continually strive to get those results more efficiently and effectively.
- Stay Connected: Being open, honest, and collaborative is what makes us, us. This is embodied in our messaging and communications and in how we treat each other.
- Keep Improving: We’re hungry to be better. We innovate and evolve our business, our teams, and ourselves, always with an eye on professional and personal growth.
- Spark Enthusiasm: We incorporate energy and laughter into every aspect of our work to create positive and entertaining experiences.
Moreover, we pledge to have the highest standards of respect, diversity, and inclusion at our company and support and encourage our partners to do the same.
Camelot Illinois is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.