Finance Systems Manager

At the heart of everything we do is our vision to change lives every day, and our mission to grow The National Lottery responsibly and champion its impact.

We are Allwyn UK, part of the Allwyn Entertainment Group – a multi‑national lottery operator with a market‑leading presence across the USA (Michigan and Illinois) and Europe, including Czech Republic, Austria, Greece, Cyprus and Italy.

While the main contribution of The National Lottery to society is through the funds to good causes, at Allwyn we put our purpose and values at the heart of everything we do. Join us as we embark on a once‑in‑a‑lifetime, large‑scale transformation journey by creating a National Lottery that delivers more money to good causes.

We’ll talk a bit more about us further down the page, but for now – let’s talk about the role and who we’re looking for…

Reporting to the Head of Finance Gaming Systems, this role is the senior Finance‑led change and delivery position supporting the end‑to‑end Gaming Systems roadmap. The primary focus of the role is to support the Head of Finance Gaming Systems in managing prioritisation and delivery of system enhancements and change requests across the SG gaming landscape, with particular emphasis on the digital back‑end (SGPAM), digital player payments and system‑enabled journeys that reduce friction for digital players.

The role combines senior oversight of digital finance gaming system execution with enterprise‑level finance change leadership, governing how Finance requirements are shaped, prioritised and delivered across SGPAM, Recon Net and digital payment providers. Acting as a key bridge between Finance, Technology, Product and Operations, the role ensures that innovation and pace of change are balanced with strong financial control, accounting integrity and operational readiness.

The role is intentionally positioned as a senior professional counterpart to the Finance Gaming Systems Controller. It does not hold formal Financial Controller or regulatory accountability, but provides senior Finance Systems leadership, influence and delivery assurance across complex, high‑impact change.

• The Finance department ensures the business is financially sound, has robust accounting and reporting processes, and delivers financial targets including profitability and returns to Good Causes.
• The Finance Gaming Systems team is immensely important as it oversees the regulatory adherence to the reporting and financial monitoring requirements of Licence Condition 16, Trust Deed and Regulatory Handbook.
• The team supports colleagues across the Finance function, ensuring the core gaming systems, GEM Suite (retail), SGPAM (digital), IVS/FRS, Recon
  
  NET and related BI reporting from PLATO, for the Finance team are consistently maintained and developed.

• Participate in the development and then delivery of the finance systems roadmap.
• Acts as the interface between the finance function and the IT/technology teams alongside systems colleagues and specifically for SG, Elsym and ancillary gaming systems.
• Managing demand for system and data changes as a support and project control function.
• Driving and project‑managing enhancement projects across the finance systems to improve controls, efficiency, and effectiveness.

• This role operates across both change delivery and business‑as‑usual domains, providing continuity, clarity and leadership across the gaming systems portfolio.

• Act as the senior Finance lead supporting the Head of Finance Gaming Systems in delivery of the end‑to‑end Gaming Systems change roadmap.
• Own Finance leadership of SGPAM, including player lifecycle design, settlement models, exception handling and assurance of financial outcomes.
• Lead the design, governance and delivery of enhanced digital payment methodologies, with a focus on removing friction from the player journey and supporting continued growth into new payment platform delivery, e.g. Apple Pay and Google Pay adoption.
• Act as the key finance representative for the Finance‑related change request lifecycle across SG systems, including intake, impact assessment, prioritisation and delivery…