Senior Accountant

Work alongside Senior Manager, Lottery Accounting to oversee the accounting and financial reporting responsibilities for U.

S. Lottery business units (Instant Products, Licensing & Loyalty, Lottery Systems, iLottery) and U.S. capital projects and fixed assets.

Position provides support to internal finance management and business unit operations for U.S. Lottery business units. Direct the related activities of hands-on accounting team based in Bangalore, who will perform all financial close activities, balance sheet account reconciliations, preparation of internal and external financial reporting, and who will be responsible for ensuring accuracy of specified general ledger accounts.

• Complete general ledger responsibilities for U.S. Lottery business units and management of day-to-day accounting functions in the department
• Coordination of activities related to monthly closings and other finance-related activities between hands-on accounting team based in Bangalore, Finance team, AP / AR teams, and business partners
• Be a key driver of company’s standardization, use, and continual improvement of business processes
• Manage the monthly, quarterly and yearly financial accounting close processes to meet scheduled deadlines for internal and external reporting requirements
• Coordinate and provide assistance to internal and external auditors related to periodic operational, SOX, and financial audits
• Establish accounting policies and procedures to ensure all financial transactions are controlled, executed, and documented according to corporate accounting policy and generally accepted accounting principles
• Support review and sign-off / approval of team’s work (GL account reconciliations, reports, etc.)
• Collaborate with business unit Finance personnel on annual budget and periodic forecast preparation
• Special projects as deemed necessary by senior management

Qualifications / Skills / Knowledge

Required

• Undergraduate degree in Accounting or equivalent
• 4-8 years of progressive staff to senior-level accounting experience
• Strong organizational, problem solving and project management skills
• Thorough knowledge of accounting, auditing and internal controls standard practices
• High commitment to punctuality and accuracy
• Ability to work through various levels of an organization
• Intermediate-level (or better) skills in Microsoft Office (especially Excel)

Desired

• Hands-on user experience with mainstream financial information systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP, etc.) is a strongly preferred
• Hands-on experience with Blackline and Hyperion (Financial Management and Planning) tools is highly desirable
• Prior supervisory experience preferred
• CPA highly desirable

Physical Requirements

The physical demands 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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, use hands, operate a computer, and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus working with computer and business equipment.

Work Conditions

Scientific Games, LLC and its affiliates (collectively, SG ) are engaged in highly regulated gaming and lottery businesses.

As a result, certain SG 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 SG complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, SG requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles.

As a prerequisite to employment with SG (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to SG 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.