Bally’s Chicago Looking for Financial Planning and Analysis Manager at W Chicago Ave Chicago, IL Full Time

Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The following and other duties may be assigned as necessary:

• Responsible for supervising and managing staff in the Planning & Analysis Develops, implements and manages operational goals and monitors achievements of performance and profit objectives.
• Primarily responsible for short and long term financial analysis for the property including labor, and financial data reporting. Exercises discretion and independent judgment within the Manager of Business Planning and Analysis function including:
• Creates effective and efficient schedules, while maintaining labor costs, meeting staffing objectives and achieving deadlines.
• Responsible for assisting in the budget process for the department and provide recommendations; ensuring compliance to departmental budget initiatives; reporting budget concerns to manager.
• Calculates profitability of marketing programs. Analyze results to identify opportunities for improving efficiency of marketing expenditures. Communicate findings to executive team. 
• Oversees all aspects of preparing the annual budget.
• Compares actual operating results to budget and prior year. Summarize key findings and communicate to executive management.   Make recommendation for improving EBITDA.
• Develops presentations for budget meetings and operational reviews.
• Presents and discusses analyses with high level executives from corporate and from the property.
• Develops, maintains and distributes key operating metrics to evaluate attainment of company’s operating, service and financial objectives.
• Monitors labor costs and identify opportunities to improve efficiencies.
• Performs queries of various data bases to extract data for use in analysis.
• Prepares ad-hoc analysis as needed. 
• Maintains compliance with Gaming Commission requirements, the company’s System of Internal Controls and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
• Enthusiastically supports, actively promotes, and demonstrates superior customer service in accordance with department and company standards and programs.  Ensures customer service standards are followed by all team members and addresses issues as they arise.  Responsible for the overall achievement of department customer service goals.    
• Responsible for ensuring the compliance with all regulatory compliance within area of responsibility and reporting potential issues to Executive Management / GM.
• Maintains strict confidentiality in all departmental and company matters.

Requirements

Qualifications

Advanced Skills in the Following is Preferred:

• Communication
• Financial Reporting
• Financial Modeling
• Financial Analysis
• Decision Making
• Critical thinking

Education

•Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) from an accredited four-year college or university in Finance or Accounting

•MBA preferred

•At least three years of financial casino experience is preferred.

•Must have ability to effectively communicate and make formal presentations to executives.

•Must have broad knowledge of accounting and financial analysis.

Experience

Experience with computer report writing software highly desirable.

•Advanced Excel spreadsheet skills essential.

•Financial modeling experience essential.

•Skilled in the use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, ACCESS, COGNOS, SQL, CRM, CDS, ACES and any other systems required to process, analyze and present data is highly preferred

Additional Information

 We Highly Value Our Employees

We offer our employees good-paying jobs and benefits, as well as tuition reimbursement to enhance their growth and advancement.

All applicants must be able to demonstrate their US work authorization during the employment verification process.