QA Lead

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 acrossthe USA (Michigan and Illinois) andEurope includingCzech Republic Austria GreeceCyprusand Italy.

While the main contribution of The National Lottery to society is through the funds togood causes at Allwynwe put our purpose and values at the heart of everything we us as we embark on a once-in-a-lifetime largescale transformation journey by creating a National Lottery that delivers more money togood causes.

Welltalk a bit more about us further down the page but for now letstalk about the role and whowerelooking for

A bit about the role

As part of the Financial Test Team you will be responsible for the analysis planning design execution and delivery of financial testing streams to ensure the accuracy and readiness of complex gaming and financial systems. This role is central to maintaining data integrity across multiple gaming applications and ensuring that financial reporting balancing activities and share calculations meet operational and regulatory expectations. The role is a hands-on QA Lead role.

You will work extensively in excel to perform share calculations reconciliations and financial data balancing across various lottery-style games. The position requires exceptional attention to detail strong numerical analysis skills and a deep understanding of financial processes related to gaming transactions prize structures and drawbased systems. You will support and enhance processes that ensure the accuracy of endtoend financial flows including the validation of key transaction data and the reconciliation of summary and detailed datasets used by operational and regulatory stakeholders.

Whatyoullbe doing

Test & Quality Responsibilities

• Lead QA delivery producing test estimates plans schedules and key test artefacts aligned with project milestones and governance frameworks.
• Manage and mentor QA Analysts and Engineers acting as the point of escalation and supporting resourcing work allocation and performance management where required.
• Track and report test progress risks and mitigations to stakeholders ensuring clear and timely communication.
• Coordinate and lead Defect Triage ensuring efficient prioritisation root-cause analysis and resolution.
• Work closely with 3rdparty suppliers technical teams and business stakeholders to support integration quality resolve issues and maintain alignment on delivery.
• Review requirements solution designs and technical architecture from a quality perspective providing actionable feedback.
• Work collaboratively across parallel test phases including SIT E2E integration UAT OAT and security testing.
• Drive continuous improvement of QA processes ways of working and compliance across the QA function.

Financial Balancing & Share Calculation

• Perform detailed balancing of gaming transactions draw outputs prize allocations and summary datasets across daily weekly and drawbased cycles.
• Conduct complex Excelbased financial calculations to validate wagering volumes share allocations prize distributions and rolldown/rollup scenarios.
• Reconcile systemgenerated reports against expected financial models and stakeholder requirements.
• Support independent verification activities reconciling transactionlevel and summarylevel data to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Assist in analysing discrepancies to support incident management defect resolution and rootcause analysis.

Collaboration & Knowledge

• Support Test Manager during planning preparation and execution phases.
• Share specialist knowledge with the wider QA and finance community acting as a subject matter expert for lottery game mechanics financial calculations and balancing processes.
• Work collaboratively across parallel test phases including SIT E2E integration UAT OAT and security testing.

Tools & Systems You will work with a range of gaming and financial systems including:

• Core DrawBased Gaming Engines
• Independent Verification Systems
• Data simulators for generating highvolume wagering datasets
• Standard QA and test management tools (e.g. Jira Confluence TestRail)
• API testing tools and other technical utilities as required

What experiencewerelooking for

Essential

• Strong experience in QA and testing methodologies of minimum 6 years including functional and structural test design
• Proven background in financial testing reconciliation or dataheavy quality assurance roles.
• Advanced Excel skills with the ability to carry out complex share calculations financial modelling and largescale data reconciliation.
• Strong analytical problemsolving and investigative skills with attention to detail.
• Experience validating requirements and applying riskbased testing techniques.
• Familiarity with test environments data setup and configuration management.
• Strong communication skills and stakeholder management capability.

Desirable

• Experience working with lottery gaming or financial transaction systems.
• Familiarity with independent verification solutions or balancing frameworks.

About us

At Allwyn we are dedicated to changing lives and growing the National Lottery responsibly championing its positive impact on people places and the planet.

• Innovation -We pride ourselves on it!Wereconstantly looking for new ways to excite our customers bringing new products to market toenjoywhich is all supported by our responsible play values and making them accessible to all.

• Giving back Did you know that playing the lottery generates around 30m a week for charities andgood causesin the UK Our aim is to have doubled this number by the end of the first 10-year license.

• Sustainability Our aim is to become a net zero national lottery. We have 2030 targets to decarbonise our operations and transitioned to renewable energy providers made our London and Watford offices zero gas and ensured our fleet consists of low-emission additionwereworking with our value chain partners to develop a net zero target date.

• Empowering every voice We believe in creating a culture where everyone feels they belong can be themselves has access to opportunities and can thrive for the benefit of good diverse teams are working hard to make all parts of The National Lottery inclusive whether people play a game in a store or onlinebecause when everyone can play everyonewins..

An inclusive reward offering with wellbeing at the centre

At Allwyn inclusion is built into how we care for our people. Our benefits and policies support colleaguesand their familiesat every stage of life and career. By prioritising wellbeing and belonging we create a workplace where everyone feels valued rewarded and empowered to people are more than colleagues -theyrewinners driving positive change and making a real difference in communities.

Benefits

• CompanyBonusScheme

• Matched pension contributions up to 8.5%

• 26 days annual leave 2 Life Days (and bank holidays)

• Single Private Health Cover

• Complimentary Private Medical

• Income Protection

• Flexible Benefits EV SchemeMoney Coach Will WritingMortgage AdviceDental and Eye Care Schemes.

• EnhancedFamily Leave (MaternityPaternity Adoption)

• WellnessAllowance500

• Employee AssistanceProgramme

• Discounted Health Assessments

• Volunteering Days

• Matched Funding

We are a Disability Confident Leader which meanswevetaken proactive steps to ensure our workplace is accessible and inclusive for disabled and neurodivergent colleagues and candidates. As part of this we offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential requirements of the job.

If you need anyassistanceor adjustments to this job description or in the application process please contact a member of the talent team atandwellbe happy to help.