Protective Security Data Analyst

Join our journey to create a new experience for the National Lottery and help us to power change for the greater good.

About us:

We are Allwyn UK, part of the Allwyn Entertainment Group – a multi-national lottery operator with a market-leading presence in Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Cyprus and Italy.  We have been officially awarded the Fourth Licence (10 year licence) to operate the National Lottery starting February 2024.

 ‍We’ve developed ground-breaking technologies, built player protection frameworks, and have a proven track record of making lotteries better.  Our aim is to create one of the UK’s most inclusive organisations – where people can bring the best of themselves, to do their best work, every day, for the benefit of good causes.

 Allwyn is an Equal Opportunity Employer which prides itself in being diverse and inclusive. We do not tolerate discrimination, harassment, or victimisation in the workplace.  All employment decisions at Allwyn are based on the business needs, the job requirements, and the individual qualifications.  Allwyn encourages applications from individuals regardless of age, disability (visible or hidden), sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

 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 to build a bigger, better, and safer National Lottery that delivers more money to good causes.  

Purpose of Role:

To provide and support data analytics expertise to support the Protective Security team’s remit to safeguard The National Lottery and maintain player trust.  Due to the scope of the team’s responsibility it is a wide ranging role that will include scoping requirements, acquiring data, creating bespoke reports, working with key stakeholders to identify and develop opportunities to increase the capability, improve processes, controls and influence systems design.

Department Description:

Using the combined strengths of a trusted team, the Protective Security department, protects the business by championing controls and compliance.

Team Description:

• The Protective Security  Team safeguards the security and integrity of The National Lottery through its activities to prevent, detect and deter any potential threat; ensuring Allwyn's fundamental rights to operate are upheld.

Key Accountabilities or Duties

• Use statistical tools to interpret data sets, paying particular attention to trends and patterns that could be valuable in detecting suspicious activity.
• Work closely with both the Intelligence and Investigation teams to understand types of activity that undermines the security and integrity of The National lottery to add value to the team’s output.
• Build upon and manage the team’s proactive monitoring reporting using a centralised suite or specific tools.
• Provide analysis of incidents and team activities for management reports, including data quality check on a central incident database
• Build upon and manage the team’s management reporting using a centralised suite or specific tools
• Create and maintain data dashboards, graphs and visualisations through the use of Business Objects (but moving to Power BI)
• Assist the Protective Security collators with data input and output, as well as provision of system reports and operational intelligence brief.

Skills & Experience:

• Demonstrable attention to detail.
• A high level of problem solving ability.
• Ability to communicate effectively across a varied stakeholder landscape.
• Be highly organised.
• Have the ability to self-task when issues arise.
• Demonstrate a high level of resilience
• An Understanding of statistical methodologies and data analysis techniques in a retail       
• setting.
• Ability to provide insight and analysis through clear visual, written and verbal communication at the tactical, operational and strategic levels.
• Experience or the willingness to learn of using centralised scripting analytical tools such as Business Objects, SAS and SQL, QLIK Sense Analytics, CREDO or other reporting and visualisation applications .
• A good level of knowledge and skills of Microsoft Excel; extraction and manipulation of data.
• Experienced & advanced user of Power BI
• Ability to manage own workload and multiple priorities but at the same time is an  active team member..
• The capacity to develop and document procedures and workflows
• The ability to carry out data quality control, validation and linkage
• Have experience of or willingness to be involved in Behavioural Technologies to  further understand player behaviour.

• 34 days paid leave (This includes bank holidays)
• 2 x Life Days
• 4 x Salary of Life Insurance
• Pension: We’ll contribute 8.5%
• BUPA
• £500 wellness allowance
• Income Protection