Trading Analyst

Company

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Monitor live sporting events and respond to market developments in real time.
• Manage client risk exposure across a diverse portfolio of sports, competitions, and betting markets.
• Analyse betting activity, market movements, and customer behaviour to identify opportunities and mitigate risk.
• Investigate unusual betting patterns and analyse betting data across the global client base.
• Respond promptly to trading and betting enquiries.
• Produce clear stakeholder reports and insights from trading performance data.
• Contribute to improvements in trading performance, processes, and profitability.

Candidate requirements

• Strong familiarity with sports popular in UK, European, and US betting markets.
• Extensive knowledge of betting markets, odds structures, and risk management for core betting sports.
• In-depth understanding of odds correlation between betting markets.
• Exceptional mathematical skills and proficiency in Excel or SQL for odds analysis.
• Experience in a similar sports or betting industry role is advantageous.
• Experience using data visualization tools; proficiency in MS Office, particularly Word and Excel.
• Strong communication, dependable decision-making under time pressure, initiative, and teamwork.
• Flexibility to work shift-based patterns.

Workplace

• The role is based in Central London; the description says the employer believes in coming together in person.

Benefits

• The offer includes an international collaborative environment, autonomy, social events, and employee communities.
• Benefits include an employee assistance programme, wellbeing apps, online training, private healthcare, a pension plan, and gym membership.

Recruitment process

• The recruitment process includes initial screening, an online betting-skills assessment, two hiring-team interviews, and final feedback.
• Applicants are asked to address their motivation, understanding of the role, and sports betting experience in their cover letter.