Sportsbook Trading Risk Analyst

Kindred Group plc; Sydney; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming organization in Sydney is seeking a Sportsbook Trading Risk Analyst to analyze customer patterns and minimize risks associated with sports betting. The role requires strong analytical skills and knowledge of mathematics, alongside a keen interest in sports. The ideal candidate will have industry experience, attention to detail, and excellent communication skills. This is a full-time position with variable work hours.

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of racing bookmaking methods.
• Ability to work under pressure in a team environment.
• Experience in the gambling industry is essential.

Responsibilities

• Analyze customer data to profile and manage risk.
• Identify and minimize bonus abuse.
• Work collaboratively across various teams to optimize betting strategies.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Understanding of mathematics

Customer profiling

Flexibility

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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About Us

At FDJ UNITED, we don't just follow the game, we reinvent it.

FDJ UNITED is one of Europe’s leading betting and gaming operators, with a vast portfolio of iconic brands and a reputation for technological excellence. With more than 5,000 employees and a presence in around fifteen regulated markets, the Group offers a diversified, responsible range of games, both under exclusive rights and open to competition. We set new standards, proving that entertainment and safety can go hand in hand. Here, you’ll work alongside a team of passionate individuals dedicated to delivering the best and safest entertaining experiences for our customers every day.

We’re looking for bold people who are eager to succeed and ready to level-up the game. If you thrive on innovation, embrace challenges, and want to make a real impact at all levels, FDJ UNITED is your playing field.

Join us in shaping the future of gaming. Are you ready to LEVEL-UP THE GAME?

The role

As a Sportsbook Trading Risk Analyst, you will be responsible for analyzing patterns in order to profile our customer base to ensure correct operational decisions are made.

Our ideal candidate will have an excellent knowledge of mathematics and odds with a strong analytical background and a proven ability to drive long term P&L of sports pre-match and in play bookmaking, through customer management. They must possess first class communication skills with the ability to liaise at all levels.

They must be aware of our product breadth and how that competes in the market place, understand local market requirements including any specific commercial executions and be able to work proactively with the other Sportsbook stakeholders to further enhance our operations and offering.

In this role you will be working a variable shift pattern to include days, evenings, weekends and bank holidays and may also include early, evening and night working hours.

What you will do:

• Report directly to the Head of Risk Management
• You will be assigning customers to the correct risk cohort, considering all player action across the Group
• You will help to identify and ensure we minimise bonus abuse against the need for attractive promotional activities
• Manage the handling of real-time HNW bet referrals in a timely and appropriate fashion
• Work with the Trading team to ensure an optimal laying strategy across individual and groups of customers
• Work with Sportsbook Control to ensure optimal laying and overround strategy across all of our markets
• Manage the liability tolerance across sports / events etc across all of our markets and customers
• Analyse cross sections of our Sportsbook trading performance with a view to optimisation
• Work with the Quant and Data Science teams to develop our proprietary trading and risk algorithms and propensity models
• Work with Player Safety / Responsible Gaming as appropriate to ensure we meet our ambitious sustainability and responsible gambling strategy
• Liaise with the Sportsbook Control department to ensure appropriate provision of resource in line with business requirements
• Assist in the business operation process within the overall Sportsbook department as required.
• There may be a requirement to work a shift pattern including evenings, weekends and bank holidays to meet the needs of the business.

How you will be measured:

• Sportsbook betting revenues
• Sportsbook betting margin
• Revenue by customer segment
• Growth of the above

Your experience:

• In depth demonstrable knowledge of the methods and maths that apply to racing bookmaking.
• Excellent analytical background with the ability to relate to both business and technical functions, including an understanding of the application of advanced data usage through quantitative analysis (price modelling, propensity modelling, trading algorithms etc).
• Ability to work effectively under pressure in a team environment
• Attention to detail, flexibility and initiative are imperative.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to deliver solutions in exacting timelines and demanding environments.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft office products particularly Excel.
• Understanding of customer profiling and behavioural trends.
• A keen interest in sports and/or sports betting
• Hard working, flexible and enthusiastic about meeting challenges with solutions.
• Industry experience is essential for this role.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Analyst

• Industries

  Gambling Facilities and Casinos

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