Sports Trading Analyst
Super Group is looking for a Sports Trading Analyst to play a key part in delivering a high-quality risk and integrity monitoring service. This role is specifically designed for candidates with previous Sports Trading experience who want to apply their market expertise to customer behaviour analysis, integrity investigations, market advantage detection, and sportsbook risk management.
The analyst will work at the intersection of Sports Trading, customer behaviour, integrity monitoring and operational risk, helping identify emerging betting patterns, coordinated activity and sportsbook vulnerabilities. This is an opportunity to move beyond traditional trading responsibilities while continuing to utilise an understanding of betting markets, odds compilation, market movement and customer betting behaviour.
Joining a specialist team that sits close to the heart of the sportsbook operation, the analyst's work will directly contribute to the sportsbook’s ability to stay ahead of emerging threats and maintain a fair, competitive environment for all users. The role requires a proactive approach to improving automated detection tools, analytics and monitoring capabilities, and contributing to the ongoing evolution of sportsbook protection strategies.
- Monitoring betting activity across sportsbook markets and products
- Investigating unusual betting patterns and coordinated customer behaviour
- Identifying emerging trends, integrity risks and market vulnerabilities
- Analysing customer activity using sportsbook, trading and behavioural data
- Supporting investigations into suspicious betting activity
- Providing trading insight into customer and syndicate behaviours
- Escalating potential integrity concerns to relevant stakeholders
- Partnering with Trading, Risk, Behaviour, Compliance and Operational teams
- Helping improve automated detection tools, analytics and monitoring capabilities
- Contributing to the ongoing evolution of sportsbook protection strategies
- Previous Sports Trading experience within an online sportsbook (required)
- Direct experience in Sports Trading / Trading Analysis / Live Trading / Market Monitoring / Sportsbook Risk Management (required)
- Strong understanding of sports betting markets and customer betting behaviour (required)
- Experience monitoring betting activity and market movements (required)
- Willingness to work under 24/7 shift schedule (required)
- Confident decision-making under pressure (required)
- Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to high quality work (required)
- Strong numerical and analytical thinking (required)
- Passion for sports and live betting markets (required)
- Clear, confident communication (written and verbal), particularly in time-critical situations and the ability to breakdown complex ideas (required)
- A collaborative mindset, working smoothly with cross functional teams to hit shared goals (required)
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects without dropping the ball (required)
- Adaptability – you stay sharp, productive and positive in fast moving environment (required)
- Experience within sportsbook integrity, customer risk or behavioural analysis (nice-to-have)
- Experience identifying suspicious or coordinated betting activity (nice-to-have)
- Understanding of syndicate and bonus abuse behaviours (nice-to-have)
- Experience with sportsbook monitoring tools (nice-to-have)
- SQL or data analysis experience (nice-to-have)
- Familiarity with Kibana, ElasticSearch or similar monitoring platforms (nice-to-have)
- Knowledge of regulatory and responsible gambling frameworks (nice-to-have)
- In-depth knowledge of sports betting markets, including odds calculation, betting types and market trends (nice-to-have)
- Learning and development programmes
- Performance tool for feedback and career development
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Group Life Cover
- Funeral Fund Benefit
- Income Continuation Benefit
- Medical Aid Subsidy
- Retirement Annuity Subsidy
DigiOutsource is a global iGaming technology and services company and part of Super Group (SGHC), the holding company behind the Betway and Spin brands. Headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, with offices in London and Portugal, it provides software development, digital marketing, business intelligence, design and communications services that power leading online gaming brands. The company employs around 1,200 people across multiple continents. DigiOutsource was formed from the merger of the ForwardSlash and SpeakUp Communications businesses and operates as a key technology hub within Super Group.