Sportsbook Analyst
The company is looking for a highly motivated and commercially minded Sportsbook Analyst who will deliver impactful insights and play a key role in data-informed decision-making across the commercial Sportsbook function. Reporting to the Manager of Sportsbook Analytics, the successful candidate will be part of the Sportsbook Analytics team supporting stakeholders from all areas of the business.
The role involves providing analytical support and insight to enable impactful commercial decision making for the Sportsbook function, allowing key stakeholders to make data-driven decisions. The analyst will provide analysis, not just data, translating complex datasets into clear, actionable recommendations and communicating findings effectively to senior stakeholders. They will work with the Manager of Sportsbook Analytics to identify and implement consistent analytical metrics around business issues and processes, and support the delivery of analytical projects, helping to embed their outputs and recommendations within the organisation. The role also includes proactively monitoring key metrics, identifying unusual performance and highlighting potential areas to the business, working closely with the Sportsbook function to ensure alignment. Building strong relationships with key business stakeholders and promoting the capabilities of the Sportsbook Analytics team is also a key aspect, as is working collaboratively with all analysts within the wider team. The analyst will identify opportunities to improve Sportsbook performance, customer engagement, revenue and profitability through data-driven analysis.
- Provide analytical support and insight to enable impactful commercial decision making for the Sportsbook function, allowing key stakeholders to make data-driven decisions.
- Provide analysis, not just data. Translate complex datasets into clear, actionable recommendations and communicate findings effectively to senior stakeholders.
- Work with the Manager of Sportsbook Analytics to identify and implement consistent analytical metrics around business issues and processes.
- Support the delivery of analytical projects and help embed their outputs and recommendations within the organisation.
- Pro-actively monitor key metrics, identifying unusual performance and highlighting to the business potential areas.
- Work closely with Sportsbook function to ensure alignment.
- Build strong relationships with key business stakeholders, promoting the capabilities of the Sportsbook Analytics team.
- Work collaboratively with all analysts within the wider team.
- Identify opportunities to improve Sportsbook performance, customer engagement, revenue and profitability through data-driven analysis.
- High level analytical thinking (required)
- Interest in numbers (required)
- Strong mathematical background (required)
- Strong presentation skills (required)
- Interest in Sportsbook and an understanding of fundamental sports and gambling logic (required)
- Ability to gather requirements from stakeholders clearly and work through to completion (required)
- Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science or another quantitative discipline (nice-to-have)
- Previous experience in an analytical role (nice-to-have)
- Experience with SQL, Power BI, Python or similar analytical tools (nice-to-have)
- Competitive salary
- Generous group bonus scheme
- Hybrid working - 4 days in office
- Private medical insurance
- Pension scheme – matched to 6%
- Ability to buy and sell holiday
- Free subscription to wellbeing app Unmind
- Additional “It's Your Game” day off to use at either Christmas or New Year
- Entain & Enhance days – 2 paid days off to focus on your professional or personal development
- Share save scheme
Entain is one of the world's largest sports betting and gaming entertainment groups and a FTSE 100 company. Formed when GVC Holdings rebranded as Entain in December 2020, its brands trace their history back to the 1880s and include bwin, Coral, Foxy, Gala, Ladbrokes and partypoker. Through its joint venture with MGM Resorts International, it powers BetMGM in the United States with its proprietary technology. Headquartered in London, Entain employs over 30,000 people with offices across 19 countries.