Risk Trader
Flutter UK & Ireland is looking for a Risk Trader to join the UKI Risk Team. Risk Traders are the people behind the odds that customers bet on. They utilise statistics, in-house models, industry news, and their opinions to solve problems, manage risks, and power performance on all types of sporting events.
Risk Traders work as part of the UK&I Risk team to monitor Football and Sports customers’ activity in real time and retrospectively. They assess the future value of these customers and adjust Flutter UK&I’s risk exposure to each customer accordingly. The Risk team also monitors Flutter UK&I’s liabilities across Football and Sports, acting as appropriate to manage Flutter UK&I’s risk exposure.
- Monitor football and sports customers’ activity in real time and retrospectively.
- Assess the future value of customers and adjust Flutter UK&I’s risk exposure to each customer accordingly.
- Monitor Flutter UK&I’s liabilities across Football and Sports, acting as appropriate to manage Flutter UK&I’s risk exposure.
- Help deliver the sports betting experiences customers love.
- Build fresh, exciting betting options for customers.
- Approach challenges strategically, improving the betting experience and learning risk management on the job.
- Work with odds and pricing for multiple sports.
- Analytical skills: Ability to think critically and solve problems using data (required).
- Excel experience (preferred).
- Attention to detail: Precision is key to ensure accuracy in all trading tasks (required).
- Organisation: Strong organisational skills to run multiple tasks and meet deadlines (required).
- Communication & Teamwork: Collaboration across departments is crucial to improve customer experience (required).
- Critical thinker: Ability to analyse data or untangle a tricky situation and find the logic behind it (required).
- Self-Development fund
- Wellbeing fund
- Uncapped holiday allowance
- Enhanced pension scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- Discretionary annual performance bonus
- Invest via the Company Sharesave Scheme
- Paid volunteering time per year
- Enhanced parental leave
Flutter UK & Ireland is the UK and Ireland division of Flutter Entertainment, the world's leading online sports betting and iGaming company. It brings together some of the biggest brands in the betting and gaming industry, including Betfair, Paddy Power, Sky Betting & Gaming and tombola. The division employs thousands of colleagues across hundreds of teams, creating entertainment for millions of customers each week. Headquartered in Leeds, it operates as part of the wider Flutter group, which is listed on the New York and London stock exchanges.
