Trading Analyst
Sportradar is seeking a Trading Analyst to join its Managed Trading Services (MTS) team in Central London. This role involves monitoring live sporting events and managing risk across a diverse portfolio of global betting markets. The analyst will combine sports expertise with data-driven decision-making to support sportsbooks and lotteries worldwide.
As a key member of the MTS team, the analyst will be responsible for the daily operation of the service, ensuring timely responses to market developments. The position requires the ability to work in a fast-paced environment, providing insights into betting activity and contributing to the overall performance and profitability of the trading strategies.
- Monitor live sporting events and react 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 provide insights into market activity.
- Explore and interrogate betting data by analysing a growing global client base.
- Deliver timely and insightful responses to trading and betting-related enquiries.
- Use data to tell the story behind trading performance, turning complex data into clear insights and reports for stakeholders.
- Continuously challenge existing approaches and contribute to improvements in trading performance, processes, and profitability.
- Strong familiarity with a wide range of sports, especially those popular in UK, European, and US betting markets (required).
- Extensive knowledge of betting markets, odds structures, and risk management of core betting sports (required).
- In-depth understanding of odds correlation between betting markets (required).
- Exceptional mathematical skills, with proficiency in Excel or SQL for odds analysis (required).
- Experience working in a similar role within the sports or betting industry (nice-to-have).
- Dependable decision-making skills when under time pressure (required).
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal (required).
- Experience using data visualisation tools (required).
- Ability to take immediate action in a fast-moving trading environment (required).
- Initiative-taking team player (required).
- Proficient in MS Office, specifically Word and Excel (required).
- Flexibility to work with shift-based patterns (required).
- A collaborative environment with colleagues from all over the world.
- Social events and teambuilding.
- Flexibility to manage your workday and tasks with autonomy.
- Access to Women in Tech and Pride groups.
- Global Employee Assistance Programme.
- Access to Calm and Reulay well-being apps.
- Online training videos.
- Live sports streaming in the office.
- Private health care.
- Company pension plan.
- Gym membership scheme.
Sportradar is a global sports technology company that collects, analyses and distributes sports data to betting operators, sports leagues and media companies. Headquartered in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and founded in 2001, it provides betting services, managed trading, integrity monitoring and audiovisual streaming across hundreds of sports. The company holds official data partnerships with organisations including the NBA, NHL, FIFA and ICC. Sportradar is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange and employs several thousand people worldwide.