Junior Football Trader

BettingJobs is working with a top UK sportsbook to find a Junior Football Trader for its well-established Football desk. This is a fantastic opportunity for an analytical and mathematically minded football lover to build a trading career within an experienced team.
The Junior Football Trader will be responsible for pricing and trading football matches, both pre-match and in-play, with support and coaching to help you sharpen your skills. The role follows a shift pattern and requires flexibility to work in line with the football calendar. This role is ideal for a candidate with a quantitative background and a genuine passion for football, with strong betting knowledge and the ability to remain calm and execute under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Pricing and trading football matches.
• Maintaining a high quality football trading service by ensuring prices are accurate and released early
• Continuously improving the product offered through improving upon existing frameworks and finding opportunities for optimisation
• Monitoring liabilities and moving prices based on team news, client trades and competitor market activity.
• Assisting the Customer Services Team by dealing with escalated queries.

Requirements

• Hold a strong quantitative degree.
• Genuine passion for football.
• Remain calm in a pressured environment
• Very numerate with a sharp betting/trading brain.
• Have an interest in betting markets.
• Be prepared to work early/late/night shifts to tie in with when the live Football matches are taking place.