About the company
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Risk & Trading Analyst, Sportsbook based in Australia.
Responsibilities
- Monitor live sportsbook and casino activity to identify and mitigate sharp play, arbitrage, exploits, bonus abuse, and other risk patterns.
- Analyze player profitability, betting behavior, withdrawal velocity, and account activity to determine appropriate risk actions, including restrictions and market adjustments.
- Review casino game outcomes against expected RTP and investigate technical anomalies, unusual volatility, and potential multi-accounting.
- Monitor pre-match and in-play sportsbook exposure, liabilities, market movements, and overall platform risk.
- Manage sportsbook risk settings, coordinate with feed providers, conduct bet reviews, and implement appropriate limit adjustments.
- Partner with Fraud and Payments teams to investigate high-risk withdrawals and suspicious payment activity.
- Develop data-driven risk reports and improve automated alerts, risk rules, monitoring frameworks, and operational processes.
- Collaborate with Trading, VIP, Product, and Support teams to resolve risk issues and escalate critical incidents appropriately.
- Contribute to long-term risk strategy while balancing financial protection, operational efficiency, and a strong customer experience.
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional experience in Risk, Trading, Fraud, or a closely related function within iGaming or Sports Betting.
- Deep understanding of sportsbook trading concepts, including odds, liabilities, exposure, market movements, and risk management.
- Strong knowledge of casino mechanics, including RTP, volatility, game outcomes, and player behavior.
- Demonstrated ability to use Excel, SQL, BI tools, or similar data-analysis technologies to identify anomalies, pricing inefficiencies, and sharp betting activity.
- Experience making rapid commercial and risk decisions within high-volume, live operational environments.
- Ability and willingness to work shifts within a 24/7 sportsbook and casino operation.
- Strong analytical and investigative skills, with excellent attention to detail and sound commercial judgment.
- Calm, decisive, and composed approach when managing escalations and high-pressure situations.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to clearly explain risk findings, decisions, and recommended actions to cross-functional stakeholders.
- Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and ability to operate independently in a high-growth environment.
Conditions
- Full-time opportunity within a high-growth sportsbook and casino environment.
- Remote working arrangement with the role based in Australia.
- Opportunity to become a founding member of the Risk, Trading, and Operations function for a new platform.
- High level of ownership and direct influence over risk strategy, trading operations, and commercial performance.
- Exposure to complex real-time sportsbook, casino, fraud, payments, and player-risk operations.
- Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams across Trading, Product, VIP, Support, Fraud, and Payments.
- Opportunity to work in a fast-paced, data-driven environment where decisions can directly influence business outcomes.
- Professional growth opportunities within an expanding technology and iGaming operation.