Risk Trader

The Role

The Risk Trader will be responsible for the trading and risk management of all our horse & greyhound racing content for all Flutter UK&I facing brands. The successful candidate will also be tasked with providing an industry leading antepost, specials and extra market offering for our greyhound racing product. They will be responsible for the horse racing risk management tasks and the day to day running of the greyhound desk.

What you will be doing:

Risk Management

• To effectively analyse bet information to drive pricing accuracy

• To relay risk information in real time to the horse racing traders

• You will also be required to conduct retrospective risk reports and post trading analysis

Customer Management

• To effectively manage our customer base and tailor the product offering to the needs of our customers

• You will be required to manage customer level risk and liabilities including bet clearance

Greyhound Proposition

• To price all domestic UK&I greyhound races daily and ensure we have a compelling proposition in the marketplace for all our brands

• To offer industry leading specials and extra markets to drive customer engagement

• To keep up to date on antepost competitions and industry developments  

Effective Communication

• To work within the high paced trading environment and effectively react to and communicate real time risk information 

• You will be required work within the wider racing team liaising on risk management decisions and wider racing projects

Technical Skills

• Strong Microsoft office user particularly Excel and Powerpoint.

• Excellent presentation skills.

• Strong report-writing skills, with a keen eye for detail.

What We're Looking For...
Skills & Experience Required:

• Customer focused – thinks about customers 24/7

• Effective collaborator – works with others within the team and the wider organisation, whilst communicating effectively across a range of channels and audiences

• Ability to work at pace and on own initiative

• Makes quality decisions – makes confident decisions under pressure, which fundamentally drive results and high levels of customer satisfaction.

• Highest levels of integrity

• Drives results

About PaddyPower

Work that makes play jealous

Paddy Power has been breaking and re-writing the rules since 1988, from on-track bookmakers to cheeky upstart mischief-makers, to part of the largest betting and gaming technology company in the world.

Although we’ve grown to the betting behemoth we are today, we’ve not forgotten our roots. We continue to offer great value and entertainment to our customers and keep them at the heart of what we do.

Our culture of hard work, boldness and an innovative spirit got us to where we are and we take our work seriously, but not ourselves! We win by having the best people working well together. Don’t pigeon-hole us either – our company is a mix of sports nuts, gaming innovators, tech geniuses, perceptive people-people, inspiring leaders… and a very busy legal team.

We’ve got a growing squad of specialists, and we make the work fun. Sound good? Maybe there’s a spot on the team for you!

Plus, PaddyPower is part of the Flutter UK & Ireland family – a collection of big-hitting entertainment brands such as Betfair, Sky Betting & Gaming and Tombola.

What we’ll offer you

• £1,000 learning fund

• Unlimited holiday

• Twice-yearly bonus (with part of it guaranteed!)

• Pension contribution scheme

• Private healthcare

• Flexible ways of working – home or office, it’s your choice!

• Access to thousands of Udemy courses

• Invest via the Company Sharesave Scheme

• 16 hours paid volunteering time per year

We’re working to be an inclusive employer, and we encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking and working to apply. Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you don't have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role.

If you need any adjustments to make this role work for you let us know, and we’ll see how we can accommodate them.