Combine your passion for stats with your love of sport
Our Quantitative Trading Analysts are well known in our company as the brains behind the bet. You’ll join a small team in Leeds who develop statistical models for our trading systems. Your models will support our bookmaking function, producing odds for sports events that see over £4bn turnover every year, and enable us to analyse and evaluate customer behaviour and create effective marketing offers.
About Us
We make a huge investment in everyone, offering great career development opportunities. Our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we thrive in a fast-paced environment where we have fun, celebrate success and give you all the tools you’ll need to be your best self. It’s not just our colleagues we look after – we’ve got a responsibility to our customers too and we work hard on our ambition that nobody is harmed by gambling.
Your Role in the Team
As a Graduate Quantitative Trading Analyst, you’ll play a key role in building statistical models, making sure everything we produce meets the needs of the business and our customers. We’d like you to bring ideas – you’ll have the chance to analyse the way we work and use mathematical techniques and modelling to improve our performance and profitability. Colleagues across our business will come to you for expert advice, so you’ll need to present your analysis to various audiences in a way they’ll understand.
Learning and development will be part of your day-to-day role – using cutting edge tools and techniques to find new ways to improve model accuracy and bring exciting new opportunities to our customers and sports traders.
Skills Needed
We are looking for results driven and motivated by success individual with excellent communication skills and ability to influence, engage and build strong working relationships with stakeholders.
- First Class Honours Bachelors or any Postgraduate degree in a numerate subject e.g. Maths, Stats, Physics, Computer Science.
- Evidence of any Stats modules taken during your qualification will be seen as a big plus.
- A keen sports fan and interested in bookmaking and betting.
- Strong initiative and problem-solving skills, with a passion for learning.
Prior computer programming experience is not expected, but you’ll stand out if your technical expertise includes:
- A statistical programming language (preferably R or Python).
- A general-purpose programming language (preferably Java, Python, or JavaScript).
- Experience using databases (preferably MySQL).
- Experience with ‘Big Data’ or machine learning technologies including Apache Spark, H2O, Keras, TensorFlow and Sklearn.
- Experience with Cloud technologies (preferably AWS).
- Build mathematical models in a professional working environment.
What we offer
We’ve welcomed our teams back to the office and have a balanced approach to office and home working. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to work from home up to 80% of the time with 20% office time built in to ensure we get some face-to-face collaborative team time - and the chance for a coffee and a catch up!
As well as offering you the opportunity to fuel your sports obsession within your full-time job, we also want you to feel comfortable at work, offering a casual dress code. We’ll also welcome you on-board with 25 days holiday (not to mention 8 bank holidays and an extra day for your birthday), a rewarding bonus scheme, healthcare (or a cash alternative), an attractive pension package, life assurance, healthy gym discounts and a flexible benefits scheme.
888 William Hill in Leeds
Our Leeds office sits right in the middle of the creative heart of the UK. Leeds itself is a buzzy, busy place to work and live. A hub for tech, digital and gaming companies – there’s also five universities right on our doorstep. And away from work, we’re in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales and of course have got a competitive sports scene with Leeds United and Yorkshire Cricket and Rugby just up the road in Headingley.
For further information on this role internally please reach out martyna.urbaniak@grandparade.co.uk for more details.
Offers for roles based in the UK are subject to satisfactory Right to Work and background checks. If you’re offered a role, we’ll need to verify your right to work in the UK and proof of address documents. If you’re a British or Irish citizen we’ll ask to meet you face to face as soon as possible, ideally in our Leeds office.