Senior Quantitative Analyst

Senior Quantitative Analyst

Senior Quantitative Analyst

We’re looking for a Senior Quantitative Analyst to join our Quants team at Flutter UK & Ireland.

As a Senior Quantitative Analyst, you will build and maintain sophisticated predictive models that enable traders, risk managers and analysts to deliver cutting-edge products to customers. You will contribute across the full lifecycle of quantitative models, from development through to real-world application and performance monitoring.

The Quants team is a core function within UK & Ireland Trading and aligns itself with the goals of the department using statistical analysis to develop predictive models in areas such as sports modelling, risk management and automated trading strategies. The team use mathematics, classical statistics, and machine learning methods to provide automated solutions to scale and improve trading and risk management practices.

Quants provide both qualitative and quantitative expertise across sports trading, analytics and risk management. As a department we take calculated risks associated with the outcome of sporting events and the betting behaviours of customers. We manage this risk effectively to maintain healthy profit margins and deliver industry leading customer experience with safer gambling at the heart of what we do. This is achieved by constantly evolving the development of predictive quantitative models coupled with the expertise from our in-house traders and analysts.

What you’ll do

• Develop new and existing predictive models to generate accurate pricing and effective risk management decisions.

• Apply a broad range of quantitative analysis techniques, providing insightful viewpoints on complex problems across the group.

• Implement real-world applications of statistical models, supporting work from inception through development, delivery and ongoing performance monitoring, while maintaining a detailed understanding of deployed model performance.

•  Work both independently and collaboratively with stakeholders across Trading, Technology, Commercial and Data Engineering to solve a wide range of technical problems, while contributing to effective prioritisation and delivery of modelling requirements.

• Act as a driving force within the Quants team, mentoring junior members and leading their development by supervising and guiding work to ensure it is delivered accurately, efficiently and on schedule.

• Learn and develop new technical skills as required to contribute to team growth and share knowledge with the wider Flutter group.

• Become a central contributor to the ambitious, energetic & development-focussed atmosphere within the team. Give due regard to the importance of creating a positive working environment for colleagues.

How you’ll do it:

• Third level or postgraduate qualification in a quantitative or analytic discipline such as Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Actuarial Science, etc. High achievements in Mathematics/Statistics a distinct advantage.

• Excellent understanding of predictive modelling techniques including simulation and analytic based methods.

• Highly developed probabilistic thinking, numeracy and technical skills, enabling high-quality, efficient and comprehensive analysis.

• Ability to query, cleanse, manipulate and analyse large structured (e.g. SQL databases) and unstructured datasets.

• Proficiency in Python and familiarity with relevant statistical tools and software packages. Experience with C# an advantage.

• Experience with cloud-based platforms and tooling such as AWS an advantage.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, and ability to cater to relevant audiences.

What’s in it for you:

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

• €1,000 learning fund

• Wellbeing fund

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

• Pension contribution scheme

• Private healthcare

• Access to thousands of Udemy courses

• Invest via the Company Sharesave Scheme

• 16 hours paid volunteering time per year

• Unlimited holiday

About Flutter

Flutter is the world’s leading online sports betting and iGaming operator, with a market leading position in the US and across the world. Our ambition is to leverage our significant scale and our challenger mindset to change our industry for the better.

By Changing the Game, we believe we can deliver long-term growth while promoting a positive, sustainable future for all our stakeholders. We ar