Sports Trader

Our client is a major international sportsbook brand with a fast-growing South African operation. As their trading footprint expands across retail and online channels, they are building a high-performance Trading team in Johannesburg — and theyre looking for an experienced Sports Trader to join the engine room of the business.

This is a real trading role, not a monitoring desk. You will be directly responsible for pricing, margins, exposure, risk, promotions, and market integrity across sportsbook, numbers, and gaming products in a live, high-volume environment.

If you understand how betting markets actually move — not just how they look on paper — this is where you belong.

The Role:

You will sit at the heart of the trading floor, controlling how the business prices sport, manages risk, and protects revenue across retail shops and online platforms.

This is a hands-on trading and risk role where you will actively shape:

• Market pricing and margin
• Liability and exposure
• Promotions and price boosts
• Customer betting behaviour
• Fraud, abuse and sharp action
• Product integrity and market confidence

You'll work closely with Trading, Marketing, Compliance, Operations and Retail to ensure the business trades profitably, safely, and competitively in a regulated environment.

What You Will Own:

Trading & Pricing

• Price sports and numbers markets to achieve margin and revenue targets
• Monitor pre-match and in-play markets to ensure accuracy, availability, and integrity
• Adjust prices based on market movements, liabilities, and competitor activity
• Produce daily retail coupons and fixture schedules for soccer and major events

Risk, Exposure & Market Control

• Monitor liabilities and exposure across retail and online channels
• Identify early money, sharp action, and abnormal betting patterns
• Enforce limits and restrictions in line with internal controls
• Protect the business from arbitrage, exploitation, and market abuse

Fraud & Integrity

• Detect suspicious betting behaviour, coordinated activity, and potential manipulation
• Maintain watchlists for high-risk and high-value customers
• Investigate irregular betting, unusual wins, or withdrawal patterns
• Escalate potential fraud or integrity issues

Promotions & Competitive Trading

• Create, manage and monitor price boosts and promotional offers
• Track how bonuses and offers perform against risk and margin
• Review bonus bets and withdrawals to ensure compliance and fair use
• Monitor competitor odds, fixtures, and offers to stay ahead

Reporting & Stakeholder Support

• Produce accurate daily and weekly trading and risk reports
• Support customer services, retail, and internal teams with trading queries
• Track event results and flag delays, errors, or anomalies

What Were Looking For:

You already understand how a sportsbook makes — and protects — money.

You bring:

• 3+ years experience in sports trading, fixed-odds betting, or risk management
• Strong knowledge of odds compilation, margins, and exposure management
• Experience identifying sharp action, suspicious betting, and abuse
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills
• High attention to detail in fast-moving live trading environments
• Strong knowledge of multiple sports, especially soccer
• Confidence making commercial trading decisions
• Solid Excel and reporting capability
• The ability to stay calm, precise, and professional under pressure
• Flexibility to work shifts in a 7-day trading operation

Why This Role Matters:

This is not a back-office admin role. You are directly responsible for revenue protection, pricing accuracy, and trading integrity.

Your decisions will impact:

• How profitable the sportsbook is
• How exposed the business becomes
• How competitive the brand is in the market
• How safe and compliant the operation remains

You will be trusted to run markets, manage risk, and protect the book.

If youre a trader who enjoys real responsibility, real data, and real commercial impact, this is where you step up.