SPORTS TRADING MANAGER

Recruiter:

ASC Human Capital Consulting

Job Ref:

SPORTS TRADING MANAG..

Date posted:

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

R40-50K PER MONTH

SUMMARY:
SPORTS TRADING MANAGER

POSITION INFO:

Job Title:

Sports Trading Manager

Reports to:

Sports Floor Manager

Purpose:

To provide effective management of the Sports Trading Team and their duties.

Essential Functions:

Pricing up/Updating of pre-match and live in play sports (those that do not come through feeds);
Constant monitoring of market pricing on manually traded and high liquidity events;
Monitoring of betting activity on sporting events;
Assisting client with Tele-betting and handling of related customer queries/issues, and similar support items;
Effective management of the live booking calendar and its surrounding contracts;
Constant Issue identification with a continuous improvement mindset in order to constantly grow the department and its product;
Website monitoring.

Management Functions:

Assigning Trader duties and ensuring they are done timeously and correctly;
Effective rostering to ensure all hours and major events are adequately covered;
- Effective oversight of quality of work being completed with a continuous improvement mindset;
- Keeping up to date with latest industry innovations in order to make strategic decisions internally;
- Ensuring the teams objectives align with the business’ strategy and values.

Preferred Skills:

Strong passion & knowledge of Sports (especially local sports);
Excellent attention to detail;
Be a strongly motivated and a self – starter;
Able to work reliably without supervision;
Computer literate and have knowledge of Microsoft Excel;
Knowledge of Fixed Odds Markets and the principle involved in pricing and trading Sports Events;
Skilled at building knowledge of Clients and betting patterns;
Ability to work within a team environment;
Excellent communication (verbal/written) and influencing skills;
Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines;
Welcome change to working practices.

Requirements: Experience, Education and Other:

Grade 12 (matric certificate required);
Tertiary education (an advantage);
Communications background is preferable;
At least 3 years’ experience in a similar role is preferred;
Previous experience in a betting company (is a must);
Knowledge of betting software is preferred;
Availability to work weekends, public holidays, shifts and / or long hours.

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