Trading Data Analyst (Las Vegas)

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct objective, rigorous analytics to help the business improve profitability, operational processes, and offerings, including identification and evaluation of trading opportunities, resource optimization, competitive market dynamics, customer behavior, and pricing optimization.
• Prepare standardized reporting on various operations to provide senior leaders visibility into performance trends.
• Conduct ad-hoc analyses such as competition, event market performance, competitive intelligence, financial modeling, forecasting, statistical analysis, database development, and budgeting.
• Synthesize large amounts of data into actionable recommendations and presentations for management review.
• Collaborate with fellow analysts to refine assumptions, ensure accuracy of results, and create a holistic view of performance.
• Communicate analyses, findings, conclusions, and recommendations to relevant business partners and assist in implementing accepted recommendations.
• Source interesting data through querying first-party data, purchasing licensed data, or scraping public sources.
• Engineer features through creative variable transformation techniques.
• Assist in model product development with detailed documentation for operational execution.
• Participate actively in discussions with senior clients and support the development, implementation, and evaluation of strategic projects.
• Use technology (e.g., SQL, R, Tableau, Google BigQuery, Python) to develop analytics and reporting tools, and integrate new technologies into department processes.
• Propose and implement process and reporting improvements to drive efficiencies.
• Lead projects requiring input from other Analytics team members and contribute to cross-team projects.
• Collaborate with domain experts and data science teams to identify model enhancement opportunities and stress test models.
• Research latest technologies and industry best practices in trading and sports betting.
• Conduct additional ad hoc analyses as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from a top-tier program in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics/Statistics, Computer Science, or an equivalent technical field.
• Strong analytical skills including data aggregation, financial modeling, statistical analytics, forecasting, and optimization.
• Experience working with large datasets and proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to distill complex ideas into clear recommendations.
• Intellectual curiosity and willingness to learn relevant database applications, software, and industry terminology.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously at various stages.
• High integrity and dedication to data accuracy and truthfulness.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and consensus-building skills.
• Ability to work in a deadline-oriented environment across multiple geographical areas.
• Quick understanding of business problems and solution approaches.

Nice to Have

• Graduate Degree in Business, Economics, Mathematics/Statistics, Hotel Management, or related fields.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as SQL, R, VBA, SAS, or Python.
• Experience with web-based data visualization tools like Tableau, Looker, or Power BI.
• Prior experience in the gaming, hospitality, or sports betting industry.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical or business field.