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We require a sports statistician to develop statistical models for a pioneering sports betting company. Buzz Sports is a young, vibrant and well funded Sports Entertainment company located in the heart of Headingley close to Leeds city centre. The ideal candidate will combine a keen interest for sports with an innovative and comprehensive approach to statistical analysis and odds compilation across a variety of popular sports and novel betting markets. The successful candidate will work in a dedicated team of statisticians and analysts that develop and rigorously test sports betting models whilst continuing to monitor and continually improve the performance of existing models. You will be working closely with trading, product development and technical teams and reporting directly to the Senior Statistician. Essential skills and experience required by candidate: • Masters qualification in statistics / statistical mathematics or econometrics from a leading university. We will consider an outstanding higher education portfolio. • Experience in developing and implementing statistical models for either the financial or betting industries • Experience of data manipulation and analysis in excel • Knowledge and experience of using statistical programmes such as Stata, R and Matlab • Enthusiasm, self motivation and the ability to work under pressure and adhere to strict deadlines • Proven problem solving skills An interest and understanding of sports, betting and the bookmaking industry would be beneficial. Please contact [log in to unmask] You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.