Jake Dunne
Walkinstown,Dublin
Summary
Risk Management leader with extensive experience across sportsbook risk, trading operations, stakeholder management and operational improvement. Proven track record of identifying and mitigating risk, leading cross-functional initiatives, developing analysts and delivering solutions that improve efficiency and profitability.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work history
Risk Manager
Fanatics Betting & Gaming (formerly PointsBet US)
2021.12 - 2026.07
- Lead the European Risk team while providing operational oversight of the Manila Risk function, managing analysts across multiple regions and driving consistent risk management standards.
- Developed proactive surveillance tooling to identify high-risk sporting events through abnormal handle, wager count and betting activity, enabling earlier detection and escalation of potential integrity concerns.
- Designed AI-driven automation and investigative workflows that reduced manual operational workload, including transforming a key daily reporting process from three hours to five minutes without compromising investigative quality.
- Act as the primary point of contact for Integrity within the Trading department, partnering closely with Compliance to investigate suspicious betting activity and coordinate regulatory responses.
- Led improvements to regulatory reporting by producing clearer, more comprehensive investigation summaries, reducing regulator follow-up queries and strengthening external regulatory engagement.
Sports Trader & Risk Executive
Flutter Entertainment
2017.12 - 2021.12
- Managed sportsbook liability across a wide range of sports and markets, balancing commercial performance with effective risk mitigation through real-time trading decisions.
- Monitored customer betting activity to identify sharp action, arbitrage opportunities, and emerging risk trends, enhancing trading and pricing decisions.
- Worked closely with senior traders to create, price and manage pre-match and in-play betting markets, ensuring accurate pricing and market integrity.
- Collaborated with quantitative analysts to investigate pricing anomalies and improve betting models, minimising exposure to erroneous pricing and trading risk.
- Delivered onboarding and operational training for new colleagues, supporting Flutter's Cluj office launch and developing consistent trading processes.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Accounting & Finance
Maynooth University
Skills
- Risk Management
- Integrity
- Stakeholder Management
- AI Automation
- Regulatory Reporting
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Leadership
References
Available upon request.
Timeline
Risk Manager
Fanatics Betting & Gaming (formerly PointsBet US)
2021.12 - 2026.07
Sports Trader & Risk Executive
Flutter Entertainment
2017.12 - 2021.12
Bachelor of Arts - Accounting & Finance
Maynooth University