Most recent job postings at Daily Racing Form
via LinkedIn posted_at: 6 days agoschedule_type: Full-timesalary: 175K–225K a year
COMPANY: Sports Information Group/Daily Racing Form LLC POSITION TITLE: VP/SVP Digital... REPORTS TO: CEO LOCATION: New York, NY or Las Vegas, NV SALARY: $175,000 - $225,000 Sports Information Group / Daily Racing Form LLC is a national, multi-channel media and ecommerce company dedicated to providing premium data driven content and in-depth, authoritative editorial coverage to sports fans and horse racing enthusiasts in North America. The Company’s COMPANY: Sports Information Group/Daily Racing Form LLC

POSITION TITLE: VP/SVP Digital...

REPORTS TO: CEO

LOCATION: New York, NY or Las Vegas, NV

SALARY: $175,000 - $225,000

Sports Information Group / Daily Racing Form LLC is a national, multi-channel media and ecommerce company dedicated to providing premium data driven content and in-depth, authoritative editorial coverage to sports fans and horse racing enthusiasts in North America. The Company’s 129-year old flagship brand Daily Racing Form, referred to as "America's Turf Authority since 1894", is the Thoroughbred industry's dominant media company. Daily Racing Form is the only daily newspaper in the U.S. dedicated solely to the coverage of a single sport, publishing up to 2,000 unique pages of statistical and editorial copy every day, in as many as 30 daily editions, 364 days a year. Its companion website, www.DRF.com is the most heavily-trafficked horseracing destination, providing players with the most extensive news coverage in racing, interactive past performances, exclusive handicapping tools, and access to DRFBets™, America’s fastest growing online and mobile wagering platform. Additionally, Daily Racing Form publishes Harness Eye, the daily newspaper and digital content for Standardbred racing since 1964, offering news, handicapping products, and online wagering functionality specifically for Harness players.

Today’s enthusiast demands increasingly sophisticated and trusted information and tools which SIG/DRF continues to develop and serve through multiple channels and platforms. Supplementing its core horse racing products, the company also owns premium niche online brands, StatFox and Head2Head. These two properties create in-depth sports statistics, content and fantasy games to sports enthusiasts who follow the top four major sports leagues in North America (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL).

POSITION SUMMARY

Sports Information Group is seeking a highly experienced SVP of Digital to manage the Digital P&L and manage the day-to-day digital operations of the company. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the Horse Racing & Sports online businesses and provide financial guidance and analysis to support the Marketing, Advertising, Product departments. In addition, The SVP of Digital will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the company's digital operations including product development, vendor relationships, compliance, customer service, and quality control.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

· Overall responsibility for achieving the EBITDA goals of the Digital business

· Developing and implementing financial planning and analysis processes for the digital business to support the company's strategic goals and objectives

· Help developing the Operations budget and managing to it

· Identifying and addressing operational issues, and implementing solutions to improve efficiency and productivity

· Collaborating with other departments to ensure alignment with company goals and objectives

· Identifying and assessing financial risks and opportunities, and providing recommendations for mitigating those risks

· Identifying new revenue opportunities and create business cases to support investment

· Providing financial guidance and support to Marketing, Sales and Product departments

· Developing and maintaining KPI reports and dashboards to support the company's financial reporting

· Identifying and addressing operational issues, and help implement solutions to improve efficiency and productivity

· Developing and implementing operational strategies to support the company's growth and profitability goals

· Work with the product development team to determine the product roadmap and prioritize resources to maximize ROI

· Leading the product development team to ensure the efficient and timely delivery of product releases to customers.

· Managing relationships with software vendors and ensuring that all software used by the company is up to date and compliant with industry standards

· Ensure company is following agreed Internal Controls

JOB REQUIREMENTS

· Minimum of 8-10 years of experience in Online Gaming, with at least 5 years in a leadership role

· Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field

· Advanced knowledge of Excel and other financial analysis software (Looker is a plus)

· Strong understanding of product delivery and compliance processes

· Proven experience in managing and mentoring a team

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

· Proven leadership ability and experience managing a team

· CPA or MBA is a plus
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via Glassdoor posted_at: 3 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
Daily Racing Form seeks a Senior Accountant to join its Finance team in Harrisburg, PA. The Senior Accountant position is responsible for assisting in all accounting and finance related activities. • * • Responsibilities... • Documents financial transactions by entering account information. • Performs monthly closing processes including journal entries and account reconciliations • Recommends financial actions by analyzing accounting options. • Daily Racing Form seeks a Senior Accountant to join its Finance team in Harrisburg, PA. The Senior Accountant position is responsible for assisting in all accounting and finance related activities.
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• Responsibilities...
• Documents financial transactions by entering account information.
• Performs monthly closing processes including journal entries and account reconciliations
• Recommends financial actions by analyzing accounting options.
• Responds to Finance inquiries related to monthly financial statements.
• Substantiates financial transactions by auditing documents.
• Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
• Maintains financial security by following internal controls.
• Assists with recording banking and credit card activities to the general ledger.
• Reviews AP and AR transactions for proper accounting.
• Answers accounting procedure questions by researching and interpreting accounting policy and regulations.
• Complies with federal, state, and local financial legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed actions.
• Prepares special financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends.
• Maintains customer confidence and protects operations by keeping financial information confidential.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or relevant field
• CPA, or has relevant qualification or certification in accounting
• 5+ years of experience in general ledger accounting
• Excellent organizing abilities
• Great attention to detail
• Good analytical acumen
• Good understanding of accounting and financial reporting principles and practices
• Excellent knowledge of MS Excel/MS Office and familiarity with relevant computer software (e.g. SAP)

About The Company:
Sports Information Group/Daily Racing Form LLC is a national, multi-platform media and e-Commerce company providing premium data and authoritative editorial coverage to horse racing and sports enthusiasts in North America. The Company’s 121-year old flagship brand Daily Racing Form, referred to as "America's Turf Authority since 1894", is horse racing’s dominant media company. Daily Racing Form is the only daily newspaper in the U.S. dedicated solely to the coverage of a single sport, publishing up to 2,000 unique pages of statistical and editorial copy every day, in as many as 20 daily editions. The Company has aggressively expanded its digital platforms to reach a new breed of technology-driven horseplayers, creating what Fast Company called “A Bloomberg Terminal for Horse Racing.” On DRF.com, the leading online horse racing destination, and through its digital apps, Daily Racing Form now offers an integrated digital experience that seamlessly combines data, proprietary handicapping tools, premium content, video, wagering and fantasy tournament play. Through digital product innovation and CRM-based marketing, the company has doubled its digital revenues in less than five years. In addition to its core horse racing business, the company also owns two sports information digital brands, StatFox and Head2Head. These two properties offer in-depth sports statistics, content and fantasy games to sports enthusiasts who follow the top four major sports leagues in North America (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL).
Daily Racing Form offers a performance-based culture and has a dynamic, entrepreneurial management team that innovates at a fast pace. Headquartered in New York City, the company has approximately 150 employees with offices in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, California, Arizona and Washington.

Job Type: Full-time
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via LinkedIn posted_at: 19 days agoschedule_type: Full-timesalary: 140K–150K a year
About the job COMPANY: Sports Information Group/Daily Racing Form LLC... POSITION TITLE: Manager of Sportsbook Operations REPORTS TO: SVP, Sports LOCATION: New York, NY OR Las Vegas, NV Do you have a passion for sports and/or online sports betting? You will be part of a team aspiring to deliver some of the most innovative and engaging sports betting experiences in the market. The company's mission is to put customers at the heart of the business About the job

COMPANY: Sports Information Group/Daily Racing Form LLC...

POSITION TITLE: Manager of Sportsbook Operations

REPORTS TO: SVP, Sports

LOCATION: New York, NY OR Las Vegas, NV

Do you have a passion for sports and/or online sports betting? You will be part of a team aspiring to deliver some of the most innovative and engaging sports betting experiences in the market.

The company's mission is to put customers at the heart of the business through unrivalled customer experiences, and you will play a crucial part in achieving that mission. You will act as the bridge and collaborate with our third-party product owners, commercial teams and traders to ensure priorities are correctly established and followed, and engage with a number of stakeholders to ensure successful sportsbook operation.

Sports Information Group is a media company with unique assets for the horse racing industry through its’ Daily Racing Form (DRF) brand. DRF is 128-year-old publication, which offers racing information, form and digital products through a wealth of channels. It has just launched DRF Sportsbook in Iowa (ia.drf.com) and is rapidly expanding to other states. We are backed by a large private equity firm and part of a group of companies that will combine to provide success.

To deliver on our mission and create a world-class experience, we are growing our team and want to add some of the brightest minds and creative talents in and outside the industry. If you want to be a part of this exciting journey and can add value to the team, then we want to hear from you.

POSITION SUMMARY

Works with the SVP, Sports in providing strategic direction and management of various aspects of operations while achieving revenue, expense and profitability goals for Sports Information Group/Daily Racing Form LLC.

The role requires the candidate to have strong analytical, strategic, organizational, and creative skills, and a passion for sports.

You will:
• Partner with SVP, Sports and the DRF Executive team to ensure smooth operation of our sportsbook product
• Be a self-motivated and organized individual with high attention to detail, who can easily problem solve and is able to make quick but well-informed decisions and back them up with data
• Able to manage to agreed Budgets and provide framework for reporting KPIs to Executive.
• Retail sportsbook or gaming experience a plus
• Working with the marketing team and collaborating on ongoing promotions
• Monitoring and executing on financial goals and profitability expectations
• Self-motivated with critical attention to detail, deadlines, and reporting
• Prior knowledge of sports or gaming industry preferred; ability to quickly develop a deep understanding of the industry and company will be critical
• Oversees compliance and maintains a culture of compliance within the organization
• Develops short and long-range goals for all operating areas that report to the SVP, Sports with a key focus on maximizing customer loyalty, revenues and operating income.
• Identify compliance risks and take actions necessary to eliminate or minimize risks.

As an individual, the candidate needs to be positive and ready for a challenge. We offer a supportive, friendly, and entrepreneurial culture and would like a new team member who fits seamlessly into our values.

The candidate must have 2 or more years' experience in ONLINE sportsbook operations
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via Indeed schedule_type: Full-timesalary: 140K–180K a year
Do you have a passion for sports and/or sports betting? You will be part of a team aspiring to deliver some of the most innovative and engaging sports betting experiences in the market. The company's mission is to put customers at the heart of the business through unrivalled customer experiences, and you will play a crucial part in achieving that mission. You will act as the bridge and... collaborate with our third-party product owners, commercial Do you have a passion for sports and/or sports betting? You will be part of a team aspiring to deliver some of the most innovative and engaging sports betting experiences in the market.

The company's mission is to put customers at the heart of the business through unrivalled customer experiences, and you will play a crucial part in achieving that mission. You will act as the bridge and... collaborate with our third-party product owners, commercial teams and traders to ensure priorities are correctly established and followed, and engage with a number of stakeholders to ensure successful sportsbook operation.

Sports Information Group is a media company with unique assets for the horse racing industry through its’ Daily Racing Form (DRF) brand. DRF is 129-year-old publication, which offers racing information, form and digital products through a wealth of channels. It has just launched DRF Sportsbook in Iowa (ia.drf.com) and is rapidly expanding to other states. We are backed by a large private equity firm and part of a group of companies that will combine to provide success.

To deliver on our mission and create a world-class experience, we are growing our team and want to add some of the brightest minds and creative talents in and outside the industry. If you want to be a part of this exciting journey and can add value to the team, then we want to hear from you.

POSITION SUMMARY

Provides strategic direction and management of various aspects of operations while achieving revenue, expense and profitability goals for Sports Information Group/Daily Racing Form LLC.

The role requires the candidate to have strong analytical, strategic, technical, organizational, and communication skills. The right individual will have a passion for sports and possess at least a general understanding of the expanding landscape of online gaming and the regulatory requirements of the jurisdictions in which we operate.

The candidate must have 4 or more years' experience in sportsbook operations and be open to the occasional travel.

You will:
• Report to SIG’s CEO and work closely with DRF Executive team to ensure smooth operation of our mobile and retail sportsbook product.
• Develop and manage the Budget planning process for the Sports P&L
• Develop and track KPI reports and dashboards and present weekly progress v Budget to CEO and Executive team
• Liaise with Marketing, Customer Service and Product departments to ensure alignment to overall Sports strategy
• Work with the product vendors to determine the product roadmap and prioritize resource requests to maximize ROI
• Oversight of and liaison with all third party technology companies that comprise the DRF sportsbook technology stack.
• Liaise with Stakeholder Compliance Personnel (SCP) on all Anti Money Laundering (AML) and regulatory matters.
• Be responsible for reviewing and updating the Internal Control Standards (ICS) as needed and ensuring DRF are aware of the requirements. Research and respond to regulator inquiries/requests and advising SCP of such communications.
• Ensuring that DRF retail employees complete all applicable training in the allotted time.
• Monitor gaming activity (retail and online) for suspicious or unusual activity and notifying SCP of such activity.
• Oversee retail operations and supervise the Manager of DRF’s sports book.
• Run the monthly compliance meetings with stakeholders.
• Be responsible for ensuring the House Rules are current, accurate, and adhere to the laws in each jurisdiction.
• Be a self-motivated and organized individual with high attention to detail, who can easily problem solve and is able to make quick but well-informed decisions.
• Able to manage to agreed budgets and provide framework for reporting KPIs to Executive.
• Working with the marketing team and collaborating on ongoing promotions to ensure all promotions are run in accordance with gaming regulations of the jurisdiction.
• Self-motivated with critical attention to detail, deadlines, and reporting
• Oversees compliance and maintains a culture of compliance within the organization
• Engage with our third-party providers to obtain information as needed.

As an individual, the candidate needs to be positive and ready for a challenge. We offer a supportive, friendly, and entrepreneurial culture and would like a new team member who fits seamlessly into our values.

Pay Range $140K-$180K
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via Glassdoor posted_at: 11 days agoschedule_type: Full-timesalary: 50K–60K a year
Daily Racing Form (DRF) is a horse racing website and betting platform known as America’s Turf Authority. DRF is seeking a Quality Assurance person to help test new features on its website, iOS app, and Android app. With time, the ideal candidate will help with new feature development. Seeking someone with horse racing and/or sports betting experience. NYC-based/accessible is preferred, but... remote employment is possible. Additional training for Daily Racing Form (DRF) is a horse racing website and betting platform known as America’s Turf Authority. DRF is seeking a Quality Assurance person to help test new features on its website, iOS app, and Android app. With time, the ideal candidate will help with new feature development. Seeking someone with horse racing and/or sports betting experience. NYC-based/accessible is preferred, but... remote employment is possible. Additional training for QA processes will be provided for candidates with limited QA experience.

JOB SUMMARY: This role is responsible for ensuring that the customers of our online products and services have a delightful experience as envisioned by the UX and product teams. The QA person must ensure reliable releases to production and be a champion for our end customer experience. This position will act as the final layer of check between the product development team and the release management team to enable stable and reliable release cycles.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Perform manual testing of web, desktop, and mobile applications
• Write and execute test plans/cases
• Work within an agile environment
• Translate business requirements into effective test scenarios
• Create and publish test reports and test deliverables
• Creation of effective and repeatable automated test scripts
• Work effectively with the development team to ensure all testing activities are completed on time

QUALIFICATIONS
• Excellent writing skills
• Some understanding of sports or horse racing data/stats or betting
• Graduate with 1-3 years’ experience in quality assurance preferred
• Some knowledge of creating test cases, and test scenarios
• Ability to work on multiple projects at the same time
• Knowledge of testing mobile apps and API testing
• Should be passionate about ensuring quality and customer experience

NICE TO HAVES
• HTML coding knowledge
• Experience using graphic programs such as Adobe Creative Cloud
• Knowledge of Defect Tracking tools like QC, Bugzilla, JIRA, etc
• At least one year of hands-on experience on Automation/Performance/Security testing
• Good hands-on experience on least one scripting language (any)

Pay Range 50,000 to 60,000
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via ZipRecruiter schedule_type: Full-time
SUMMARY System Engineeing hands-on professional who works with the IT team to support DRF Data Center and Cloud infrastructure. Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture, capacity and performance management, disaster recovery and security. Responsibilities include provisioning and building application servers, performing system administration and patching, leading hardware procurement and... vendor relations, and general production support. System SUMMARY

System Engineeing hands-on professional who works with the IT team to support DRF Data Center and Cloud infrastructure. Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture, capacity and performance management, disaster recovery and security. Responsibilities include provisioning and building application servers, performing system administration and patching, leading hardware procurement and... vendor relations, and general production support. System Engineering lead will work closely with internal application development team, external providers, and company leadership.

QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE
• Must have 7 years’ experience working in a highly dynamic SLA driven environment supporting externally facing enterprise architecture, coordinating with development teams, supporting high traffic events and provide general operational support.
• Must have 7 years of experience managing, capacity planning, maintaining and supporting physical and virtualized externally facing UNIX/Linux/Windows environments. Configuring/managing load balancing solutions, participate in middleware and OS patching, SSL certificate upgrades, provisioning scripting, and task scheduling. Able to manage data center hardware, rack/stack, cabling, parts replacement.
• Management of vendors for support agreements and managed services for infrastructure including procurement, license management and SLA monitoring.
• Proven experience working in physical data centers participating in hardware build outs, closely engaging/working with 3rd party vendors and integrations.
• Knowledgeable of virtualization platforms including VMware ESXi, Nutanix and VDI.
• Strong familiarity with hyper converged systems including Nutanix, Cohesity, and VMWare.
• Competency working with DBAs in supporting database infrastructures including Sybase, MySQL, MariaDB, MS-SQL, Mongo-DB and Mongo.
• Experience with Cohesity and similar data backup platform management solutions across VMware, NAS, databases platforms, 0365 and Active Directory.
• Knowledge and proven experience working and supporting High capacity storage devices, SAN switches, and SAN replication solutions.
• Infrastructure configuration and automation tools including Chef, Ansible, Terraform, and Jenkins
• Working experience with AWS cloud infrastructure
• Strong knowledge of networking concepts and network security including DNS management, firewalls/security, VPN, IP tunnels, NAT, VLANS, and routing
• Strong operational experience instrumenting monitoring/alerting tools, building and defining operational SLAs, and responding/managing operational incidents.
• Experience and strong understanding of Disaster Recovery concepts and mechanisms.
• Strong familiarity with AWS and public clouds
• Knowledge of diverse application stack and technologies including web and app servers, JDK, various caching solutions, Edge services and CDN, Cron, NetApp, and other.
• Strong experience with security standards (PCI-DSS, NIST, ISO 27001)
• Experience participating and leading security initiatives, integrations across internal and external systems.
• Must have excellent communication skills.

Pay 140K

NICE TO HAVE
• Veritas Cluster Server
• Solaris 10/11
• Cohesity Data Platform
• Nutanix Acropolis, Prism. AHV
• Certifications
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via Lensa posted_at: 14 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
Description Daily Racing Form (DRF) has an exciting opportunity for a full-time print designer. Projects include designing news and data pages for the Daily Racing Form newspaper, including the front page; producing several DRF digital products; and designing occasional web ads/artwork for DRF.com. The ideal candidate has newspaper/magazine layout experience with InDesign, Photoshop, and... Illustratrator in a PC environment. Occasional weekend work Description

Daily Racing Form (DRF) has an exciting opportunity for a full-time print designer. Projects include designing news and data pages for the Daily Racing Form newspaper, including the front page; producing several DRF digital products; and designing occasional web ads/artwork for DRF.com. The ideal candidate has newspaper/magazine layout experience with InDesign, Photoshop, and... Illustratrator in a PC environment. Occasional weekend work and holiday work may be required.

Responsibilities
• Design news pages on daily deadline, including preparing pages for press, color correcting photos, and placing advertisements.
• Design front page of newspaper, and assist in sending multiple regional front pages to the press each day.
• Lay out data-heavy pages and products.
• Style and produce a variety of DRF handicapping products as interactive PDFs.
• Design web ads for DRF.com.
• Design artwork for DRF social media accounts.

Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree
• Strong knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator in a PC environment.
• 1-2 years experience, or strong internships in print media preferred.
• Ability to work on tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Availability for occasional weekend and holiday work may be required.
• Experience with K4 and/or Drupal a plus.
• Knowledge of and interest in horse racing a plus.

The position is hybrid requiring some work in the New York office
Pay Range $42K-$48K
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