About the Role
The Role:
The EU Service Desk provides support service to customers and forms part of ION's global support team. The desk is responsible for providing both on-site and remote support to users and trading support personnel, maintaining a strong relationship with clients as well as developing a deep understanding of client systems and business practices.
Key Responsibilities
Receives all client raised incidents and enters on the internal call logging system
Analyses each call, using business acumen to identify the nature of the incident and action appropriately
Deals with calls immediately, either independently or by passing to the appropriate team to ensure optimum resolution
Works to improve knowledge and skills to increase 1st line resolution within the service desk
Attends client site to assist with issue resolution and increase business knowledge where requested
Develops strong working relationships with other departments to assist with the delivery of our service to clients
Adheres to "best practice" and department procedures for client communications, incident progression and investigation
Participates in the team shift patterns and assists with weekend work and out of hours escalation when required
Required Skills, Qualifications and Experience
Hold an IT, numerate or business related Degree or equivalent experience
Minimum 0-2 years of experience
Have an enquiring mind with an analytical and proactive approach to problem solving, even when under pressure
Ability to read and understand code in one or more of the following: C++, TCL, UNIX Scripting
Service desk analysts need to be dynamic, resilient, objective, delivering rapid and accurate solutions to the incidents raised by customers
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
A confident and professional manner
Able to manage own time and a changing workload
Co-operative approach to working with team members and other departments
Able to view situations from a customer perspective and act accordingly
A strong desire to develop a deep understanding of financial markets and business flows and Fidessa's functionality
Working knowledge of networks and network infrastructure is desirable