Service Desk Analyst recruitment

Main responsibilities

• Providing a world class 24/7 service to all our customers

• Take ownership, and be a central point of contact, for any issue reported by our customers ensuring professional and regular communication is provided

• Respond to all issues making sure that they are logged and progressed effectively within any defined service levels

• Supporting Front, Middle and Back office users on a shift basis

• Constantly providing updates to the knowledge base and documenting new processes

• Citrix support and administration for remote users

• Monitoring business critical processes, systems and backups

Service Desk Responsibilities

• Ensure all tasks and incidents are logged within the Service Management tool and receive regular updates

• Continuous monitoring of business critical processes, systems and backups through a variety of tools and interfaces

• Supporting Front, Middle and Back office users on a shift basis

• Record, track and update all incidents, problems and changes.

• Citrix support for remote users.

• 1st /2nd line support of all desktop software and hardware including proprietary trading applications

• 1st /2nd line support of our communications and Enterprise environment

• 1st /2nd line support of market data applications including Reuters, Bloomberg, Trayport and GE

• 1st/2nd line support of printer and fax hardware

• Creation and administration of user accounts in Active Directory, Lotus Notes and Exchange

• Support Blackberry handheld devices

• Escalation of support requests to specialist teams where necessary while remaining ownership of the call

• Auditing infrastructure inventory and managing consumable stock levels

• Carrying out various ad hoc IT projects and delegated tasks

Experience required

• Experience of working in a pressurised Trade Floor environment.

• Proven experience of providing a quality customer service

• MCSE or significant experience working with Microsoft Operating Systems and applications required.

• Proven experience in delivering desired results to deadlines

Technical requirements

• Windows XP/7, Internet Explorer, Active Directory and MS Office 2007 Suites

• Exchange client support – Outlook 2007

• Citrix

• TCP/IP

• JRE

• ITIL

Person specification

• Excellent customer service skills

• Self-motivated individual

• Ability to multi-task and work well in a pressured environment

• Excellent analytical skills

• Proactive attitude