1st Line Client Service Desk Specialist

Objectway; Greater London; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Objectway is recruiting a First Line Client Service Desk Specialist to join our team in Birmingham or London. You will manage incidents, requests and changes, communicating with customers through the lifecycle of faults and coordinating with 3rd parties to resolve issues.

The role requires a degree in IT and at least one year in a fast-paced service desk, with strong English communication, ITIL awareness, and experience with Jira/ServiceNow, Citrix, VMware, and SQL-based systems.

Qualifications

• Degree in IT.
• Minimum of 1 year’s experience in a client facing fast paced Service Desk support role.
• Proficiency using Microsoft based platform and suite of products.
• Knowledge of SQL servers, hosting platforms i.e SaaS is an advantage.
• Knowledge of Citrix, VMware, Remote Access Software.
• Experience using monitoring and alerting systems.
• Experience using Service Desk IT Service Management tools i.e Jira, Service Now or similar.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Basic Understanding of ITIL principles i.e Incident, Problem Change etc.

Responsibilities

• Managing incidents, service requests and changes in accordance with agreed policy and procedures to agreed customer service levels.
• Effectively communicating with the customer during the lifecycle of a fault/ incident.
• Communicating both proactively and reactively with all users, resolving teams and 3rd parties.
• Performing the Level 1 Incident actions to all Incidents before assigning to the appropriate resolver groups. As well as fulfilling service requests as required.
• Ensuring all Incidents and Service Request logged and resolved contain good quality information within them to allow effective management and reporting.
• Ensuring that all customers receive an industry leading customer experience with each contact and any issues or complaints are escalated appropriately.
• Carrying out any agreed escalation of incidents not progressing in line with agreed Service Levels that cannot be resolved by the Service Desk and monitoring their progress ensuring feedback to the customer.
• Closing all Incidents and Requests with agreement from the customer.
• Monitoring the sources for new Incidents and Service Requests.

Skills

Microsoft products

SQL servers

ITIL (basic)

Citrix

VMware

Monitoring systems

Jira/ServiceNow

Education

Degree in IT

Tools

Jira

ServiceNow

SQL

Citrix

VMware

Job description

Building on more than 30 years of business expertise, Objectway is an international wealth, banking and asset management software provider empowering clients to embrace their future challenges while providing great performance today. The Group is a future-proof technology player with a well-established track record in the financial services industry and over €100 million of consolidated revenue. The Group is a global Top 100 fintech provider (IDC ranking), whose clients include 200+ leading Wealth Managers, Banks, Asset Managers, Fund Managers, Insurers and Outsourcers in more than 15 countries. With over 800 professionals operating from Italy, UK, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Ireland, the Group serves clients in 4 continents, supporting approximately 100,000 investment professionals to manage more than €1 trillion in assets.

To strengthen our team in Birmingham (or London) we are currently looking for a:

First Line Client Service Desk Specialist

Your role includes

• Managing incidents, service requests and changes in accordance with agreed policy and procedures to agreed customer service levels.
• Effectively communicating with the customer during the lifecycle of a fault/ incident.
• Communicating both proactively and reactively with all users, resolving teams and 3rd parties.
• Performing the Level 1 Incident actions to all Incidents before assigning to the appropriate resolver groups. As well as fulfilling service requests as required.
• Ensuring all Incidents and Service Request logged and resolved contain good quality information within them to allow effective management and reporting.
• Ensuring that all customers receive an industry leading customer experience with each contact and any issues or complaints are escalated appropriately.
• Carrying out any agreed escalation of incidents not progressing in line with agreed Service Levels that cannot be resolved by the Service Desk and monitoring their progress ensuring feedback to the customer.
• Closing all Incidents and Requests with agreement from the customer.
• Monitoring the sources for new Incidents and Service Requests.

Requirements

• Degree in IT.
• Minimum of 1 year’s experience in a client facing fast paced Service Desk support role.
• Proficiency using Microsoft based platform and suite of products. Knowledge of SQL servers, hosting platforms i.e SaaS is an advantage.
• Knowledge of Citrix, VMware, Remote Access Software.
• Experience using monitoring and alerting systems.
• Experience using Service Desk IT Service Management tools i.e Jira, Service Now or similar.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Basic Understanding of ITIL principles i.e Incident, Problem Change etc.

Personal profile

• Team player, flexible, accurate, hands-on mentality.
• Strong customer empathy.
• Eager to understand our suite of technology products.
• Customer friendly, eagerness to learn and service driven mindset.
• Willingness to work in a highly effective team to be flexible to suit business support needs.

What we offer

• Permanent employment
• A challenging and progressive position within an international work environment

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Equality Policy

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.