Application Support Analyst

CLARKSON PLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarksons PLC in London is seeking an Application Support Analyst to join our IT team. You will provide first- and second-line support for our digital applications and systems, ensuring high-quality service delivery to users across the business.

As a motivated IT professional, you will maintain and improve business-critical systems, contribute to onboarding and training, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and enhance the user experience.

Qualifications

• Provide first- and second-line support for digital key applications and systems.
• Demonstrate a strong user-service ethos and problem-solving mindset.
• Maintain, update, and improve internal knowledge bases and runbooks.
• Assist with onboarding and training of users and colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Provide clear, professional support for users contacting the SupportDesk.
• Investigate, categorize, and diagnose issues to ensure timely resolution.
• Act as a bridge between first-line support and technical teams and escalate when needed.
• Support remote and on-site users and systems with high-quality service.
• Maintain detailed records of investigations and resolutions for reporting.

Skills

ITSM tools (ServiceNow)

User-focused communication

Incident & problem management

Technical troubleshooting

Tools

ServiceNow

Remote support tools

Job description

We’relooking for a proactive and technically skilled Application Support Analyst to join our IT team based in our London office. In this vital role, you will provide first- and second-line support for the Clarksons’ Digital key applications and systems, ensuring high-quality service delivery to our users.

If you’re a motivated IT professional with a strong User-service ethos and a passion for solving problems, we’d love to hear from you. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the development, maintenance, and enhancement of business-critical systems that support our internal stakeholders. This is a varied and rewarding position that offers the chance to play a crucial role in modernising and supporting digital services across the Clarksons’ brokerage.

Key Responsibilities

Product Success and Training

• Provide clear, professional, and empathetic support for Userscontacting the SupportDesk.
• Regularlymonitorand reviewUserfeedback and ticket trends to improveUserexperience.
• Support process improvements to improveuserexperience.
• Conduct user onboardingandtraining
• Create the internal knowledge base by documenting user guides, FAQs, resolutions, best practices, and troubleshooting guides.
• Providefirst and secondlevel support, handling queriesraised by users
• Provide remote and on-site support for users and systems
• Investigate, categorise, and diagnoseuserissues, ensuring efficient andaccurateresolution.
• Act as a bridge between first-line support and technical/operational teams, escalating complex issues where necessary.
• Manage and trackUsercases and incidents, ensuring they are resolved efficiently within agreed SLAs.
• Maintain detailed records of investigations and resolutions for reporting and analysis.
• Participation in problem management & major incident management, asrequired.
• Conduct audits on accounts/AD groups, including cleaning up leavers and users withrevoked access.
• Support system outages by raising issues, performing high-level analysis, and keepingstakeholders informed.
• Offer testing for initiatives such as black building and DR scenarios.
• Implement a status page solution for incident updates.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure effective resolution of cases and incidents.
• Liaise with external managed service providers to support issue resolution and continuous improvement.
• Provide clear and concise communication to users regarding issue status and expected resolutions.
• Conduct regular training sessions for the support team to keep them updated on new features and best practices.

Process Improvement

• Identifyopportunities to improve workflows, efficiency andUserexperience in handling issues and queries.
• Standardise communication on release/maintenance across products.
• Ensure adherence to industry regulations and internal IT governance policies and processes when managing cases and incidents.
• Generate reports and insights on recurring issues, trends, and areas for improvement.
• Continuouslyidentifyand analyse potential issues and emerging trends mitigating risks proactively.
• Maintainthe internal knowledge base by documentingFAQs, user guides,resolutions, best practices, and troubleshooting guides.
• Creation of common practices and participation in knowledge-sharing forums and communities acrossClarksons

Skills & Experience

• ExceptionalUserfacing skills with effective listening and communication (written and verbal) skills with the ability to engage effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with attention to detail.
• Hands‑on experience with ITSM tools such as ServiceNow or equivalent platforms.
• IT Service Management experience across incident management, problem management and change management.
• Service support/analyst background.
• Ability to document triage procedures and best practices to enhance support efficiency.