customer support executive - FinancialRefinitiv, an LSEG business

The Customer Support Executive is responsible for providing effective and courteous support to customers in relation to their product or service. This includes active focus on enquiry resolution, a positive focused attitude at all times and ensuring that all the necessary action is taken to resolve a customer's enquiry.
Responsibilities:
Respond to customers' enquiries relating to information, product functionality and fault calls resolving as many queries as possible on the first interaction.
Logging and classifying all calls and requests for assistance in the customer relationship management system (Siebel).
Filter and call out enquiries related to other aspects of the business and handover to the appropriate department.
Manage the resolution process for customers relating to data and applications for a particular product/s.
Supervise enquiry resolution progress and proactively call customers with a status update or resolution if queries cannot be resolved on initial interaction.
Follow the appropriate procedures to respond to issues and update our customers when outages of a major nature occur.
Call out problems affecting a number of customers or influencing the timely resolution of one customer's enquiry. This would include customer concerns to the team leader and other support, sales, engineering or resolver groups as appropriate.
Recognize and call out recurring problems, inferior processes or outdated procedures.
Accept additional projects or areas of responsibility that will improve the team's performance.
Proactively contribute to the Helpdesk team and the achievement of its goals.
Qualifications:
Expert understanding of relevant products and data. Understanding of client needs. Focus on delivering results.
Detail orientated with sound information probing skills.
Well-developed analytical skills with that can problem solve and develop solutions.
University qualified in a field relating to the financial markets, the finance sector or business.
Experience in a customer service or contact centre environment preferred. Previous experience in the financial industry desirable.
Ability to communicate and engage effectively, verbally and in writing, in English and any other designated languages with customers and colleagues.
The ability to learn and become specialists in products and develop a sound understanding of the financial markets they serve.
Willingness to undertake additional projects and responsibilities from time to time.
Flexibility with work times - including rotational shift work