Analyst Lead, Client Services

Position Type

Full time

Type Of Hire

Experienced (relevant combo of work and education)

As the world works and lives faster, FIS is leading the way. Our fintech solutions touch nearly every market, company and person on the planet. Our teams are inclusive and diverse. Our colleagues work together and celebrate together. If you want to advance the world of fintech, we’d like to ask you~ Are you FIS?

About The Role

The Client Service Manager (CSM) is a key leadership role to assist Regional Support Managers and other leadership teams to deliver a successful support service. This is a primary point of contact for coordinating and managing the operational interface between FIS and its client and stakeholders for support service commitments/co-ordination of deliverables.

About The Team

The Client Service Manager (CSM) is part of the Regional Support team and works with managers and other colleagues to deliver successfully on support service SLAs.

What You Will Be Doing

Release management - own, maintain, get agreement and communicate a schedule for all patches, releases through the relevant lifecycle stages. This includes planned, revised and actual dates. Meet regularly with the client to agree the timing for fixes and what is included. Act as a release readiness/authorisation gatekeeper against agreed exit criteriaEnsure all recommendations are tracked to completion and the client knows in advance the content of all releasesService Configuration Management – own, capture and communicate to FIS and the client all relevant client configuration informationSupport contract management. This includes taking ownership and managing the Support Bid responses for allocated clients along with taking a leadership role during Support Contract creation and negotiations with the clientService level management – co-ordinate/orchestrate the set up of end to end support of new products/projects/versions for the clientEnsure support service is compliant with contractual commitments of the Support contract, KPI, service credits/penaltiesReport, monitor and communicate internally and externally against the defined SLAsIncident management – act as the first level of management escalationCoach and mentor other staff members in the CSM functionIdentify opportunities for new business, either new projects and/or Change Enablement (Change Requests)Act as part of the Duty Manager rotationThis role is a co-ordination/governance position as opposed to a hands on technical delivery role

What You Will Need

Strong client-facing service management experience, ideally in banking/payments/ICT environments Proven ability to coordinate and drive alignment across multiple teams and stakeholders (client + internal) – strong communication, influencing, and negotiation skillsExperience owning/leading client-facing release coordination (planning, schedule alignment, release readiness, communication, tracking recommendations to completion)Service governance / SLA oversight experience (operational meetings, monitoring service levels, ensuring contractual compliance and driving follow-ups)Knowledge of FIS products would be preferredStrong commercial awareness (staying within contract/commercial arrangements; forecasting/invoicing exposure is a plus)Calm, pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset; able to say “no” when required and still maintain strong client relationshipsBasic Project Management skills

Added Bonus If You Have

ITIL certification

What We Offer You

A career at FIS is more than just a job. It’s the chance to shape the future of fintech. At FIS, we offer you~

Always-on learning and developmentHybrid and collaborative work environmentCompetitive salary and benefits including medical and personal insurances and ESPP

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Sourcing Model

Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.

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