Associate, Service Desk

Job Description

• Day to day management and coverage of technical support for all Ares employees and users
• Maintain a high degree of customer service and confidentiality (as needed) for all support queries while adhering to all service management principles
• Manage day to day incident submissions; responsible for building and managing his/her queue; answers support queries via phone and email for local and remote offices; respond and complete all requests by taking ownership of each and every task completely and in a timely and courteous manner
• Function as the single point of contact for the client and coordinates across entire Technology team to obtain necessary approvals from business groups in order to fulfill requests
• Augment team capabilities by introducing / deepening additional technical skillsets 
• Identify issues, design solutions and make recommendations that will improve internal processes and procedures
• Manage onboarding and off-boarding process of employees as it pertains to Technology equipment by setting up new users, modifying access for existing users and installing relevant applications
• Exercise problem-solving skills daily to resolve customer issues as they arise
• Monitor and progress tasks and/or incident resolutions while determining escalation points and criticality of requests
• Manage incident resolution activities by identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving failures that prevent a user from employing an existing IT service
• Ensure and/or create required documentation is current, all support activities are properly logged and tracked in ServiceNow and other operational and relevant support systems
• Manage customer relationships with technology, ensuring that long-standing issues are addressed and/or escalated appropriately
• Ensure the highest level of service delivery for all clients within the firm
• Assist in strategic initiatives through brainstorming and implementation, etc.
• Appropriately anticipate business needs, determining and providing necessary solutions
• Complete special projects as assigned

• qualifications

  Education:

  
  
• Ares management fosters an inclusive culture and recognizes that qualified candidates may not necessarily have access to a traditional four-year college program.  As such, qualified candidates will be expected to have demonstrable hands-on experience equivalent to a Three or four-year college degree, or a degree itself in one of Computer Science or Business Administration from an accredited university

• Experience Required:  

  
  
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience or demonstrable capability otherwise
• Must have proven track record of ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive firm data
• Familiarity in using call logging and incident handling software (such as ITIL based ticket tracking systems like ServiceNow and automatic call distribution systems)
• Experience with Active Directory and SCCM
• Experienced in the support of Windows 10 computers and related peripherals in a networked environment
• Experience with management of mobile devices (Intune) in an enterprise environment
• Command of troubleshooting of Microsoft Office 365, Teams, Adobe and investment industry applications
• Demonstrates commitment to providing Quality Customer Experience (QCE)
• Good to have Scripting experience (PowerShell) or comparable in an enterprise environment
• Understanding of processes and workflows and their importance in support functions

• General Requirements:

  
  
• Ability to manage challenging workflow in-fast paced, dynamic organization, managing multiple assignments in a deadline driven environment
• Focused attention to detail and high standards for quality and accuracy in work product
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability
• Inquisitive and committed to continual improvement/learning
• Organizational skills, demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and lead deliverables to completion
• Excellent communication (written, verbal, presentation, documentation) and client service skills; capability of interacting with stakeholders to drive project/task/support engagement
• Ability to work independently within a fast-paced environment with a hands-on approach
• Ability to be flexible in terms of hours in order to coordinate with team members across time zones
• Comfort in dealing with ambiguity and uncertainty in a dynamic environment
• Dependable, great attitude, highly motivated and a team player
• Ability to resolve issues with minimal supervision
• Coverage – 24 / 7, rotation shift including weekend working.

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