Helpdesk Representative
Tralee, IE
SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.
In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.
- This is a hybrid role, requiring the successful candidate to attend our Tralee office.
Role Description
We are currently looking for an IT Helpdesk Representative to join an energetic Global team in our Tralee office. The successful candidate will report to the Helpdesk Team Lead in the Tralee office. The overall role is to provide high-end quality customer service to our end-users located in North America and EMEA, assisting them their IT related issues and queries.
The ideal candidate will be diligent, reliable, quick to learn and calm under pressure with a logical, methodical and accurate approach to troubleshooting issues and supporting the business. Ability to take direction as part of a team and confident to apply themselves individually in line with team ethos. Excellent observation skills, telephone skills and communication both verbal and written are vital.
The individual will participate in the daily administrative details and will possess a process-oriented mind set. This role requires effective communication skills and will liaise with all levels across the company. The role involves working as part of a team in a Multinational Financial Services Company. Current hours of support begin at 7am through until 10pm Monday – Friday, working 7.5 hours each day on a shift rotation basis which changes each week. Occasional, planned, Saturday weekend work. We are a global support team and are open for business as usual for other regions during our bank holiday dates.
General Duties and Responsibilities:
- Taking IT related calls from end users.
- Managing a Self-Service ticket queue
- Logging & managing these tickets through to resolution.
- Supporting the Major Incident process.
- Primary IT Contacts for the business.
- Work with and support ad-hoc IT initiatives / projects.
- Prepare and update Knowledge Articles as required.
- Supporting Application teams with their Projects, queries and issues
- Supporting during build and test weekends during the year (Scheduled test weekends)
- On Call Rotation (Weekend)
- On Site Desktop Support
- IT Asset Management
- Working with teams on process improvement (lean) ideas and assisting with automation to reduce manual work.
Essential Skills
- Able to grasp new concepts quickly and efficiently
- Willingness to learn
- Highly self-motivated and ability to work on own initiative as well as under direction
- Excellent attention to detail and proven analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
- Experience in working in a fast-paced environment, using multiple systems for their current role
- Excellent written and oral communication skills including strong technical documentation expertise
- Strong customer service orientation
- Good interpersonal skills including empathy with users, active listening, patience and understanding
- Ability to effectively prioritise and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
Desirable experience
- Previous IT Helpdesk experience and/or call centre experience.
- Service Now (Ticketing system)
- Citrix/virtual environments.
- Active Directory (On Prem / Azure)
- Knowledge of ITIL service delivery best practices
- Automation and or scripting/coding.
- Windows 10 and above
- Supporting MS Office applications/O365
- Remote Support Tools
- Troubleshooting Hardware issues
- iPhone user support
- Knowledge of Apple Mac/iPad a plus
- Foreign language skills (French, German, Japanese) a plus.
SMBC’s employees participate in a hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process.
SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at accommodations@smbcgroup.com.