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Role Description
The Global Support Specialist is a member of the Finance Systems Engineering team and is responsible for the triaging, reporting, and oversight of all incidents escalated to the team.
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Support-Centric Focus:
Maintain a focus on delivering Service Excellence, by ensuring service levels are met and incidents are handled based on established practices to meet VMA expectations.
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Incident Monitoring:
Monitor support queues to ensure tickets are managed against established service levels, including triage, prioritization, assignment, follow-up, and closure.
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Collaboration Across Teams:
Collaborate with IT and local VMA teams to ensure the effective support and maintenance of the finance environments.
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Knowledge Sharing:
Maintain and expand on knowledge articles to keep them current and relevant.
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One Team Culture:
Promote a One Team culture by collaborating closely with VMA teams.
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Support Leadership:
Assume a position of leadership when reporting on service levels, support metrics, open issues, and other operational support activities to ensure they remain well organized and managed against established service levels.
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Support Triage & Ticket Handling:
Monitor support queues to triage, assign, and ensure tickets are managed in accordance with established service levels and practices.
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Support Monitoring and Reporting:
Establish robust practices to monitor support queues to ensure incidents are handled against established practices, and to report on the effectiveness of the support.
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Change Management:
Actively participate in global change management processes to ensure the impact to support of the finance environments is always considered.
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Proactive Problem Management:
Identify recurring issues to help identify areas where preventative solutions could improve overall reliability.
Qualifications
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A minimum of 6 years of progressive experience working with infrastructure technologies.
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Expertise with service delivery, escalations, and incident/problem handling with a goal of delivering exceptional support.
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Expertise with Elite 3E environments with a focus on support and issue resolution would be a strong asset.
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Expertise with Windows based server infrastructures.
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Practical knowledge of implementation lifecycles, methodologies, tools, and practices.
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Formal IT qualifications or accreditations (for instance, ITIL, Prince 2, MCSE).
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Understanding of standards and frameworks (for instance, SOC2, ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials).
Requirements
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
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Ability to negotiate and influence colleagues and stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes.
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Proven ability to build and maintain effective relationships with internal teams and external vendors.
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Strong problem solving and analytical skills, with the ability to clearly explain issues and contribute to resolutions.
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Demonstrates initiative and a proactive approach, with the ability to anticipate needs.
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Possesses commercial awareness and understands the business value of IT investments.
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Capable of decision-making and remaining calm while under pressure.
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Methodical and detail oriented, with a strong focus on accuracy, consistency, and quality.
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Understands the importance of documentation and well-defined procedures.
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Comfortable working under pressure to meet tight timelines, with the ability to adapt to differing demands, prioritize tasks effectively, and ensure 'follow through' on operational issues.
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Committed to carrying out responsibilities in a way that supports the Firms values, equal opportunities, and diversity principles.
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Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification is highly desirable and considered a significant asset.
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ITIL certification and practical experience are highly valued.
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Proven experience working in culturally diverse and geographically distributed environments, fostering collaboration and inclusivity.
Benefits
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We are a truly global law firm and as such, always welcome individuals with foreign language capabilities.
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Additionally, we welcome individuals with a global background including professional experience gained across different geographies.