Help Desk Representative
Help Desk Representative
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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 80000 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. SMFGs 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 organizations extensive global network. The Groups 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.
- 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.
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 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 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:
- Providing internal end user support through various channels (Phone Teams Service Now)
- 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
Role Objectives: Expertise
Demonstrate understanding of device reporting tools to aid in issue triage and identification. Display familiarity with the functionality of user applications to understand where issues may occur. Possess knowledge of end-user hardware to be able to repair and replace faulty components. Show familiarity with the reporting tools and procedures for various back-end systems to aid in the creation and running of periodic reviews.
Desirable Experience
- Previous IT Helpdesk experience and/or call centre experience.
- Knowledge of ITIL service delivery best practices
- Citrix/virtual environments.
- Windows 11
- Service Now
- An understanding of MS Office applications/O365
- An understanding of Active Directory
- Remote Support Tools
- Troubleshooting Hardware issues
- Knowledge of Apple Mac/iPad a plus
- iPhone user support
- Foreign language skills (French German Japanese) a plus.
SMBCs 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
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full Time
