**Job Description:**
Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 125 years and today has one of the world’s largest newsgathering operations with nearly 2,000 journalists in more than 75 bureaus globally. It produces leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Factiva, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Financial News, DJX, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones VentureSource.
**Senior Service Desk Analyst**
2015-26626
SBK
As a member of the Service Desk within the Shared Technology Services, you will play a key role in the delivery of high quality technical support for the business and the customer, whilst delivering exceptional customer satisfaction and a personalized service.
This position requires a high percentage of incident resolution, problem-solving and technical skills using various diagnostic tools. In addition, interpersonal skills are required to guide customers through situations, providing the highest levels of resolution, support and customer satisfaction, in-line with company policy and procedures. This may often be under challenging; conditions.
**Covers all Service Desk contacts to:**
* Record and where possible, resolve customer queries using various diagnostic tools and interpersonal skills.
* Record, and where possible, fulfill service requests.
* Own and progress incidents and requests with other Technology teams, on the customer’s behalf.
* Manage high impact incidents affecting the technology systems and environments.
* Provide the highest levels of customer support and satisfaction in-line with the Dow Jones policy and procedures.
**Accountabilities and Responsibilities:**
* Responsible for answering telephone calls in a polite and timely manner whilst achieving agreed call wait levels. To ensure all calls are logged accurately and categorised correctly with all relevant information being recorded.
* Ensure that all emails are logged correctly and in a timely manner and that all information is accurately collated to enable the Service Desk or other teams to easily assess the requirements and respond to customers and the business within the agreed service level targets
* To ensure that Operational Level Agreement and Service Level Agreement levels are adhered to at all times.
* To prioritize workload, and escalate high priority calls to the Service Desk Manager and Enterprise Operations Center as per the SOPs.
* To work using own initiative and work within a team environment.
* To understand and undertake the roles and responsibilities outlined in the Incident management process to the highest standard.
* To strive to deliver continual service improvement, proactively suggesting improvements to the Service Desk Manager.
* To manage and hand-off incidents and service requests to offshore locations and coordinate with these teams as necessary.
* To maintain a comprehensive understanding of the Service Desk knowledge base to deliver an unparalleled customer service experience.
* To strive to attain the highest possible first time service resolution rate for customers.
* To actively promote the Service Desk team to adhere to good practice and ITIL process wherever necessary.
* To be able to document and collaborate actively with other team members as appropriate.
* To liaise with other members of the Service Desk in relation to Incidents and Service Requests and to maintain strong general communication lines.
* To liaise with members of the EOC and other Service Delivery teams to ensure good communication is established and information is readily passed to and from this team.
* To maintain an up-to-date level of knowledge with regards technology, in particular security policies and company standards.
* The role holder would be expected to develop a comprehensive knowledge of the company’s business plans and organization, including key users of technology and their needs.
* Provide deskside support to the customers in SB, if issue cannot be resolved over the phone or via remote control.
* To take responsibility for overseeing the end-to-end delivery of all service calls, incidents and work orders raised by staff within a designated business unit(s). This includes:
o ensuring call quality for the designated business unit/s is maintained to the highest standard;
o that calls are escalated where necessary;
o that calls are progressed to resolution within SLA timescales
* To act as the first escalation point for customers, Service Desk Analysts and Technical Teams for calls raised within a designated business unit/s.
* To support, advise and provide guidance to Service Desk Analysts in all aspects of their role.
* To support and deputize for the Service Desk Manager as required.
* To ensure the internal knowledgebase is continually updated and used appropriately by Service Desk Analysts.
* From the South Brunswick TechBar deliver support for the Microsoft Windows & Apple OSX end user computing environments and mobile platforms.
* Provide Executive Support for Windows and Apple client platforms for all Dow Jones Executives.
**Skills:**
* An excellent telephone manner is required together with the ability to handle challenging support situations with a calm and methodical approach.
* Ability to support multiple managers in different geographic locations
* Formal education preferably. Desirable qualification in a technical discipline, demonstrating skills in the understanding, investigation, analysis and presentation of complex information.
* Desirable to hold ITIL qualification V3 Foundation level.
* Desirable to hold Microsoft Certified Professional, Microsoft Technology Specialist or equivalent technical certification.
* Desirable to have previous experience of working with Remedy and/or JIRA or another relevant ITSM tool.
* Desirable to have experience working with Active Directory, Google Mail, MS Office, Windows and Mac environments, and have a good understanding of networks.
* Relevant experience in a Service Desk or Call Centre environment.
* At least 2 years experience in a Service Desk / Help Desk environment.
* Strong Team Player, excellent communication skills, excellent organizational skills, self motivated/drive, Flexible.
* Good interpersonal skills for written, oral and face to face communications, both within Technology and the business.
**Dow Jones**, Making Careers Newsworthy
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets
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**Requisition ID**
2015-26626
**Job Locations**
USA-NJ-PRINCETON
**Job Function**
IT Administration
**Business Area**
TECHNOLOGY