Insight Investment is looking for a IT Helpdesk Analyst to join the Technology Service Desk team in San Francisco. With the growth of the Insight North America business, there is a requirement to provide a greater level of IT Support to the firm across offices in Boston, New York and San Francisco. The primary responsibility of the IT Helpdesk Analyst is to assist users with all IT related issues, performing root cause analysis and resolving/documenting issues whenever possible. To succeed in this role, an individual must be able to juggle multiple issues simultaneously in a fast-paced environment, escalating issues and concerns to IT management when necessary.
Role Responsibilities
- Provide a proactive and high-quality IT Support
- Ensure tickets / requests are responded to within a timely manner
- Manage end users’ expectations and ensure they receive regular updates on outstanding issues
- Ensure that agreed service standards are being met and instigate appropriate procedures when they are not
- Manage issues through to resolution
- Update ServiceNow tickets whenever possible so others can see updates
- Carry out root cause analysis on issues and provide resolutions for users whenever possible
- Undertake continuous improvement and small-scale enhancements / mini projects as requested
- Create and update documentation on Confluence / ServiceNow as required
- Ensure our infrastructure is kept secure and adhere to our IT Security and Information Risk controls
Experience Required
- Strong diagnostic skills and experience with root-cause analysis
- Windows 11, Office / M365 apps
- Active Directory / Group Policy Insight Investment - Confidential - Internal
- Windows performance / process monitoring
- Collaboration Software (Teams, Zoom, etc.)
- Troubleshooting experience with Excel (add-ins, macros, etc.)
- Exposure to MFA (or similar secure login)
- Experience with Remote Support via RDP or similar
- Uses a systematic approach to a complex problem or situation, approaches it from different angles
- Can understand advice given from technical specialists and assess the impact in relation to actual requirements
- Able to work with incomplete information and to determine dependencies and constraints, likely to be of a highly technical nature
- Understands the conflicting and changing business requirements and factors these into planning
Insight is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at [email protected]
Insight Investment is an equal opportunities employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. Under California pay transparency law we are required to indicate the base salary range for this role of USD $105,000-115,000. Any offer of employment will be made based upon the specific skills and experience of the selected candidate and the base salary offered could be higher or lower than indicated.
About Insight Investment
Insight Investment is a leading asset manager focused on designing investment solutions to meet its clients’ needs. Founded in 2002, Insight’s collaborative approach has delivered both investment performance and growth in assets under management. Insight manages assets across its core liability-driven investment, risk management, full-spectrum fixed income, currency and absolute return capabilities.
Insight has a global network of operations in the UK, Ireland, Germany, US, Japan and Australia. More information about Insight Investment can be found at: www.insightinvestment.com
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What We Do
Insight* is one of Europe’s largest investment managers** responsible for £626.2bn/€757.3bn*** in assets under management (AUM) across fixed income, risk management strategies including liability-driven investment (LDI) and currency risk management, absolute return and multi-asset capabilities. Based in London, Insight is a specialist asset manager with a global network of operations in the UK, Ireland, Germany, US, Japan and Australia. Our clients include pension funds, corporates, local authorities, insurers, sovereign wealth funds, wealth managers, financial institutions and supranationals.
Insight's mission is to offer investors a different approach to achieving their investment goals; one that prioritises the certainty of meeting their chosen objectives in contrast to the traditional focus on maximising return and minimising volatility.
Read our mission statement here: www.insightinvestment.com/uk/introducing-insight/our-mission-statement/
We believe responsible investment means helping our clients achieve their desired outcomes and reflecting their priorities. We aim to identify, assess and manage factors that we deem to be financially material, while also reflecting our clients’ sustainability preferences. We were a founding signatory to the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in 2006.
For more on Insight’s approach to responsible investment, visit https://www.insightinvestment.com/investing-responsibly
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*Insight is the corporate brand for certain companies operated by Insight Investment Management Limited (IIML).
**IPE, ‘Top 500 Asset Managers’ survey, June 2024. Insight is ranked fifth out of the top 120 European institutional managers by total AUM for external Europe-domiciled institutional clients.
***As at 31 December 2024. AUM are represented by the value of cash securities and other economic exposure managed for clients.
