Technical Support Consultant

• As a Technical Support Consultant for Unit4 Financials by Coda you are the first point of contact for our customers on IT and Business Application related questions for our solutions. You will need to provide a professional, efficient, and effective support service to Unit4 customers in the resolution of support cases and the completion of a variety of other tasks required to support our customer base.
• To progress each issue through to conclusion, liaising with colleagues and R&D, as appropriate.
• Investigate, process and document application defects passed to the Technical Support team.
• Be pro-active in highlighting potential escalation risks with your Team Leader and co-ordinate any additional resource requirements to assist with investigation.
• Handle customer escalations, taking ownership of complicated issues and always keep customers updated of progress.
• To comply with the Company’s information and Security Requirements and all Company Business procedures, policies, and ISO standards.
• To investigate, document and present to the Customer Support Team Leader process improvements that enhance the customer experience.
• To identify opportunities for service improvement or chargeable activities and to raise these via the appropriate channels.
• You will be responsible for your own personal development plan which must include both product/technical knowledge as well as soft skill development.
• To eventually train and mentor less experienced members of the team around product knowledge, skills and processes.
• Work in a team environment to help and assist colleagues.

Qualifications

Must have:

• Strong communication, interpersonal skills and fluent in English (verbal and written)
• Common knowledge of Microsoft technologies, workplace processes and IT infrastructure
• Previous experience of working in a Customer Support environment is an advantage
• Exceptional Customer facing skills, understand and be able to implement the concept of exceptional Customer Service resulting in high CSAT and NPS scores
• Exhibits good analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to manage your own time to prioritise workload and meet deadlines
• Friendly and professional manner with an enthusiastic positive approach to tasks
• Exhibit ability to use initiative and work alone but also exhibit ability to be a strong team player.
• Possess ability to work in a dual working environment
• Strong working knowledge of current Microsoft Windows Server operating systems
• Good knowledge of Windows Database server and SQL Server performance tools (eg. SQL profiler)
• Strong experience/understanding in the following areas:
• working in a database-centric, client-server to web-enabled environment
• implementation of new systems into existing infrastructures
• working knowledge of Java containers (e.g. Glassfish, Wildfly, JBoss)
• Java based applications
• You possess the ability to write and understand SQL queries.
• You have knowledge of TCP/IP and fundamental networking concepts.
• Commitment to lifelong learning.
• Pre-emptive proactive work to avoid the risk of customer escalation

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of the Unit4 Financials by Coda product and surrounding applications
• Knowledge or experience with ServiceNow
• ITIL knowledge
• Experience of Web Services
• Working with cloud enabled servers/technology
• Basic Accountancy knowledge