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seeking a **Financial System Help Desk (Tier 1/2) professional** to provide technical support for financial management systems within a federal government environment. The position will support users of NGA financial systems, including **GEO-F, GEAR, ORBIT, CRS, and IPP**, and will be responsible for resolving service requests, troubleshooting application issues, supporting financial business processes, managing user access, and escalating complex issues to higher-tier support.
The ideal candidate will have strong customer service skills, technical troubleshooting experience, and the ability to work with financial management applications and enterprise IT service management processes.
**Key Responsibilities**
**Tier 1 Support**
- Providefirst-level help desk support for users of NGA financial management systems.
- Respond to and resolve basic customer issues, system usage questions, and service desk requests.
- Assist users with conducting financial activities and executing established financial business processes.
- Troubleshoot common application and user-access issues using established procedures, knowledge bases, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Document incidents and service requests accurately within the enterprise service management system.
- Escalate unresolved incidents and service requests to Tier 2 or higher-level support as appropriate.
**Tier 2 Support**
- Provide in-depth technical and functional support for financial management applications.
- Troubleshoot issues that cannot be resolved at Tier 1.
- Analyze application problems and identify appropriate solutions using established procedures and technical knowledge.
- Support known problems and service requests through documented troubleshooting procedures and scripts.
- Escalate unresolved or complex technical issues to Tier 3/4 support when necessary.
- Coordinate with NRO support personnel when issues require additional analysis or resolution.
**Financial Systems Support**
Provide functional and technical support for financial management system modules, including:
**GEO-F:**
- Budget execution
- Purchasing
- Accounts payable
- Accounts receivable
- Automated disbursements
- System administration
- External reporting
- General ledger
- General system functions
- Financial planning
**ORBIT:**
- Program build
- Execution tracking
- Requirements planning
- Comprehensive reporting
- Budget management
- Resource management
- Budget Line Item (BLI) mapping
**Application Administration**
- Support application administration service requests and user access management.
- Assist with activation, reactivation, and deactivation of user accounts for GEO-F, GEAR, ORBIT, CRS, and IPP.
- Support account administration for Cognos and SharePoint reporting environments.
- Add, modify, and maintain user accounts and permissions.
- Assist with override permission requests in accordance with established access management procedures.
- Ensure access-related requests are properly documented, processed, and tracked.
**Batch Processing Support**
- Support custom and baseline batch processing activities.
- Develop, modify, and scheduleNGA-specific batch jobs and processing tasks.
- Troubleshoot batch processing issues and coordinate escalation when required.
- Maintain appropriate documentation for batch processing activities.
**Documentation & Communications**
- MaintainFinancial System Help Desk Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and supporting documentation.
- Update SOPs as financial systems, processes, and procedures change.
- Develop and distribute user communications regarding:
- System changes
- Scheduled maintenance and downtime
- Operational announcements
- Service impacts
- Other financial system updates
- Ensure help desk documentation is maintained within the centralized FM business process repository.
**Reporting & Metrics**
- Generate and report Financial System Help Desk statistics and performance metrics on a daily basis.
- Track service requests, incidents, resolutions, escalations, and trends.
- Identify recurring issues and opportunities for improved service delivery.
- Provide status and performance reporting to government stakeholders and FM leadership.
**Required Qualifications**
- Experience providing Tier 1 and/or Tier 2 help desk or technical support.
- Experience troubleshooting enterprise applications and resolving user technical issues.
- Experience with IT service management, ticketing, or service desk environments.
- Strong customer service and communication skills.
- Ability to troubleshoot issues using established procedures, scripts, SOPs, and technical documentation.
- Experience documenting incidents, service requests, troubleshooting activities, and resolutions.
- Ability to escalate complex issues appropriately to higher-tier technical support.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple service requests simultaneously.
- Experience supporting user account management, access controls, and application permissions.
**Preferred Qualifications**
- Experience supporting federal government, Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), NGA, or NRO environments.
- Experience supporting financial management systems or applications.
- Experience with GEO-F, GEAR, ORBIT, CRS, IPP, Cognos, or SharePoint.
- Experience with enterprise IT service management tools such as Service+ or similar platforms.
- Experience supporting financial transactions, budget execution, purchasing, accounts payable/receivable, general ledger, or financial reporting processes.
- Experience developing and maintaining technical SOPs and user documentation.
- Experience developing, modifying, or scheduling batch processing jobs.
- Experience generating help desk performance metrics and operational reports.
- Familiarity with escalation procedures involving Tier 3/4 technical suppor**t**.
**Core Competencies**
- Tier 1/2 Help Desk Support
- Financial Management Systems
- Technical Troubleshooting
- Customer Service
- Incident & Service Request Management
- Application Administration
- User Access Management
- Account & Permission Management
- Batch Processing
- SOP Development & Documentation
- Technical Communication
- Help Desk Metrics & Reporting
- Enterprise IT Service Management
**Candidates from Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone) are strongly encouraged to apply. To determine whether you reside in a HUBZone, visit: https://maps.certify.sba.gov/hubzone/map.**
Steel Point offers a comprehensive benefits package for eligible full-time positions, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, 401K with company match, critical care voluntary insurance, flexible paid time off, paid holidays and opportunities for professional development reimbursement. Join us to enjoy competitive compensation and a full range of benefits designed to support your well-being and work-life balance.
**The salary range represents a general guideline; however, Steel Point Solutions considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.**
Salary Range
$85,000-$110,000 USD