Support Analyst II

Company Details

Founded in 1967,W. R. Berkley Corporation
has grown from a small investment management firm into one of the largest commercial lines property and casualty insurers in the United States.

Along the way, we’ve been listed on the New York Stock Exchange, become a Fortune 500 Company, joined the S&P 500, and seen our gross written premiums exceed $10 billion.

Today the Berkley brand comprises more than 50 businesses worldwide and is divided into two segments:
Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. Led by our Executive Chairman, founder and largest shareholder, William R. Berkley and our President and Chief Executive Officer, W. Robert Berkley Jr., W.R. Berkley Corporation is well-positioned to respond to opportunities for future growth.

This role is based in our Urbandale, IA location where we offer a hybrid work schedule with 4 days in the office; and 1 day remote:

The company is an equal opportunity employer.#LI-LD1 #LI-HYBRID

As a Support Analyst II
, you will provide support and assistance for various applications and teams within the Berkley Regional Shared Services (RSS) member companies. This includes providing the first level of support for both our internal and external customers. You’ll also provide support via telephone, email, or electronic chat.

What you can expect:

• Culture of innovation, teamwork, supportive colleagues and leaders willing to invest in talent.
• Internal mobility opportunities.
• Visibility to senior leaders and partnership with cross functional teams.
• Opportunity to impact change.
• Benefits – competitive compensation, paid time off, comprehensive wellness benefits and programs, employer funded health savings account, profit sharing, 401k, paid parental leave, employee stock purchase plan, tuition assistance and professional continuing education.

We'll count on you to:

• Provide tier 1 service desk support and troubleshooting of software, or network operational problems.
• Monitor/follow issues through until resolution and determine impacts resulting from issue.
• Utilize help desk call tracking and problem resolution software (Service Now and Jira) and thoroughly document problem resolution.
• Provide Agency/Company interface and e-business solutions to the agency force and insureds of our regional companies as well our internal regional company employees.
• Answer, evaluate, and prioritize incoming telephone, voice mail, email, and e-chat requests for assistance working in a fast-paced environment.
• Ensure all required information has been captured from user.
• Able to pinpoint issues – whether with portals, systems/applications, print, browsers, technical, etc.
• Knowledgeable with upstream and downstream systems/applications and integration points that may cause issues.
• May occasionally assist with training on use of systems/applications/portals.
• Assist Business Units when needing to obtain policies/quotes, various information, and details when they are reviewing or testing systems and applications not supported by RSS development teams.
• Serve as a liaison between user groups and IT staff.
• Work with customers and business teams to fully understand issues and meet customer service levels as defined within service level agreements.
• Handle problem recognition, research, isolation, resolution, and follow-up for routine user problems.
• Communicate issues and outages effectively to multiple levels within the organization.
• Demonstrate the WRBC Core Competencies and Innovation Behaviors.
• Other duties as assigned.

What you need to have:

• Associate's degree or equivalent with emphasis in related field; or 5+ years related experience or training.
• Willingness to learn new technologies.
• Property and Casualty Insurance policy system knowledge and experience preferred.
• Knowledge of company applications and workflow a plus.
• Demonstrate the capability of meeting the key accountabilities or can learn/perform them.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Understanding of innovation and use of AI where practicable.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written.
• Ability to quickly learn new technology and systems.
• Demonstrate ability to solve problems in an…