Technical Support Specialist I – AGRIS Accounting Software (Agribusiness Focus)
Remote
United States
Posted 6 days ago
This is a full-time Technical Support Specialist I role at Greenstone, a market leader in providing specialized software solutions for the agribusiness community. This position is the first line of support, with a primary focus on troubleshooting and resolving issues related to the AGRIS Accounting application.
- Location: Remote, United States.
- Travel: Occasionally required, expected up to 10% for customer meetings or conferences.
- Support Tier: Tier 1/Initial Contact, focused on triaging and providing preliminary troubleshooting.
- Focus: Supporting core accounting functions (inventory, AR, AP, GL) within the AGRIS application, requiring knowledge of accounting and agribusiness principles.
- Required Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Accounting, or a technical discipline (Agriculture, Computer Science, or IT).
- Preferred Experience: 1–3 years in customer support/call center environment.
Job Overview: Accounting Support for Agribusiness
The specialist will serve as the go-to problem solver for customers, blending technical support skills with domain-specific knowledge of agriculture business operations.
- Primary Application Focus: AGRIS Accounting application.
- Technical Scope: Help customers tackle challenges in key business areas: inventory management, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and general ledger.
- Daily Responsibilities: Handling incoming requests, triaging cases, and providing preliminary troubleshooting via phone and email.
- Documentation: Ensure customer issues are resolved within specified target resolution times. Document customer communication and case resolution on each case in the CRM system (Salesforce.com).
- Knowledge Creation: Create knowledgebase articles and customer training materials, including videos or answers for the customer forum.
- Domain Knowledge: Must have Knowledge of agribusiness and Knowledge of accounting and finance principles.
Key Skills and Preferred Qualifications
The role prioritizes soft skills—especially patience, organization, and customer service—alongside a relevant educational background.
- Customer Service: Outstanding customer service skills. Attentiveness and patience. Ability to answer a high volume of calls and/or emails daily.
- Problem Solving: Strong problem-solving and research skills to find solutions when one is not immediately apparent.
- Operational Skills: Excellent multi-tasking abilities, able to prioritize accordingly. Time-management skills. Comfortable presenting to small groups.
- Tools: Can work within Microsoft Suite.
- Preferred Experience/Certification:
- 1 – 3 years’ experience working in a customer support or call center environment.
- Certified Public Accountant / Accounting or Finance degree (highly preferred).
- Broad knowledge of the AGRIS suite of Products.
Job Features
| Job Category | Software Engineering, Support Service, Technical Services |