Customer Complaints Officer
- Recruiter
- CURO Transatlantic Limited
- Location
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £21,000 - £23,000 per annum
- Posted
- 10 Aug 2017
- Closes
- 07 Sep 2017
- Sectors
- Customer Service & Call Centre
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
New opportunity not to be missed! CURO Transatlantic Limited have an exciting opportunity available for a Customer Complaints Officer to join our team based in our Nottingham contact centre. The successful Customer Complaints Officer will receive a competitive salary of £21,000 - £23,000 per annum depending on experience + benefits.
We are part of an international financial services organisation that provides customers with short term loans and other financial services. Since our inception in 1997 we have become one of the UK’s market leaders in our field with a very strong customer base.
Main Purpose of the Customer Complaints Officer Role:
The role of the Customer Complaints Officer is to deliver exceptional customer service and effective service recovery resulting in a positive outcome for the customer. In addition the role holder is able to provide professional, effective, account management and administrative support contributing to the overall success of the Quality and Complaints Department.
The Customer Complaints Officer Key Responsibilities
- Answer complaints in line with business complaints handling procedures. Where possible resolve customer complaints within 24 hours. Always adhere to FCA guidelines and meet all deadlines
- Establish when the customer is making an “expression of dissatisfaction”
- Ensure customers who have suffered detriment are put in the position they would have been had an error not been made
- Liaise with relevant departments and managers, championing the customer and ensuring a speedy resolution to a complaint
- Adhere to the agreed ‘authority to settle’ levels, working with the line manager and the wider leadership team as needed
- Maintain management information records of complaints to will enable the business to identify trends and feedback into the business.
- Complete root cause analysis and share the learning with colleagues
- Be the customer face of the business for the Financial Ombudsman Service, collecting information when required and providing them with full replies to any questions or complaints they raise as quickly as possible, keeping any promises we make
- Assess whether complaints fall within the jurisdiction of the Financial Ombudsman Service
- Every customer complaint is unique. Provide bespoke guidance on resolution and arrange required action to be taken to resolve complaints, working with internal or external stakeholders
- Identify and support any customer in financial hardship and ensure they’re given appropriate contact details for assistance
- Refer and register complaints to third parties where the complaint isn’t solely, or at all our responsibility
- To refer all Data Protection Act requests to the relevant Data Protection Officers and suspected fraud cases to the Fraud team
- Ensure the day-to-day delivery of the six defined fair customer outcomes across all business functions
- Ensure compliance with policies and procedures across all business functions
What makes you our ideal Customer Complaints Officer?
Skills and Knowledge
- Good communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to flex their own style to meet the needs of the audience
- Critical thinking, using logic and reasoning to identify where opportunities exist to improve
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Judgement and decision making, able to consider the costs and benefits of actions chosen
- Customer centric approach and actively looks for ways to help people
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic
- A brilliant team player who is able to both learn from and coach those around them
- To maintain a high degree of professionalism, confidentiality and discretion in carrying out all duties
- Analytical thinking, to be able to interpret information and create reports to highlight and discuss trends
- Honest, trustworthy and exceptional empathy skills to see things from others points of view to help aid resolution
- Initiative, willingness to take on responsibilities and challenge
- Keen learner who actively seeks to keep abreast of new and known industry trends, including ombudsman decisions
Essential
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience of dealing with customer contacts, including replying to customers both verbally and in writing.
- Intermediate level proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
Desirable
- FCA or FOS complaints background or similar
- Relevant industry experience
- Understand of AML / HMRC regulations
- Consumer Fraud Awareness
- Knowledge of regulatory affairs with respect to complaint handling in a regulated industry
Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to become our Customer Complaints Officer, click ‘Apply’ now!