Customer Service Administrator London, England
Job description
Company: Loans 2 Go Ltd
Role: Customer Service Administrator
Salary: Dependent on experience and skills
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Location: London SW15
Company Overview:
We are Loans 2 Go. Our mission? To provide lines of credit to those who have been neglected by mainstream lenders.
We are growing and adapting fast. Approaching 20 years of operation nationwide, we have helped hundreds of thousands of customers over that time and the business has transformed from a traditional high-street lender to a multi-channel, online loan provider.
We are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and we take that seriously. We understand the importance of providing fair and transparent products and services as the key to unlocking a prosperous future for the business. We will continue to adapt, improve, and implement changes where required to improve our people, the business, and the overall quality of our customer experience.
The Role:
This role will primarily include supporting customer inquiries received via email or webchat. Our aim would be to support existing customer service and financial difficulty inquiries. As an omnichannel service provider, you will be expected to utilise several digital channels to complete daily tasks, including responding to customers appropriately via email, letter, SMS, and WhatsApp. You may also need to apply manual tracing to identify up-to-date customer information when needed.
The role is administrative-based and requires an excellent understanding of written English as well as the ability to adapt to an ever-evolving landscape.
We require an individual who is enthusiastic, willing to learn, self-motivated, and takes pride in their work.
Responsibilities
- Effective management of online communication forums
- Management of all relevant email inboxes
- Effectively communicate with third party debt purchasers to resolve queries fast and efficiently
- Processing payments and handling transactions through digital means
- Demonstrating industry and regulatory standards on all calls to deliver a positive outcome for both customer and business
- Actively Identify a variety of vulnerabilities and make well-informed decisions on appropriate forbearance steps.
- Negotiating the repayment of outstanding arrears owed by Loans 2 Go customers
- Contacting customers and third parties via a range of digital means
- Working with customers to identify and arrange suitable and sustainable payment plans which match their current financial circumstances
- Engaging multiple technologies to efficiently manage customer accounts
- Acting with due care where a customer is identified as being vulnerable, and ensuring forbearance is applied where applicable
- Completing comprehensive Income & Expenditure documentation with consumers
- Scanning documents
- Franking mail and Post management
Attributes and experience:
- Excellent customer service, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Excellent telephone manner and written skills
- Ability to quickly build rapport with different customer personalities and types through all forms of communication
- Experience working with correspondence
- Good organisational and effective time management skills
- Confident decision-maker, who works well under pressure
- Reliable employee who’s punctual and has excellent timekeeping
- Ability to multitask, organise and prioritise tasks according to current business objectives
- Experience of working within an FCA regulated environment, and knowledge of Treating Customers Fairly (TCF)
- Reasonable exposure to using multiple IT software systems
- Assertive, confident, and intellectually capable of handling customer objections
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- A firm approach to negotiating repayment of the debt, whilst ensuring empathy is exercised
Shifts
Shift work between 8 am-7 pm Mon-Fri and 9 am-2 pm Sat, 40 hours per week guaranteed.
Some benefits we offer:
- Hybrid Working Scheme available whereby eligible employees will be working from their UK homes and the office as and when requested to do so, as per the business needs.
- Performance based bonus
- Up to 33 days holiday
- Accrued Holiday Sellback Scheme
- Annual flu jab vaccination
- Milestone Service Reward Programme
- Life Insurance Cover for all employees
- Incapacity Insurance Cover for all employees
- Gym Membership Discount
- Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 Free and confidential counselling
- Refer-a-friend Scheme with financial incentives.
- Training and advancement opportunities
- Pension scheme
- Shower facilities on site
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £20,000.00-£30,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Life insurance
- Referral programme
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Supplemental pay types:
- Performance bonus
Ability to commute/relocate:
- London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London
Reference ID: CS Admin
