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Standard Bank Group

Runs banking and financial services across Africa

Customer Service Technician

Customer SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeLuanda, AngolaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Management and Commerce is required.
  • Three to four years of experience in service management and operations is required.
  • Three to four years of experience in customer relations, resolving customer-service problems and complaints, and collaborating with multiple internal stakeholders is required.
  • Three to four years of general customer service and/or customer support experience, including proficient technical experience, is required.
  • Required behavioral competencies include developing specialized knowledge, documenting facts, adapting to change, analyzing information, interacting with people, interpreting data, making decisions, managing tasks, producing results, resolving conflicts, positive thinking, and following standards.
  • Required technical competencies include active listening, customer service, and issue resolution.

Responsibilities

  • Verify customer requests and issues against existing data or refer them to Relationship Management, Accounts, or Services for approval to confirm the customer's authority and safeguard customer account information and operations.
  • Accurately record referred inquiries and complaints in the inquiry management system, documenting the issue, resolution steps, and communications or feedback in accordance with applicable service-level agreements.
  • Prioritize and manage incoming inquiries and complaints, consistently meeting agreed targets while mitigating reputational risk and financial losses.
  • Identify and promptly resolve referred inquiries and complaints, managing complaints to established targets and quality standards and providing timely customer feedback.
  • Apply technical product and business knowledge, problem-solving techniques, judgment, customer sensitivity, and standard operating procedures to identify the root cause of escalated or complex customer inquiries, requests, and complaints, reduce further escalations, and prevent similar future occurrences.
  • Work with relevant stakeholders to determine optimal resolutions based on root-cause analysis, coordinate corrective or preventive action with processing teams, track progress, escalate obstacles, communicate directly with customers or the source, and meet service-level agreements while preventing reputational risk and losses.
  • Identify and escalate recurring customer incidents and recommend improvements to customer service delivery; stay informed about product, system, and relevant internal and external developments and contribute innovative improvements.
  • Coordinate multiple stakeholders and data sources to investigate and resolve issues and complaints and proactively develop solutions that prevent recurring customer-service problems.
  • Engage with customers to provide appropriate feedback and advise them on actions needed to resolve issues, such as providing new instructions, while meeting response deadlines.
  • Follow departmental and organizational controls, policies, processes, standard operating procedures, and instructions; identify and report incidents that negatively affect service or relationship management or create reputational risk.
  • Monitor and proactively identify irregularities and potential risks, inform the team leader of risk incidents, record incident reports, and refer irregularities to the team leader or line manager and the compliance and risk officer as required.

About the Company

Standard Bank Group

Runs banking and financial services across Africa

Standard Bank Group operates banking, insurance and investment businesses focused on Africa, serving individuals, families, businesses and institutional clients. Its services cover everyday accounts and payments, savings and lending, business finance, corporate transactions and investment banking. The group also manages insurance, asset management and wealth offerings that support clients through different financial needs and stages of life. Local banking operations connect with international centres and offshore hubs to support cross-border activity, trade and access to financial markets. Founded in 1862, the group is headquartered in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Johannesburg, South Africa
Founded
1862

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