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Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Insurance Customer Service Specialist with German language

Customer SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-time

About the Job

Requirements

  • German language skills at C1 level, with confident and professional spoken communication.
  • Previous professional experience in the insurance industry; experience may come from any insurance area, including customer service, policy administration, claims, underwriting support, premium services, sales support or broker operations.
  • Strong telephone communication skills, active listening and the ability to explain insurance and payment topics clearly, reassuringly and in a customer-friendly way.
  • Customer-oriented approach, empathy and confidence in handling sensitive or challenging conversations.
  • Good numerical understanding and the ability to interpret premium, payment and account information.
  • Accurate and structured documentation skills for maintaining complete customer relationship management records.
  • Ability to work reliably within defined processes, approval levels and escalation rules.
  • Confidence in learning Swiss insurance terminology, client-specific products and new operational processes.
  • Strong attention to detail and responsible handling of confidential customer information.

Responsibilities

  • Provide professional, customer-focused support exclusively by telephone.
  • Understand each customer's request, explain available solutions clearly and aim to resolve the matter during the call.
  • Provide information about current premium status, including paid, outstanding, credited or unallocated amounts, fees and payment due dates.
  • Clarify questions relating to invoices, premium payments and payment history.
  • Explain and process instalment-payment arrangements according to the client's defined rules and approval levels.
  • Support customers with coverage-related questions arising from outstanding premiums and explain the required next steps based on the current policy and payment status.
  • Handle insurance-related enquiries and explain premium adjustments, effective dates and available customer options.
  • Process changes to payment methods and payment frequencies according to the client's procedures.
  • Accurately update customer, policy and payment information in the customer relationship management system and relevant insurance administration systems.
  • Document the content, outcome and agreed next steps of every call completely and in a structured manner.
  • Create follow-up activities and escalate complex, exceptional or legally sensitive cases to the responsible specialist team.
  • Follow applicable quality, compliance, data-protection and customer-identification requirements.
  • Contribute feedback and ideas as new processes and additional insurance activities are introduced.
  • As additional insurance processes are introduced, cross-train, deepen Swiss insurance knowledge and participate in shaping new workflows.

Desired Qualifications

  • Previous experience with SAP or comparable customer relationship management, policy-administration or insurance systems.
  • Experience supporting Swiss customers or familiarity with the Swiss insurance market.
  • Familiarity with Swiss German terminology or accents.
  • Experience with premium collection, payment administration or account clarification.

About the Company

Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Accenture advises large businesses and public agencies on strategy, builds their technology systems and runs ongoing operations. Its teams connect business planning with implementation, covering areas such as cloud migration, cybersecurity and customer experience. Consultants work with clients to redesign processes, while engineers integrate software from technology partners and maintain the resulting systems for multinational organizations. Clients pay for project work or continuing services, including application support and business processes such as finance and customer service. Accenture was founded in 1989 and has its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Dublin, Ireland
Founded
1989

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