Customer Support Associate Jobs in Providence, RI

If you're a critical thinker, detail-oriented, and seek opportunities to continuously learn, consider a career at Citizens as a Fraud Customer Support Sr. Specialist. In this role, you'll play a crucial part in safeguarding our customers and ensuring a best-in-class customer service experience in one of our most critical departments at Citizens. Our Fraud Customer Support colleagues acquire the training, and assistance needed to grow their careers and make a lasting impact.

Our best colleagues have a customer-first mentality, and are a combination of friendly and tech-savvy, answering fraud inquiries by phone. As part of our dedicated team, you'll create positive interactions with our customers every day, whether that's delivering a memorable service experience, or helping to problem-solve an issue - they'll want to tell friends or family about the service they received as a customer. 

Primary responsibilities include

• Handle routine customer fraud inquires in a fast-paced environment using critical thinking skills to figure out customer's incident triggered problems, and concerns. Breaking down the information provided by the customer into manageable components, in a step-by-step approach, while demonstrating empathy and understanding.
• Use active listening skills during customer interactions to apply analytical reasoning to examine in real time the customer's data. 
• Navigate multiple bank systems independently to understand issues and assess outcomes of different courses of action's relating to moving forward with the customer's fraud inquiries.
• Document within multiple systems with written clarity the proposed solutions or next steps through effective verbal communication skills to gain the customer's consent on a resolution.  
• Provide accurate complete claims processing, and records management using established procedures in moving/placing documents appropriately through software (e.g., claims management system) or manual methods, to maintain claim records. 
• Experience leadership that's invested in allowing you to achieve performance goals and committed to your career development and growth.

Qualifications, Education, Certifications and/or Other Professional Credentials

• Required Qualifications
  • High school degree or equivalent, required 
  • General PC troubleshooting and navigation skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office.
  • Display effective telephone etiquette while actively listening and displaying empathy and understanding.
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Preferred Qualifications
  • Associate degree, preferred
  • 2+ years' experience, in the following areas: Fraud Analysis, Financial services industry, Customer service, and Contact center experience a plus 
  • Team player with the ability to work independently with organizational skills.
  • Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced customer centered environment.
  • Solid knowledge of department computer applications and systems.
  • Demonstrated stable job history preferred.
  • Qualified candidates must complete a virtual job tryout after applying as the next step, to be completed within 7 days of receiving the link. How to prepare: Set aside 30 minutes for the self-guided tryout that includes exercises and a video interview question. Find a quiet place to record and be camera-ready. You'll need a smartphone, tablet, or desktop computer with your camera and microphone enabled. You'll learn more about what the role entails, complete a few, short exercises that assess core competencies that matter for our Fraud Customer Support Sr Specialists, and answer a question on video. This step accelerates the hiring process. Our Citizens recruiters will review your application and tryout, and schedule candidates who are a fit for the role directly with the hiring manager.

Hours & Work Schedule

• Hours per Week: 40
• Work Schedule:  6:30am - 3:00 pm Friday & Saturday off  position requires working 2 days in office in Pittsburgh PA or Riverside RI (3 days from home).

Pay Transparency 

The salary range for this position is $22 - $25 per hour. Actual pay is based on various factors including, but not limited to, the budget, work location, and relevant skills and experience. We offer competitive pay, comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, maternity/paternity leave, flexible work arrangements, education reimbursement, wellness programs and more. Note, Citizens' paid time off policy exceeds the mandatory, paid sick or paid time-away policy of every local and state jurisdiction in the United States. For an overview of our benefits, visit https://jobs.citizensbank.com/benefits . 

Equal Employment Opportunity

Citizens, its parent, subsidiaries, and related companies (Citizens) provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, citizenship, physical or mental disability, perceived disability or history or record of a disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, genetic characteristic, marital or domestic partner status, victim of domestic violence, family status/parenthood, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, pregnancy/childbirth/lactation, colleague's or a dependent's reproductive health decision making, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws. At Citizens, we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that enables all colleagues to bring their best selves to work every day and everyone is expected to be treated with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely on merit, qualifications, performance and capability.

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