Tier 3 Customer Support SpecialistAbout This RoleAs a Tier 3 Customer Support Specialist, you will own Kikoff's most complex and sensitive customer escalations - the cases that go beyond what frontline and Tier 2 agents can resolve on their own. This role sits at the intersection of customer empathy and operational excellence.
Just as importantly, you will help the broader org improve and scale: auditing ticket quality, documenting resolution paths, and identifying fixes and improvements in our processes.
This is a high-ownership role for someone who thrives in complexity and wants their work to matter - both to the customers they serve and to the team around them.
Role & ResponsibilitiesEscalation Resolution
- Investigate, manage, and resolve the most complex customer escalations via email - cases that go beyond what Tier 1 and Tier 2 agents can handle independently
- Adhere to Kikoff's complaint management policies and regulatory frameworks, with a focus on thorough, defensible resolution and real-time de-escalation
- Perform root-cause analysis on escalations, distinguishing systemic failures from one-off errors, and surface findings to Customer Operations leadership to reduce future volume
- Work closely with our broader Operations team to share escalation trends and align on process improvements
Quality & Auditing
- Conduct regular QA reviews and audits of Tier 1 and Tier 2 ticket queues - across both our BPO and chatbot - to assess resolution quality, accuracy, and appropriate escalation behavior
- Identify patterns in misrouted or mishandled tickets and flag them with clear documentation and recommendations
- Contribute to QA rubrics and scoring frameworks that help the broader Customer Operations team raise its baseline
Knowledge & Process
- Own internal documentation for complex case types - keeping resolution paths, SOPs, and escalation decision trees current and accessible
- Serve as a subject matter expert for Tier 1 and Tier 2 agents, supporting training and closing knowledge gaps that drive unnecessary escalations
Expertise & Experience Required- 2-5 years of experience in customer support, with meaningful time in escalations, complex case management, or a Tier 2/3 role
- Strong written communication - your case notes, customer responses, and internal escalations are clear, accurate, and defensible
- High ownership: you follow cases through to resolution and don't let things fall through the cracks
- Able to work within a structured ops team without needing heavy direction
Nice to have:
- Background in a consumer fintech, neobank, or credit-adjacent startup - you understand how financial products work and what's at stake when they don't
- Comfortable navigating compliance-adjacent issues: consumer disputes, FCRA, fraud claims, or regulatory complaints
- Experience contributing to QA programs, SOPs, or internal documentation
- Experience with Zendesk, or similar ticketing platforms