Customer Service Representative - Potters Bar, United Kingdom - Canada Life
Description
Canada Life UK looks after the retirement, investment and protection needs of individuals, families and companies.We help to build better futures for our customers, our intermediaries and our employees by operating as a modern, agile and welcoming organisation.
Part of our parent company Great-West Lifeco, Canada Life UK has operated in the United Kingdom since 1903. We have hundreds of respected and supported employees committed to doing the right thing for our customers and colleagues.
Canada Life UK is transforming to create a more customer-focused business by providing our customers with expertise on financial and tax planning, offering home finance and annuities propositions, and providing collective fund solutions to third party customers.
Job Purpose:
We now need a Customer Service Representative to support the transformation and the future growth of the business within the Customer Services function, so it can stand out for the experience and service we deliver by building on our service reputation, and delivering market-leading service excellence for our customers and advisers
To ensure that we put the customer at the heart of everything we do in line with our company values.
To contribute to the team ethic, working with colleagues in training and the improvement of knowledge, constantly striving to enhance the overall customer experience
Key Accountabilities:
- To take responsibility for end to end process of tasks undertaken, ensuring own knowledge of all products and regulatory environment is understood and complied with.
- To amend and maintain accurate company records to ensure legislative, customer and company requirements are met.
- To maintain technical product knowledge in order to support team colleagues, provide cover, and achieve department objectives.
- To answer incoming telephone enquiries across the full product range, respond to them and fully document how they were resolved, ensuring that all communications are handled accurately and adopting the most approptiate method of communication.
- To maintain relationships with advisers and other business areas.
- Investigate and resolve complaints and queries, in line with the Divisional and Regulatory complaints procedures, identifying and addressing the cause and remedying the underlying issue of the complaint and balancing the needs of the customer, the Company and Regulator.
- Actively contribute to the continuous improvement and development of the team, through reviewing procedures to meet expectations of service and conduct, and improve on own self development.
Desired Knowledge / Experience / Skills:
- Diligent and conscientious in the accuracy of their work, excellent attention to detail
- Excellent Customer Service experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to operate in a fast paced, dynamic environment and able to work under pressure
- Intermediate knowledge and experience of MS Office
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 5 A*C GCSEs (including English and Maths essential
- Have already attained the Award in financial Administration or keen to work towards this qualification
Benefits of working at Canada Life
We believe in recognising and rewarding our people, so we offer a competitive salary and benefits package that's regularly reviewed.
As a Canada Life UK colleague, you'll receive a competitive salary and comprehensive reward package including a generous pension and bonus scheme, along with, income protection, private medical insurance and life assurance.
We have a fantastic number of other benefits and support services as well as regular personal and professional development.How we work at Canada Life
Our culture is unique and incredibly important to us.
We care about doing the right thing for our people, customers and community and helping others to build better futures.
Our blueprint behaviours shape and influence how we work, and are central to the relationships we have with others.Every day we are encouraged to be more curious, own the outcome, face into things together and find a way forward.
We want colleagues to have rewarding careers with us so we invest in the development of our people, technology and workplaces.
Diversity and inclusion
Building an inclusive workplace with a diverse workforce where everyone can feel they belong and achieve their potential regardless of gender, ethnicity or any other characteristic is a key commitment for us.
We are proud of the progress we're making in DEI, and we continue for it to be a significant focus.
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