Teleservice Representative
About the Organization:
7 17 Credit Union is a progressive financial institution in Ohio offering credit union membership to those who live in Ohio. With 13 branches and state of the art technology, 7 17 is able to provide banking services to more than 110,000 members. 7 17 is a local, community-minded financial institution driven by the credit union philosophy of people helping people.
At 7 17 Credit Union we have amazing benefits for amazing employees! Our full and part-time benefits package includes a competitive hourly rate; medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, long and short-term disability insurance, a 401(k) with a rich company match and profit sharing, paid time off and holidays, tuition reimbursement and more!
Job Summary: Receives members and potential members through designated delivery channels. Builds positive relationships with all contacts by providing accurate, superior service. Educates and refers members to Credit Union services that can help each individual member.
All job positions at 7 17 Credit Union may be assigned further duties with or without notice, verbally or in writing. Essential duties and responsibilities include the following.
Primary Duties:
- Accomplishes three objectives with each incoming call:
- Provide superior member service;
- Fulfill the primary objective of the call; and
- Identify other potential member needs; and refer/sell appropriate credit union products and services.
- Maintains high accuracy in handling of all transactions and assigned duties, especially those dealing with members’ accounts.
- Meets established levels of productivity in product and service sales/referrals and other goals as determined by the Credit Union.
- Creates a positive experience by always using the member’s name and exceeding member expectations while conducting transactions in order to maintain service goals at the acceptable level as determined by the Credit Union.
- Identifies callers using the prescribed security questions to insure proper caller identification.
- Receives members by phone and determines the nature of the members' business. Handles numerous personal and business account transactions including but not limited to:
- Monetary transactions including transfers between accounts and check withdrawals
- Providing loan payoffs and other loan information
- Processing preliminary member reported fraud claims pertaining to stolen or lost ATM/debit cards, VISA cards, ACH transactions, check forgery and internet phishing.
- Identifying and resolving member issues when possible or submitting Helpdesk ticket to appropriate area for research and/or resolution.
- Accepting member requests for changes to IRAs and CDs and submitting the instructions to the appropriate area for completion.
- Receiving and processing transfer requests including payroll setups and allocations, ACH origination and loan payments.
- Accepting account data change requests and submitting to appropriate area for completion.
- Submitting on-line banking reset requests; providing log on assistance and bill payment instruction.
- Placing stop payments on members’ checks and ACH debits.
- Exercising good will with members by waiving certain fees within established guidelines.
- Submitting member comments to appropriate area when additional follow-up is required to meet members’ needs.
- Participating in member surveys, Annual Meeting Reservations and identifying types of calls by using the designated contact management tools.
- Providing through varying delivery channels, routine information concerning the Credit Union services or policies and third party Credit Union supported vendors, including: What is a Credit Union; eligibility for membership; how to apply for membership; type of accounts available; insurance products; the locations of the Credit Union, office hours and delivery services.
Prerequisite Education:
1. High school diploma or equivalent
Prerequisite Experience: Direct sales or cross sale/referral experience within the last three years or completion of the current Credit Union sponsored sales/referral training.
Required knowledge, skills and abilities once in the job:
1. Customer service attitude and skills to include: Team player attitude, commitment, patience, enthusiasm, creativity, listening, comprehension, initiative, cooperation, attention to detail, resourcefulness.
2. Professionalism to include: Confidence, good judgment, appropriate demeanor
and appearance; ability to interact with employees and members.
3. Skills to include: Problem solving, decision making, time management, interpersonal communications, organization.
4. Other: Excellent oral communication and skills required. Must be able to deal effectively with difficult contact situations. Must demonstrate comfort with sales focused responsibilities.
5. Other: Maintains overall knowledge of the resources and services of the Credit Union as front-line first contact with members; conversant in alternatives to steer the member to the correct department in the Credit Union that has the knowledge or expertise desired by the concerned member.
6.Other: Ability to work proficiently in a Windows based environment.
Certifications, licenses required once in the job: Bondable
Part Time Hours: 32+ hours/week
EOE STATEMENT: We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.