Customer Service Associate
American Express · Posted Nov 5
Banking, credit card, payment network, and travel services
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About the role
American Express is a global financial services company serving Card Members, with a culture built on a long history of innovation and a commitment to world-class customer service. This role sits within a fast-paced, structured customer care environment handling a high volume of inbound calls. The Customer Service Associate consults with Card Members on account inquiries such as statements, card replacement, payments and rewards redemption, and recommends product offers and benefit enrollments to deepen engagement and loyalty.
What you will do
- Provide exceptional customer service by handling high volume of calls and addressing customer inquiries. Understand customer needs, offer personalized solutions and promote card member benefits. Make relevant product recommendations to enhance customer engagement and loyalty.
- Utilizing your skills, experience, and passion for customer service to help propel your team and its business partners to success.
- Consistently deliver extraordinary service on a high volume of inbound calls in a fast-paced, structured, customer care environment with a keen focus on driving a Customer First mentality.
- Consult with Card Members to understand their needs and tailor unique and personal solutions for them, while also reinforcing the benefits of card membership and acknowledging Card Member tenure
- Add value for our customers through unexpected relevant recommendations of product offers/ benefit enrollments that deepen customer engagement and loyalty.
- Utilize your “service oriented” personality to develop key selling skills to optimize and solidify the customer relationship by deepening their loyalty to our brand.
- Address general and account-specific customer inquiries- statement inquiries, card replacement, make payments, rewards redemption, etc., and update customer account information.
- Use tools and resources to identify custom solutions and anticipate customer needs, in our commitment to maintain a first point of contact resolution.
- Meet and exceed performance goals that include, but are not limited to sales rates, quality goals, compliance regulations and productivity targets, & customer performance metrics.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Strong written and communication skills to be able to converse effectively and naturally with our Card Members to deepen client relationships and drive satisfaction.
- Resilience needed to efficiently manage a steady stream of customer calls, while balancing performance to meet a variety of metrics and remain positive through change and stressful situations.
- Ability to showcase humility and show care and appreciation through emotional acknowledgement of our customer queries/situations on each call.
- Technical savvy to multi-task and navigate through multiple computer systems and applications, simultaneously, with speed and accuracy.
- Integrity to manage sensitive Card Member information and adhere to all Regulatory and Compliance guidelines related to servicing and sales practices.
- Driven to please by providing the ultimate experience for our Card Members on every interaction. - Timeliness and reliability.
- Flexibility to work anytime in US hours, including weekends.
- Hybrid Environment- on site expectation 3 days/week.
- Workplace Flexibility: Full time.
Preferred qualifications
- Passion for building customer loyalty through exceptional listening, consultative relationship building, resourcefulness and problem-solving skills
- Customer service and consultative sales environment experience preferred. - Passion for consultative sales, recommending products or solutions tailored to each customer.
- Ability to adapt communication style to a wide variety of personalities and situations and take ownership and responsibility for each call, from beginning to end.
Benefits and support
- Competitive base salaries
- Bonus incentives
- Support for financial-well-being and retirement
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
- Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
- Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
- Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
- Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
- Career development and training opportunities
About American Express
American Express Company is a globally recognized multinational financial services corporation specializing in payment cards, travel-related services, and network banking. Founded in 1850, the company provides charge and credit cards, expense management products, and merchant services to consumers, small businesses, and large corporations worldwide. It operates a proprietary payments network known for its premium customer engagement and lifestyle rewards programs.
- Industry
- Banking
- Company size
- 76800 employees
- Founded
- 1850-03-18
- Location
- New York City, New York, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President
Chief Colleague Experience Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
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