Customer Care Specialist - Spend - FinTech or Accounting Platform - German Speakers

Academic Key; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity ownership

Vacation days

Private healthcare or gym allowance

Life Insurance

Wellbeing support

Work from Anywhere days

Sabbatical after 5 years

Relocation support

Job summary

Perk is seeking a Customer Care Specialist for our Spend platform to deliver exceptional support to German-speaking customers. You will troubleshoot issues, document interactions, and be the first knowledge contact for product use, working with cross-functional teams to resolve incidents and improve the customer experience.

The role requires fintech or accounting software experience, strong English and German, and a proven ability to handle high volumes with KPIs.

Qualifications

• FinTech or accounting software experience is required.
• Experience providing technical support directly with customers.
• Finance or accounting background is a plus.
• Experience handling high volumes of inquiries across multiple channels.
• Fluent in English and German; additional languages a plus.

Responsibilities

• Respond to customer queries via email and phone.
• Troubleshoot issues and provide accurate information.
• Document interactions and create internal tickets.
• Ownership of incoming requests and tracking-to-resolution of incidents.
• Serve as the knowledge point for operational use of the software.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support customers.

Skills

FinTech experience

Technical support

KPI-driven

Multilingual

Job description

Customer Care Specialist - Spend - FinTech or Accounting Platform - German Speakers

Abroad

Perk · Berlin

About Us Perk (formerly TravelPerk) is the intelligent platform for travel and spend management. Built to tackle the time-consuming, manual work that gets in the way of real work, our tools automate everything from travel bookings to expenses, invoice processing, and more. By eliminating this shadow work that wastes hours, erodes morale, and saps innovation, we're on a mission to power real work, with real impact. We're trusted by more than 12,000 companies worldwide, including Bolt, GoCardless, and Fabletics, and we're tackling the 7 hours of lost productivity per employee each week, a $1.7 trillion problem . Founded in 2015, Perk has grown into a global company of more than 1,800 people across 12 offices globally, with headquarters in London and Boston. We combine innovation, control, and simplicity to transform how businesses work and how people feel at work. At Perk, we're driven by our values, like being an owner, delivering a 7-star experience, and working as one team. We value curiosity, purpose, and mindset, not just knowledge, to unlock the power in your potential. Our talent team brings together leading minds from the travel, fintech, and SaaS industries, representing over 70 countries. If you're excited about having a real impact and shaping how millions of people experience work, we'd love you on the team. Visit www.perk.com to learn more. About the Role Join Perk as a key member of our Customer Care team for our Spend platform. Where you will play a pivotal role in delivering exceptional customer experiences. As a representative of Perk, you’ll help resolve a variety of inquiries, provide insightful support, and ensure every interaction contributes to our commitment to excellence. Perk Spend is Perk’s spend-management platform, bringing employee expenses, supplier invoices and corporate card payments together in one place so finance teams can manage company spending alongside our Travel product In this role, you’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams and learn our ever-evolving product suite, helping customers navigate their needs while upholding our values of transparency, empathy, and efficiency.

What You’ll Do

• Respond to customer queries via email and phone in a timely and knowledgeable manner
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues while providing accurate information and following up as needed
• Document interactions and ???
• Ownership of incoming requests from customers, including the creation of tickets for the internal organization
• Ownership for tracking-to-resolution of recorded incidents or bugs
• Answering and handling customer inquiries for our customers for our German speaking clients.
• Internally, you’re the first point of contact for knowledge on the operational use of our software

What We’re Looking For

• Experience in FinTech, financial or accounting software companies is a must have
• Experience providing technical support and troubleshooting technical issues directly with customers
• A background working in finance and or accounting is a strong plus
• Operational experience with a high volume of external customer inquiries and internal clarifications from the team
• Experience working towards KPIs across multiply channels such as phone, email and chat
• Ability to handle a variety of tasks at a high frequency
• Structured and detail oriented approach to work
• Fluency in English and German , additional languages are a plus

What we offer

• Receive competitive compensation and equity ownership in Perk
• Rest and recharge with our generous allocation of vacation days plus public holidays
• Take control of your physical health with your choice of private healthcare or a gym allowance
• Know that your loved ones are protected financially through your Life Insurance if the worst were to happen
• Join our unforgettable Perk events, including our spectacular annual summer party
• Always feel supported with Spring Health, our market-leading wellbeing partner, providing fast, comprehensive access to 12x therapy and 12x coaching sessions for you and your loved ones
• Make your money go further with our flexible compensation plan
• Focus on your family with 17 weeks’ paid parental leave during your child’s first year
• Contribute to your community with 16 paid hours per year to spend volunteering for your dearest charitable causes
• Broaden your horizons with up to 20 "Work from Anywhere" days per year
• Nurture your language skills with in real-life English, Spanish and Catalan lessons
• Follow your passions and take a four-week, fully paid sabbatical once you reach 5 years
• Let us help you move to one of our hubs with relocation support

Interview Process

Talent Acquisition Interview - 30mins Virtual Assessment + Team manager interview - In person in our Berlin office Final interview - 30mins Virtual

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