Bilingual Customer Service Representative

PenFed Credit Union; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision plans

Paid time off

Parental leave & family benefits

401(k) match

Life and disability coverage

Education assistance

Community involvement

Volunteer opportunities

Job summary

PenFed Credit Union is hiring a Bilingual Customer Service Representative to work on-site at the San Antonio, TX Service Center. The role involves answering calls, providing basic account information, and performing account transactions while educating members on products and services to meet their financial goals.

With a focus on high-volume inquiries, the incumbent will complete training and certifications, maintain product knowledge, and support cross-selling goals in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced call center environment.
• Ability to navigate multiple banking platforms and systems.

Responsibilities

• Answer inbound member calls in English and Spanish and complete transactions for deposits, cards, and loans.
• Provide best-in-class member experience in all interactions.
• Assist members via chat and outbound calls.
• Research and de-escalate member questions or issues.
• Update member records and liaise between members and departments.

Skills

Bilingual English-Spanish

Customer service

Call center

Financial product knowledge

Education

Associate's degree or 1 year college

Tools

Windows-based software

Job description

Job Overview

PenFed is hiring a Bilingual Customer Service Representative to work onsite at our San Antonio, Texas Service Center. The primary purpose of this position is to provide best-in-class member service by answering incoming calls, providing basic account and product information while performing account transactions and maintenance. This position will also be responsible for educating members on a wide variety of products and services and making recommendations for the members' financial needs. This is a fast-paced call center environment which requires the incumbent to take a high volume of calls daily. The incumbent must successfully complete the member service training program including on-the-job training and call monitoring.

The expected start date for this position is November 16th, 2026.

Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job duties, and the position will perform other duties as assigned.

• Answer persistent inbound member calls in Spanish and English and accurately complete requested transactions regarding PenFed deposit, credit cards, and loan products.
• Provide Best-in-Class member experience in all member interactions.
• Answer member inquiries via chat functionality and outbound calls.
• Calmly research, resolve, and de-escalate member questions or issues.
• Resolve problems that are within authority to resolve. Refer problems that are beyond authority to resolution team, along with recommendations for resolution.
• Update member records and document member calls.
• Act as a liaison between members and various departments.
• Maintain working knowledge of PenFed deposit, credit cards, and loan products.
• Participate in team meetings to ensure objectives are being met.
• Meet cross-selling and productivity metrics each month.
• Successfully completely different phases of training consisting of different call topics.
• Educate members on PenFed products and services to best support their financial goals.Assist members with applying for consumer accounts, loan products and ancillary products.
• Skill progression continues through Sales certification.
• Efficiently navigate multiple banking platforms via internet browsers and other software.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

This role is responsible for ensuring business continuity.

Qualifications

Equivalent combination of education and experience is considered.

• Associate's degree or 1 year of college-level education or a combination of education and experience that provides the necessary skills and knowledge to satisfactorily perform the essential job functions.
• A minimum of one (1) year customer service experience in a call center, service-oriented environment, or financial setting preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
• Exceptional time management skills required.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, phone queue/call center environment.
• Demonstrated proficiency in standard business computer operations, internet applications, web browsers, e-mail, and various Windows-based software applications.
• Ability to work in multiple systems to obtain account data and complete research and requests for members and applicants in a timely manner.
• Ability to present a consistently positive and professional presence over the phone.
• Ability to adapt and embrace changes in organization, processes and systems as needed.
• Experience using A.I. tools preferred.

Competency Requirements

Service Level 1

• Obtain the essential understanding of PenFed's products & services.
• Complete Member Service training and pass the Service Level I assessment test.
• Complete the minimum required compliance training for Service Level I role.
• Meet the score card requirements in Quality and Efficiency.
• Understand how the job contributes to departmental goals.
• Describe the core products or services of the organization.
• Comply with policy, rules, and regulations.
• Set goals to improve personal performance.
• Keep track of one's work schedule and attend meetings as scheduled and on-time.

Service Level 2

• Demonstrate thorough understanding of PenFed's products & services.
• Complete the second level of Member Service training and pass the Service Level II assessment test within the first 6-months of employment.
• Complete remaining compliance training requirements for the Member Service role within the first 6-months of employment.
• Meet or exceed the score card requirements in Quality and Efficiency.
• Set goals to improve personal performance.
• Keep track of one's work schedule and attend meetings as scheduled and on-time.

Supervisory Responsibility

The role will not supervise employees.

Licenses and Certifications

There Are No Additional Certifications Required.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to an indoor office setting with moderate noise.

Most roles require working in an office setting with moderate noise and the ability to lift 25 pounds.

Travel

Ability to travel to various worksites may be required.

Pay Transparency

The anticipated starting hourly range for this role is $20.90 - $24.20

This position is eligible for an organizational performance based annual bonus, subject to board discretion and approval.

Benefits

• comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
• paid time off
• family-friendly benefits like paid parental leave, care support, and fitness center access
• 401(k) match
• employee loan discounts
• fully paid life and disability coverage
• education assistance
• community involvement
• volunteer opportunities

Our Purpose

Helping members achieve their dreams since 1935. Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PenFed) is one of America's largest federal credit unions, serving 2.8 million members worldwide with $29 billion in assets. PenFed offers market-leading certificates, checking and savings, credit cards, personal loans, mortgages, auto loans, and a wide range of other financial services, always with members' interests in mind. PenFed is federally insured by the NCUA and is an Equal Housing Lender.

Equal Employment Opportunity

PenFed management will maintain and observe personnel policies which will not discriminate or permit harassment or retaliation against a person because of race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, military or veteran status or obligation, the presence of a physical and/or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, and all statuses protected by applicable state or local law in all recruiting, hiring, training, compensation, overtime, position classifications, work assignments, facilities, promotions, transfers, employee treatment, and in all other terms and conditions of employment. PenFed will also prohibit retaliation against individuals for raising a complaint of discrimination or harassment or participating in an investigation of same. PenFed will also reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability so that they can apply for a job or perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace and the threat cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation or if the accommodation creates an undue hardship to PenFed. Contact human resources (HR) with any questions or requests for accommodation at [e-mail] .