Customer Service Representative

Citizens Bank; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 25,003 - 35,610; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health care coverage

401K with corporate match

Tuition assistance

Paid time off for volunteering

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Contact Center Specialist in Pittsburgh to handle customer inquiries and deliver exceptional service. The role requires a friendly demeanor, strong communication skills, and a commitment to helping customers with their banking needs. This position involves fielding calls, providing solutions, and undergoing extensive training. The successful candidate will enjoy supportive leadership, numerous career opportunities, and a range of exceptional benefits, including health care coverage and paid time off for volunteering.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of exceptional performance in a customer-facing role.
• Computer proficiency required.
• Strong listening skills to navigate difficult situations.

Responsibilities

• Field a variety of incoming customer calls.
• Help customers improve their banking experience.
• Receive extensive paid training for customer inquiries.

Skills

Strong verbal communication skills

Detail-oriented

Problem solving abilities

Customer-focused mindset

Education

High School degree or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Description – Starting Salary: $22.00 / hour. Start Date: April 13, 2026. When there’s a question about your finances, you want answers and support fast. Our customers rely on our Contact Center Specialists to help them understand, and make sense of, general needs with their accounts including balance inquiries, basic maintenances, transfers, assistance with our online banking experience and more.

Primary responsibilities

Our best colleagues have a customer-first mentality when answering inquiries by phone. As part of our dedicated team, you’ll create positive interactions with our customers every day, whether that’s delivering a memorable service experience, or helping to problem-solve an issue. As a Contact Center Specialist you will:

• Field a variety of incoming customer calls to deliver high-quality solutions for our customers. Depending on the customer need, calls can be lengthy and occur back-to-back. You’ll have scheduled breaks throughout your day.
• Help customers improve their banking experience and build customer relationships by recommending products and services that meet their banking needs.
• Receive extensive paid training to build your expertise and prepare you to handle customer inquiries of increasing complexity.

What you’ll get

• Meaningful work and relationships – Feel satisfaction and pride in producing high-quality support for our customers. Experience supportive leadership and a team that has your back to foster a sense of camaraderie. Our Contact Center colleagues are regularly celebrated, and it’s common for colleagues who go above and beyond for customers, or one another, to receive Credo Awards. This monetary reward has points that never expire and can be redeemed for brand-name products and gift cards in our online store.
• Commitment to community – Give back with 4 hours of paid time off annually for volunteering, separate from regular PTO, and have your donations to eligible 501(c)(3) organizations matched, up to $1,000 annually.
• Career opportunities, reward, and upskilling – Many promotional roles throughout the Contact Center are hired from within the team. See your hard work rewarded with opportunities to grow your career through training, coaching, career planning and development resources that enable you to branch off in any direction your talents and interests take you.
• Exceptional benefits – Receive comprehensive health care coverage, including medical, dental and vision plans, a 401K with corporate match, tuition assistance, mental health and wellbeing programs, discounts on student loan refinancing, and more.

Qualifications, Education, Certifications and/or Other Professional Credentials

• High School degree or equivalent
• Minimum 1 year of exceptional performance in a customer-facing role
• Computer proficiency
• Strong verbal communication skills
• Positive and customer-focused mindset
• Strong listening and problem solving abilities
• Superior interpersonal skills with the ability to navigate through difficult situations
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Detail-oriented with a strong sense of urgency
• Experience recommending and referring products/services to customers, preferred
• Qualified candidates must complete a virtual job tryout after applying as the next step, to be completed within 7 days of receiving the link. How to prepare: Set aside 30 minutes for the self-guided tryout that includes exercises and a video interview question. Find a quiet place to record and be camera-ready. You’ll need a smartphone, tablet, or desktop computer with your camera and microphone enabled. You’ll learn more about what the role entails, complete a few, short exercises that assess core competencies that matter for our Contact Center Specialists, and answer a question on video. This step accelerates the hiring process. Our Citizens recruiters will review your application and tryout, and schedule candidates who are a fit for the role directly with the hiring manager.

Hours & Work Schedule

• Hours per Week: 40
• Work Schedule: Various 1st Shift Schedules. All shifts will include working 1 weekend day
• Must have ability to work holidays

Equal Employment Opportunity

Citizens, its parent, subsidiaries, and related companies (Citizens) provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, citizenship, physical or mental disability, perceived disability or history or record of a disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, genetic characteristic, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, pregnancy/childbirth/lactation, colleague’s or a dependent’s reproductive health decision making, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws. At Citizens, we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that enables all colleagues to bring their best selves to work every day and everyone is expected to be treated with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely on merit, qualifications, performance and capability.