Role Purpose
Manage teams responsible for the delivery of Client Service processes, ensure all relevant policies and procedures are followed and regulations are adhered to.
Requirements
- 6 - 8 years experience in financial services industry (essential)
- 3 - 5 years people management experience (essential)
- Exposure to a call centre or client service environment with proven knowledge of customer service principles and practices (desirable)
Duties and Responsibilities
INTERNAL PROCESS
- Contribute to the development of a client service strategy that enables a positive client experience and business objectives.
- Contribute to the development of a client value proposition (CVP) and client service strategies to ensure operational considerations are incorporated.
- Manage the implementation of operating procedures and quality and service standards related to the applicable client service solution.
- Monitor and evaluate operational processes for quality and effectiveness and adjust as required.
- Contribute to the development of standard operating procedures in order to determine the optimal process to implement the various client service solutions.
- Manage a comprehensive client service function, ensuring timeous and accurate service delivery.
- Monitor operational results and backlogs and adjust according to service delivery requirements.
- Deliver meaningful and relevant reporting on client service functions and trends as required.
- Review performance in line with business objectives and realities to ensure optimal performance is maintained.
- Act as an escalation point to assist Client Service Team Leaders addressing client queries.
- Ensure team&rsquos adherence to correct procedure when following up on queries.Identify and report process and system failures and enhancements to improve client experience.
CLIENT
- Continuously monitor turnaround times and quality standards and resolve issues speedily to enhance client service delivery.
- Drive client service delivery goal achievement in line with predefined standards in order to ensure that clients receive appropriate advice and after sales service.
- Manage client query processes and ensure that queries are tracked, accurately resolved and used as a mechanism to improve client service and business processes.
- Provide regular reports on delivery of services against agreed service level agreements and in terms of overall client targets.
- Provide authoritative, expertise and advice to clients and stakeholders.
- Build and maintain relationships with clients and internal and external stakeholders.
- Contribute to the process of negotiating objective and realistic service level agreements, monitor appropriateness and recommend adjustments.
- Deliver on service level agreements made with clients and internal and external stakeholders in order to ensure that client expectations are managed.
- Make recommendations to improve client service and fair treatment of clients within area of responsibility.
- Participate and contribute to a culture which builds rewarding relationships, facilitates feedback and provides exceptional client service.
PEOPLE
- Create a positive work climate and culture to energise employees, give meaning to work, minimise work disruption and maximise employee productivity.
- Demonstrate exemplary leadership behaviour, through personal involvement, commitment and dedication in support of organisational values.
- Select and recruit suitably qualified talent in line with Employment Equity principles and Momentum values.
- Drive a culture that guides and directs best practice, fostering an environment of continuous learning, improvement and cohesiveness.
- Enable a learning and growth culture whereby information regarding successes, issues, trends and ideas are actively shared between team members.
- Execute effective workforce planning practices to ensure that staffing requirements are accurately forecasted.
- Identify employee growth and development needs and schedule interventions to enable ongoing development, training and personal growth.
- Effectively manage performance within the team in order to ensure business objectives are achieved.
- Encourage innovation, change agility and collaboration within the team.
FINANCE
- Implement and compile budgets to minimise expenditure in alignment with tactical delivery plans.
- Control the budget for area, including the authorisation of expenditures and implementation of financial regulations.
- Manage high risk and problematic financial issues in area of accountability and contribute to the development of policy.
- Plan and implement a cycle of medium-term improvements to drive pricing of services and products.
- Implement and manage financial risk methodologies, techniques and systems and use to monitor and report on financial activities.
- Implement and provide feedback on the effectiveness of financial policy, practice and procedures preventing illegal, unethical or improper conduct.
- Implement risk management, governance and compliance policies in own practice area, to identify and manage governance and risk exposure liability.
- Investigate reported wilful acts of non-compliance to organisation policy and practice and report on findings.