Finance Associate (SDQ)
Position Summary:
We are hiring for our Customer Support team. The ideal candidate is a positive, proactive, and detail-oriented problem solver. This role combines exemplary customer service with support for our finance and payment operations. You’ll engage with our clients customers through multiple channels and contribute to behind-the-scenes financial processes that ensure a smooth repayment experience, all within a fast-paced startup environment.
Key Responsibilities:
● Providing expert service and guidance to our clients over phone, email, and chat
● Ensure correct documents are sent to clients based on their situation
● Completing tasks with organized notes with consistent processes
● De-escalate and /or escalate situations involving dissatisfied customers, offering patient assistance and support.
● Maintain positive relationships and engage customers by going above and beyond.
● Support and resolve tickets in an urgent and accurate manner.
● Provides effective customer service by answering customer questions.
● Investigates and corrects errors; and resolves problems or other issues.
● Completes all work in accordance with TempoPay’s policies and procedures.
● May be required to assist with other Customer Services and Operations tasks on an as needed basis
● Track cardholder repayments and ensure timely, accurate collection
● Reconcile repayment data across internal platforms and validate against bank deposits
● Support data analysis and reporting to monitor repayment trends, delinquencies, and cash flow
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Advanced English proficiency
- Strong finance or accounting foundation; comfort working with numbers and transactional data
- Working knowledge of Excel is preferred, including experience with complex formulas, pivot tables, and data reconciliation
- Experience analyzing data in support of complex financial products or solutions
- Exemplary customer service skills with a friendly, positive attitude towards both customers and the team
- Ability to understand a customer’s situation and provide options towards resolution
- Tenacity and persuasiveness when it comes to doing what’s right
- Outstanding communication skills (verbal and written)
- Eagerness to learn and accept challenges
- Self-starter who is able to work independently with minimal direction or supervision
- Highly motivated and interested in effecting positive change as a pioneering team member
- Ability to multitask as demonstrated by listening and responding to the customer while using a computer to research and enter information
- Passion that can convey the value of our TempoPay message clearly
- Keen attention to detail and ability to manage large datasets
- Tech savvy
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree business, finance or accounting
- 3+ years banking and/or customer service experience or 2+ years Fintech startup experience
This position has a Fixed Salary