Fraud Specialist Customer Care Agent

Fraud Specialist Customer Care Agent

• Location:
  Northampton, NN4 7SG
  

• Duration: 6 months temporary assignment initially with opportunity for a permanent role (Temporary to Permanent Opportunity)

• Hours/week: 7 hours per day, 35 hours per week

• PAYE Only

Are you looking for an exciting new career opportunity in Financial Services? Barclays are looking for candidates with a background in Specialist Customer Service to join the Fraud department on a temporary basis and should you demonstrate the required skills this may open the doors to a permanent career in the team.

The role will consist of a mixture of telephony and administrative tasks where you will be part of teams specialising in supporting customers who have been victims of scams, supporting Barclaycard customers by monitoring transactions, identifying and investigating fraudulent activity on customers accounts for transactions they do not recognise, and investigating customers who are in receipt of/suspected of imminently receiving the proceeds of crime, conducting reviews to ascertain complicity, so a background within a customer service based role supporting vulnerable customers and ideally from a Fraud or Financial background will be beneficial to support you getting off to a great start.

You will begin the temporary assignment with a 4-6 week training programme where you will learn about Barclays and the specifics of the role you will partake in within the Fraud department before then being accredited and becoming a key member of the team. This role is a hybrid role based in the Northampton office, you will be asked to attend the office 2 days per week and must be flexible as the days do vary depending on which teams you are put into.

Upon progression, capability, and performance, there will be a possibility your office days will drop to 1 day per week.

During the 4-6 training, you will work Monday-Friday 9am-5pm and upon being accredited will then move onto a rotational shift pattern from Monday-Sunday, between the hours of 7am-11pm where you will work 7 hours per day, 35 hours per week. Bank Holidays will be part of your rotational shift pattern.

• Consistently deliver excellent customer experience through telephony and written communication

• Demonstrate confidence when handling challenging and complex situations within Fraud including taking responsibility to investigate and resolve effectively
• Responsible in ensuring policies and processes are adhered to in order to protect customers
• Works with a range of internal stakeholders, support functions and third parties to resolve client queries
• Responsible for gathering information and facts in order to investigation and make decision with an analytical approach
• Champions continuous improvements, brings forward suggestions, shares best practice and participates fully in team meetings
• Identify and report recurring customer issues to management for process improvement.
• Stay updated on industry trends and company updates to better assist customers.

• Experience with in Fraud, Financial Services, or a similar background
• Experience in taking complex calls
• Experience with speaking with vulnerable customers
• A strong and empathic communicator able to offer customers a seamless service
• Organised and able manage your diary/workload
• Able to use Microsoft Office tools to a high standard
• A real team player
• Excellent Written and Verbal skills

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