Customer Service Team Lead

Our Story   Hello there. We’re Zopa.   We started our journey back in 2005, building the first ever peer-to-peer lending company. Fast forward to 2020 and we launched Zopa Bank. A bank that listens to what our customers don’t like about finance and does the opposite. We’re redefining what it feels like to work in finance. Our vision for a new era of banking puts people front and centre — we’ve built a business that empowers everyone to aim high, every day, to move finance forward. Find out more about our fantastic offerings at Zopa.com!    We’re incredibly proud of our achievements and none of it would be possible without the amazing team here. It’s not just industry awards we’re winning, we’ve also been named in the top three UK’s Most Loved Workplaces.    If you embrace unconventional challenges, are unafraid to think differently and are driven to make an outsized impact, you’ll thrive here at Zopa, so join us, and make it count. Want to see us in action? Follow us on Instagram @zopalife

The Role:

Our in-house customer services team are experts in solving escalated, complex customer enquiries. The team are responsible for supporting our front-line agents and working directly with customers to resolve escalated and varied queries across our range of products and services. We are a customer focused organisation, and the team play a critical role in delivering the standard of customer experience that we pride ourselves on at Zopa.

As a Customer Service Team Leader at Zopa, you will be responsible for the management, organisation, and co-ordination of the day-to-day work of a team of agents to deliver the highest standards of service to our customers. Because customers are so central to our business, we have a strong track record of progressing high performing operations agents within the business – either to ops career paths or to other functions, so it is imperative that you are passionate about people and their development to support individuals reach their personal career aspirations.

With the growth of our product range, particularly our current account offering, this role will be heavily focused on supporting the team to deliver results against some key business objectives. You will ensure you have adequate oversight of team performance and act on any insight that can help improve how we do things with a continuous improvement mindset. You’ll work closely with our current account product team to ensure we’re building a great product and acting as a voice for customers and your team, whilst ensuring product led initiatives land well within your team.

Working pattern:

This role operates on a Monday to Friday, 7.5-hour rotating shift pattern, with shifts scheduled between 8:00am and 6:00pm.

You will be required to work from the Manchester office three days per week

Some bank holiday working will also be required, with time off in lieu.

A day in the life:

Real time management of department resources to ensure internal compliance and quality KPIs are met. Including close monitoring of all queue levels, reporting risks and issues to Senior Management in a timely fashion

Working closely with our WFM and planning team to appropriately respond to service level variations and match staff to demand to maximise service availability

Ensure that customer or stakeholder enquiries are dealt with in accordance with the performance and service standards of the business

Set the tone and culture of the team, that helps to foster a supportive environment, focussed on common goals with a high-performance mindset in line with company values

Monitor and drive individual and team performance against KPIs, utilising structured 1:1’s, feedback cycles, coaching methods and clear performance goal setting whilst setting specific and actionable objectives where performance falls short

Prepare updates for your line manager on performance against KPIs and action plans where necessary

Proactively report up-line any potential or actual operational risks in a timely and accurate fashion to the Head of Department

Utilise data to make informed decisions to drive continuous improvement of your department, seeking new opportunities for insight to help you, the team and our customers

Maintain appropriate department knowledge to support the team with escalations as well as deliver required training and onboarding support

Support broader operational goals and objectives through your owned set of initiatives with a focus on delivering positive, actionable updates that improve performance aligned to Zopa key results

Highlight areas for improvement through appropriate change forums and support with delivery and rollout in your area with clear comms.

About you:

• You have experience leading a team in a customer focused operational environment.
• You know how to get the best out of people, balancing support, care and accountability.
• You are comfortable having difficult conversations and can manage performance in a clear, fair and constructive way.
• You are analytical and confident using data to understand performance, identify issues and make decisions.
• You are highly organised, structured and able to keep multiple priorities moving without letting things slip.
• You can prioritise well, especially when the environment is busy and things change quickly.
• You communicate clearly with your team, your peers and senior stakeholders.
• You have strong attention to detail, personal responsibility and awareness of risk, controls and escalation.
• You are comfortable working with pace, ambiguity and change.

 Bonus Points:

• Experience working in a fintech, digital bank or scale up environment.
• Experience in a banking or financial services contact centre.
• Experience working with a current account product.
• Experience using Salesforce, including reports or dashboards.
• Experience working with outsourced partners or cross site teams.
• Experience helping teams grow in ability or size.
• Experience working in a regulated environment with knowledge of FCA guidance.

At Zopa we value flexible ways of working. We value face-to-face collaboration and a good work-life balance. This hybrid role requires you to come to our Manchester office 3 days a week. (WeWork, Dalton Place, 29 John Dalton Street, M2 6WF) Please note this office is dog friendly so you might see some furry friends about!   You'll also have the option of working from abroad for up to 120 days a year!* But no matter where you are, we’ll make sure you’ve got everything you need to thrive, both in your work and home life, from day one.   *Subject to having the right to work in the country of choice   Diversity Statement  Zopa is proud to offer a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds leads to better products for our customers and a unique company culture for our people. We are made up of nearly 50 nationalities, have a DE&I forum made up of Zopians wanting to make a difference and we are proud of our culture where everyone can bring their full self to work. Our approach to DE&I is reflected in our hiring process so please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.   

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