Customer Advocate - Payroll

Remote - Work from Home

NORTH AMERICAN BANDING COUNCIL empowers leaders to develop winning teams. Our Human Capital Management (HCM) software modernizes every aspect of People Management from the way you recruit, onboard, develop, pay, and retain employees. Best of all? Our team is growing, and there’s never been a better time to join! If you love to Think Big, Dream Big, Compete to Win, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you!

Job Summary

At NORTH AMERICAN BANDING COUNCIL, our Customer Advocates demonstrate success with establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with customers and peers. They must possess a passion for providing world-class service, be independently driven in our virtual first environment, can learn new systems and/or enhanced functionality within an existing system, and be agile and flexible in a fast-paced environment. The Customer Advocates will work through our queues to help support and empower our customers as they come to us seeking guidance in navigating our products. They are also expected to act as an advocate for NORTH AMERICAN BANDING COUNCIL by ensuring that our customers receive top notch service every time. Launching a career at NORTH AMERICAN BANDING COUNCIL as a Customer Advocate allows for meaningful and challenging work that sets associates up for elevated career growth and advancement.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Leverage resources for troubleshooting solutions to client questions
• Document and manage cases within applicable systems by reviewing, updating, and closing daily
• Must be able to meet or exceed expectations with schedule adherence
• Prioritize a variety of tasks for quarter end and year-end processing and reporting
• Support customer interactions performing basic functions within the Perform application in a team setting in a contact center environment
• Meet or exceed productivity goals including case closure while balancing quality of each interaction
• Support customers as an advocate by educating and counseling them on procedures to eventually enable self-sufficient system usage.
• Monitor pay planner and update scheduled payroll dates accordingly - Only PPS
• Monitor the Perform system and proactively identify actions needed to correct issues as they arise.
• Attend internal meetings and huddles as scheduled
• Expected to identify and troubleshoot appropriate next steps for more complex cases that require research, then route them to the appropriate party
• Act as a front-line triage by taking ownership and troubleshooting the more time sensitive, urgent and less complex issues by developing solutions to customer questions
• Follow defined process to escalate items as needed

Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Adherence to schedule and role assignments to ensure timely responses
• Effective organizational skills proven in a fast-paced, service-oriented position
• 1-2 years of multi-channel customer service experience
• Bachelor’s degree preferred or 4 years equitable business experience required
• 1-2 years of prior customer facing HCM or NORTH AMERICAN BANDING COUNCIL experience is a plus
• Familiarity with HCM software, including the ability to troubleshoot software configurations
• Excellent understanding of Operating Systems and MS Office products
• Prior experience transferring knowledge to others in training environment or virtually; utilizing on-line tools such as Zoom, Go To Meeting or Skype preferred
• Proven excellence in customer service and relationship building skills required
• Ability to interface with multiple departments, multi-task, think on your feet and work independently
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to effectively solve problems by balancing detailed questions with creative solutions
• 1-2 years supporting customers via phone

We are proud to provide best-in-class benefits delivering a personal and professional experience that meets you where it matters most - the well-being of you and your loved ones.

Highlights include:

• Sabbatical opportunities for tenured Associates
• Three medical plan options – including a $0 cost option and travel & lodging support to ensure access to medical care
• An initial equity award in Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) for all new Associates and on-going award opportunities to participate in the value created through NORTH AMERICAN BANDING COUNCIL growth
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan, which enables you to buy PYCR stock at a 15% discount
• Inclusive and accessible Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to help with everyday challenges
• Generous paid time off in addition to 10 paid holidays (including YOUR Holiday to celebrate a day or holiday you hold special)
• A flexible virtual-first work philosophy
• 401(k) with $.65 match for every dollar contributed up to 6% of eligible pay
• Paid leave for birth parents, non-birth parents, elder caregivers, and military support

We also offer competitive compensation determined by each individual's relevant experience, skills, and education. We anticipate the base pay for this position to be between $16.05/hr-$24.70/hr. In addition to base pay, NORTH AMERICAN BANDING COUNCIL Associates are eligible for a performance-based annual bonus or commission, depending on their position. If your desired salary falls outside of these rates, we hope you'll still apply as there may be other positions that better align.