Customer Service Processing Specialist- Life Billing and Premium
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What You Can Expect In This Role
Within the Customer Service department, the Life Billing and Premium team is responsible for updating policyholders' billing information along with processing financial requests (such as EFT, refunds, and billing frequency updates). Our team takes pride in and holds accountability for providing accurate and timely processing in a manner that exemplifies employee ownership.
What You'll Do In This Role
- Review and process high volumes of requests from contract and policy owners, agents and internal support departments in a fast paced, time-sensitive environment.
 - Manage multiple responsibilities and processes, ensuring all items are reviewed and completed according to the specified service standards, including but not limited to processing tasks, handling incoming and outgoing calls, emails and any other job related functions.
 - Acquire and maintain knowledge of multiple systems including internal processing, non-web based, web based and workflow systems.
 - Communicate both verbally and in writing to customers, agents or vendors to ensure transactions are in good order for processing.
 - Acquire and maintain working knowledge of current and past products and procedures.
 - Utilize accounting principles and practices to ensure accounts are in good standing and in compliance with suspense controls.
 - Provide a positive and professional customer experience with internal and external customer interactions.
 - Ensure compliance with applicable federal and state laws, regulations and requirements related to policies and contracts.
 - Research contract and policy history in order to provide information to external customers, internal customers or agents.
 - Recognize problems and analyze information to determine the correct course of action for escalated and complex matters.
 - Take ownership and accountability for achieving and maintaining daily production goals and decreasing total turnaround time.
 - Meet or exceed all KPIs and any communicated service standards.
 - Actively engage in team and individual improvement activities as requested by your leader.
 - Support multiple customer bases that include distribution partners, external customers, third parties and internal partners.
 - Identify concerns and opportunities within the area or team and provide ideas for improvement.
 - Provide training support for the team, including helping to train new team members when necessary.
 - Provide back-up support for other team members.
 - Perform due diligence to potentially identify fraudulent activity and take appropriate action to alert leadership.
 
What We're Looking For
Bachelor's Degree PreferredRelevant work experience in the life and / or annuity insurance industry PreferredPrevious customer service and / or call center experience PreferredStrong focus on customer serviceExcellent verbal and written communication skillsStrong organizational and problem solving skills with high attention to detailSelf-motivated with the ability to work independently and effectivelyAdaptable to frequent change in a fast paced work environmentProficient in Microsoft Suite (e.g. Office, Excel, PowerPoint) and basic computer skillsOther Requirements
Criminal background check required.FINRA regulations require fingerprinting for this position.What you can expect when you join Sammons Financial Group
Sammons Financial Group offers a competitive benefit package that includes : Health, Dental, Vision, Company Paid Retirement, PTO and Holiday Pay.Our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is a 100% company-funded retirement plan.Healthy balance between work and personal lives.Our incentive program for defined goals subject to eligibility and performance.Colleagues who support one another, model our core values, and drive our healthy, high-performing culture.Salary Range Information
USD $31,718.00 - USD $52,864.00 / Yr.
Work Authorization / Sponsorship
At this time, we're not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship now or in the future or those needing work authorization for this role.
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