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About the Role We are looking for a Call Center Agent to join our team. This role involves answering incoming calls from shareholders, brokers, and institutional clients, providing superior customer service, and performing necessary research regarding account problems. Key Responsibilities • Answer inbound calls from shareholders and prospective shareholders • Promptly respond to clients’ telephone inquiries and ensure that their needs are met with accuracy and professionalism • Ensure account verification procedures are followed • Adhere to CPU call handling requirements while interacting with customers • Respond to specific account and procedural information requests including balances, closing prices, portfolio performance and quotes • Listen actively and probe to determine client needs • Actively resolve client issues • Maintain shareholder accounts on the appropriate systems • Escalate issues when necessary • Keep management team informed of client feedback • Make outbound follow-up calls to shareholders in response to issues which cannot be resolved point-of-call • Maintain an understanding of the systems required to initiate shareholder transaction and maintenance requests • Remain up to date regarding Stock Transfer products, services and systems • Maintain working knowledge of client products that CPU supports • Maintain working knowledge of CPU policies and procedures Requirements • 1-5 years of experience in a call center in a customer service environment, ideally in a Financial Services industry • Strong Verbal and Written English • Very good keyboard skills – Formal Training in Typing would be an added advantage • Conversant using MS Office – PowerPoint, Excel and MS Word • Strong problem solving and analytical skills • Customer Centric • Ability to work accurately under pressure • Good Team Player • Strong Sense of Urgency • Bachelors degree or equivalent experience