Customer Service New Associate – Intelligent Citizen Services (ICS) in Herndon, Virginia

Customer Service New Associate – Intelligent Citizen Services (ICS)

As an Accenture Flex employee, you will apply your skills and experience to help drive business transformation for leading organizations and communities. In addition to delivering innovative solutions for Accenture’s clients, you will work with a highly skilled, diverse network of people across Accenture businesses who are using the latest emerging technologies to address today’s biggest business challenges. You will receive competitive rewards and access to benefits programs and world-class learning resources.

The Customer Service New Associate – Intelligent Citizen Services (ICS) will leverage call center experience serving as Tier1 Agent to deliver excellent customer service thru incoming/outgoing phone, email and chat inquiries from customers, process applications and resolve customer disputes with a positive outcome. The right candidate will enjoy assisting customers with first call resolution, de-escalate caller situations, adapt quickly to change, and working in a team environment.

Job Duties

• Answer incoming phone calls, chats, and/or emails

• Conduct outreach phone calls and/or emails

• Provide outstanding customer service

• Recognize and follow call flows with scripts

• Research and review customer inquiries

• Research information using multiple systems

• Relay research findings and outcomes to customers

• Manage customer contact while balancing the entry and review of all customer documentation

• Successfully achieve individual production metrics and contribute to the success of the broader team’s goals

• Maintain compliance and adhere to quality standards aligned to reduce operational risk

• Protect the privacy of clients while using multiple data sources and systems

• Identify and escalate appropriate issues

• Clearly document call information and encounters in call logs

• Recognize and alert management of risk and trends

• Quickly transition from one task to another

• Maintain a professional demeanorOther duties as assigned

Job Requirements

• Must have strong Wi-Fi/internet access to handle calls received via the internet

• Must have a remote/quiet and private work location

• Must be able to work an 8-hour shift between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time, Monday-Friday

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum of two (2) years Customer Service experience

• Minimum of one (1) year Call Center environment experience

• Minimum of six (6) months experience in the Accenture Health and Public Services sector

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a high-volume call center environment to include inbound/outbound calls, chats and email

• Health and Public Services experience to include State Medical Assistance, TANIF, SNAP, LiHeap, Child Support Enforcement, or Early Childhood Education and Care Services

• Microsoft Office experience to include Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams, and Microsoft Forms

• Experience in a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)/Business Process Services (BPS) environment

Professional Skills

• Strong listening skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York or Washington as set forth below.

The application window for this job will remain open until at least 08/29/2024. However, if this date has passed, please note we are still accepting applications.

Information on benefits is here. (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/local/flexcareers#block-section-total-rewards)

Role Location Hourly Salary Range

California $22.40 to $27.40

Colorado $22.40 to $22.40

District of Columbia $23.40 to $23.40

New York $21.30 to $27.50

Maryland $22.00 to $23.40

Washington $23.00 to $23.00

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