Customer Advocacy Manager

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We're looking for progressive minds who are driven and forward-thinking, who are open to different ideas and cultures, who can connect with customers and colleagues and who'll work with courageous integrity every day.

As an HSBC employee in Australia, you'll have access to tailored professional development opportunities, competitive pay, an embedded flexible working culture and a range of employee benefits. These include market-leading subsidised private health cover, enhanced parental pay and support when returning to work, subsidised banking products and services and wellness programmes including discounted gym memberships.

Wealth and Personal Banking serves more than 50 million customers worldwide with a complete range of banking and wealth management services to enable them to manage their finances and protect and build their financial futures. It is a global business that brings together management responsibility for Retail Banking, Wealth Management, Insurance and Asset Management with a focus on customer-centric propositions and innovative and efficient distribution channels.

This role is a full time permanent role for an ambitious individual to join the team as a Customer Advocacy Manager..

**Responsibilities**:

- Responsible for investigating, managing and drafting responses to customers for complaints determined to be managed by the Customer Advocate made by customers from WPB and small business customers from CMB within the required SLA.
- Tracking and ensuring updates are provided to customers or AFCA where their complaints are under review by the Customer Advocate in line with the required SLA and any commitment made by the Customer Advocate.
- Effectively investigating the complaint, including accessing information held in all the bank's systems and the Complaints database and collating the information for the Head of Customer Advocacy to review.
- Liaising with Regulatory Compliance and Legal as part of complaint investigations and preparation of response letters. Where gaps are identified, actively participating in closing off any compliance issues that may have been identified during the complaint investigation
- Understanding of Collections procedure and legislation to assist with collection complaints, where required and responsible for setting up and updating complaints logged in the Complaints database (CMS).
- Providing feedback to the Customer Relations managers regarding complaints management and outcomes
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with the team and stakeholders in particular the Customer Relations Team as well as other teams across all areas of WPB and CMB.

Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will need:

- At least 5 years experience in banking/financial services (or related field)
- At least 3 years experience in complaints handling in any industry; or
- Experience as a financial counsellor (qualified); or working with Australians who are experiencing vulnerability.
- Self-confident, attention to details, team player and able to handle new situations including dealing with customers who may be experiencing vulnerability
- Be able to demonstrate a variety of soft skills (verbal, written communication and organisational) and inter-personal skills including empathy
- Able to use their own judgement in order to prioritise complex workloads and work to tight deadlines

HSBC is committed to building a culture where all employees are valued and respected and where opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and opportunities to grow in an inclusive environment. Applications from First Nations peoples are encouraged.