Billing Energy Expert

**Location: Hybrid**

**Salary Details: £19,000-£23,000**

**About The Role**

**About the team**

It doesn’t matter what the customer query is, we are here to help. We support and train our people to deal with any question a customer may ask; and our people own the customer interaction from start to finish, we don’t pass our customers from pillar to post. Top class customer service is what we pride ourselves on and if your passion is to treat customers fairly and provide awesome customer service this is the team for you.

The department is vibrant, fast paced and friendly but extremely professional with customer experience always its primary focus. We are currently amid a transformational programme of change all aimed at improving the service we offer to our customers and our people are at the forefront of our initiatives.

Join our team and help us achieve our mission : )

Our Energy Experts are a one stop shop for any customer query, we are using cutting edge technology to get our customers talking to the right person - first time. We don’t give our people scripts we want you to be yourself while helping our customers at the same time.

The role will have a mixture of inbound work but also outbound for any assigned customers that need follow up work. Managing your own time and prioritising your work will be key.

You will be working within our very busy Billing Team, with the main objective of the position being to help ensure all customer accounts are billed accurately in a timely manner.

Thedepartment handles all domestic & PAYG billing functions for Ecotricity’s Retail Operation in respect of the supply of electricity and gas.

**Core Responsibilities**
- Provide exceptional customer centric service delivering first contact resolution for all our customers via inbound and outbound phone contact, our electronic platforms and face-to-face interactions.
- Proactive and Positive approach utilising the skills and expertise of those in the wider business areas to resolve customer queries, whilst retaining customer ownership.
- Manage and adhere to service level and resolution targets for assigned customers.
- To engage with non-customer facing teams to ensure customer requests are completed in a timely manner.
- To ensure our customer accounts are correct and all requests are completed accurately and first time to enable precise billing for our customers.
- To take responsibility and ownership for customer queries ensuring the customer is responded too promptly & updated frequently.
- Continuous improvement - Provide constructive feedback, contribute and support process improvements that will drive increased customer satisfaction striving to improve our customers journey with us.
- Effective customer resolution ensuring information is compliant against Industry standards.
- Take ownership of customer complaints, prioritise and complete to the customer’s satisfaction and within agreed time scales.
- Educate, coach and influence customers on best practise for domestic energy use.
- Any other ad-hoc duties as requested by Leadership & Management.

**About You**

You’ll have a thirst for knowledge and keen to broaden your skills and energy industry knowledge base. We are looking for people who are super passionate about providing excellent customer service - Setting customer expectations from the off and doing the right thing for our customers within the compliance framework of the industry.

As an individual you’ll have exceptional time management skills, as well as being able to multi-task, enabling you to meet targets and deliver the needs of our customers. You’ll be a superb communicator, who is able to influence and coach both our internal and external customers how best to use our services, whilst showing passion and enthusiasm for a greener Britain.

**Skill Set Required**
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills across multiple channels.
- Excellent time management with ability to prioritise workloads.
- Flexible and adaptable to changes in working patterns and duties.
- Good level of numeracy.
- Good level of computer literacy including Microsoft Office packages.
- Accuracy, Tenacity & Integrity.

**Specific Knowledge**
- Utility industry knowledge & experience (Desirable)
- Experience of Customer Relationship Management Systems
- Proven track record of working in a target focused environment and driving successful performance.

**About Us**

**What's in it for you...**

Healthcare plan, life assurance and generous pension contribution
Volunteering day
Hybrid working
Various company discounts (including shops, days out and events)
Holiday of 25 days (plus bank holidays) & ability to buy/sell days
Cycle to work scheme, car pooling and onsite parking available

As a valued member of the team you will be supporting the Group Environmental policy and its associated targets to make the Green Britain Group net carbon neutral by 2025

**Flexibility statement**

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