Merchant Analyst

Merchant Analyst


Main Purporse of Job
 
To support any and all customer or merchant queries as received telephonically, via post, email or fax, in a time efficient, cost effective, information accurate and most importantly, customer friendly manner.
 
Duties and Responsibilities:
· Perform configurations on POS machines to prepare  them for  installation
· Capture merchant information on acquiring Systems.
· Prepare Association Quarterly reports (Visa and Master card) and submit these within SLA.
· Perform reconciliation on Card Acquiring accounts.
· Prepare monthly POS Utilisation reports and submit these to management.
· Support the chargeback process, ensuring requested vouchers are submitted to the chargeback team.
· Identify and remedy POS revenue leakage ensuring all POS fees are collected.
· Sell POS services to potential Merchants in the absence of Merchants’ Relation Managers
· Telephonically attend to POS technical problems; troubleshooting and reporting unresolved calls to the Relation Managers
· File Merchants Agreements, with attachments, resolved queries and all merchant correspondence.
· Ensure all written correspondence received (mail, email or fax) is responded to within 1 day.
· Ensure all queries received are resolved within the agreed service levels.
· Ensure all received customer calls are answered within 3 rings.
· Provide an effective and efficient telephone enquiry service to customers, merchants, Stanbic Branches and Head Office.
· Ensure the queries pending report is monitored and cleared daily to ensure customer feedback within the SLA is maintained.
· Ensure that the defined “Customer Security Check” is completed with every interaction with the customer.
· Ensure all calls / correspondence received is accurately recorded for MIS purposes.
· Ensure appropriate MIS is produced, considered consistent and reliable, and made available to management.
· Ensure that defined and agreed scripts as well as business procedures are followed / adhered to.
· Ensure all customers are dealt with appropriately and professionally. (in terms of tone of call and response provided)
· Know and understand the different Card Products and Merchant Products offered to our customers. Ensure you keep yourself updated as the products change.
· Ensure you escalate customer queries to the Team Leader / Manager for resolution, appropriately.
· Ensure tools required for normal business is in working condition.
· Ensure any system issues are immediately escalated through the appropriate channels.
· Ensure service levels agreed to are met or are above standard.
· Timorously identify risks and opportunities
 
Key performance measures
· All queries to be resolved within agreed service levels.
· All queries received to be correctly recorded for MIS purposes.
· All interaction with customers, merchants, branch or head office to meet minimum and agreed service standards (i.e. Introduction, tone of call, quality of information provided etc)
· Improve Card Customer & Branch Satisfaction Levels
· Performance aligned with agreed service levels.
· All incoming calls to be answered within 3 rings.
  • All correspondence received to be responded to within 1 day
 
 
Qualifications:
· Minimum educational qualification : Relevant Business Degree
· Some knowledge of the bank’s products and services
· Sound Credit Card specific knowledge
· Computer literate (MS office)
 
Experience
· 1-2 years experience required in the Financial Services Industry, preferably Credit Card background.
· Previous exposure (at least 1 year’s worth) to customer servicing activities