Benefits Care Advocate

About Gusto

Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. On top of full-service payroll, Gusto offers health insurance, 401(k)s, expert HR, and team management tools. Today, Gusto offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York serve more than 400,000 businesses nationwide.

Our mission is to create a world where work empowers a better life, and it starts right here at Gusto. That’s why we’re committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace, both physically and virtually. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy.

About the Role:

Our success in the Customer Care team is driven by the personal responsibility taken on by each of our advocates to drive authentic interactions through phone, email, and chat. Our advocates take pride in finding resolutions to some of the most complex benefit questions from our small business owners. You'll gain skills and experience working for one of the most exciting benefits platforms for small businesses. At Gusto, we commit to providing the resources and transparency to breed success through ongoing learning, development, and performance reflection.

About the Team:

The Customer Care team is the linchpin of our world-class customer experience. With their passion, insight, and customer advocacy, this team has helped us maintain a high NPS score while serving tens of thousands of businesses. As a Benefits Care Advocate at Gusto, you will guide our customers to solutions, answering queries via phone, email and chat each day.

Gusto is seeking support experts who thrive in a fast-paced, solutions-based call center environment. You will own each customer experience from start to finish, ensuring exceptional service and accurate resolution. You will guide our customers through our product features and act as their advocate internally to influence our product decisions and roadmap.

Please note that there will be an onsite training requirement for this role, before moving to a remote position.

At Gusto, we pride ourselves on providing exceptional service to our customers. To achieve this, we require all team members to be flexible with their schedules to meet the varying needs of their clients. This may involve working overtime, weekends, or adjusting shifts as necessary.

Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:

• You will own customers' inquiries from start to finish while keeping the customer updated at all times during the resolution process. While you can expect to primarily be on our live inbound phone channel for the entirety of your shift, a Benefits Care Advocate should be prepared to flex onto our email and/or chat channels based on business needs.
• You will be expected to work a full-time 40-hour/week schedule during our hours of operation.
• You will meet the quality and productivity standards necessary to meet Gusto’s business standards for superior customer service and performance progression.
• You will collaborate closely with other advocates and across the company to influence product development.
• You will deliver exemplary customer service using a “search first” mentality, ensuring comprehensive research of a question is carried out through our various internal resources channels before asking for further support.
• You will stay up-to-date with new products/features and be able to consistently communicate these updates to customers in a way that ensures an exceptional customer experience.
• You will be flexible to accommodate annual volume spikes from December through March when we require additional weekend overtime and blackout periods for paid time off to provide the best service possible to our customers during the most critical time of the year for small business owners.

Here’s what we're looking for:

• 2 - 4 years of experience within the call center, technology, retail, or hospitality space and are seeking a new challenge.
• At least 1 year experience in a Customer-facing benefits role with a benefits broker, benefits administrator, or benefits with a payroll/HCM/PEO company. Highly preferred, 2 years experience in the benefits space.
• Technical Ability: You must feel comfortable working with multiple and perhaps new technologies in a digital-first environment (tools such as Salesforce, Slack, Confluence, and NICE Workstation are often used). You will navigate multiple digital systems and use customer data to inform decisions.
• Collaborative: A consummate teammate, ready to wear multiple hats, inspire those around you and work collectively while priding yourself in maintaining a professional brand and image.
• Accountable: A proactive problem solver with incredible critical thinking skills, comfortable with a role heavy in customer interaction. Takes pride in seeing customer interactions through from start to finish.
• Manages Stress Effectively: You're an autonomous problem solver with a personality that thrives in a dynamic environment. You are not afraid to ask for help when the clock is ticking, but you always check your resources before sending out the call.
• Reliable: Individuals should take pride in showing up to work not only for themselves but for their customers. You’re proud of your perfect attendance award from grade school!
• Ethical: You hold true to your values of providing top-tier customer service. You are self-motivated to continuously strive towards improvement to better the success of our team and our customers. Shortcuts should never be taken.

Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week (or more depending on role). The same office expectations apply to all Symmetry roles, Gusto's subsidiary, whose physical office is in Scottsdale.

Note: The San Francisco office expectations encompass both the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas.

When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required.

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Gusto.

Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Gusto considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Gusto is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. We want to see our candidates perform to the best of their ability. If you require a medical or religious accommodation at any time throughout your candidate journey, please fill out this form and a member of our team will get in touch with you.

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