As a Customer Operations Specialist, you will be at the heart of Avarda Bank’s customer experience, acting as the first point of contact for our Italian and Spanish customers across multiple digital and voice channels. You’ll play a critical role in delivering seamless support, resolving inquiries. Furthermore, you play a key role in analyzing customer financial information, making final credit decisions beyond automated scoring, and engaging with overdue customers to safeguard portfolio quality.
Key ResponsibilitiesCustomer Interaction & Support
Handle inbound calls, emails, and chat inquiries with professionalism and empathy, providing clear and accurate information regarding credit agreements, account status, and product features.
Proactively identify customer needs and offer tailored solutions, ensuring a frictionless experience across all touchpoints.
Issue Resolution & Complaint Management
Investigate and resolve customer issues efficiently, escalating complex cases to second-line support or technical teams when necessary.
Manage complaints with assertiveness and care, ensuring compliance with internal procedures and regulatory standards.
Operational Excellence
Maintain up-to-date records of customer interactions in our CRM system, ensuring all written cases are handled within agreed SLAs.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., Risk, Compliance, Product) to improve processes and enhance customer journeys.
Review the underwriting process
Ensure accuracy, quality, and risk‑appropriate decision‑making in the underwriting process.
Analyse bank statements, credit bureau reports, income documentation, and other relevant materials.
Make final credit decisions according to internal credit policy and risk appetite.
Qualifications & Experience
Fluent in Italian and Spanish (spoken and written) – this is essential. Comfortable using English in business contexts, meetings, and documentation
Proven experience in customer support, preferably within a fintech, digital bank, or financial services call center environment.
Knowledge of credit card products, consumer lending, and digital banking operations is preferable.
Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to adapt to different customer profiles.
Proactive and curious approach to learning and process optimization.
Assertive and empathetic when handling sensitive customer cases or complaints.
Private health insurance focused on employee wellbeing.
Meal vouchers and flexible compensation plan.
An international, professional, and collaborative work environment.
Office perks such as snacks and regular company events.
Skills Required
- Fluent in Italian and Spanish (spoken and written)
- Comfortable using English in business contexts, meetings, and documentation
- Proven experience in customer support
- Experience within fintech, digital bank, or financial services call center
- Knowledge of credit card products, consumer lending, and digital banking operations
- Strong verbal and written communication skills adaptable to different customer profiles
- Ability to investigate and resolve issues, manage complaints, and escalate when necessary
- Ability to analyse bank statements, credit bureau reports, income documentation and make credit decisions
- Proactive, curious approach to learning and process optimization; assertive and empathetic handling of sensitive cases
What We Do
TF Bank is a digital bank offering consumer banking services and e-commerce solutions through a proprietary IT platform. It provides deposit products, unsecured consumer loans, digital payment solutions, and credit cards across multiple European countries.
