Customer Service Representative

About the Position

Customer Service Representative

We are seeking a Customer Service Representative for life and annuities business to join our team in Heredia, Costa Rica, ensuring high accuracy and service quality.

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Responsibilities

• Process incoming policy servicing requests for life and annuities products with high attention to detail and accuracy ensuring that all updates comply with internal guidelines and regulatory requirements.
• Update and maintain policy records using MS Office applications ensuring that all data entries and document versions are consistent, traceable, and ready for audit review when needed.
• Prepare, format, and validate policy-related documents and summaries in MS Office to support internal reviews, customer communications, and operational reporting.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams such as underwriting, claims, and customer service to resolve policy discrepancies and ensure timely completion of servicing activities.
• Respond to internal queries related to policy status, coverage details, and servicing actions by analyzing available data and providing clear and accurate updates.
• Monitor work queues and service level targets in rotational shifts prioritizing cases based on urgency and impact on customers and business commitments.
• Identify recurring issues or process gaps in policy servicing workflow and suggest practical improvements that enhance efficiency, accuracy, and customer satisfaction.
• Support the preparation of daily or weekly operational reports using MS Office highlighting key volumes, turnaround times, and potential risks for stakeholder review.
• Review policy documentation received from upstream teams or customers for completeness and clarity and initiate follow-ups when additional information is required.
• Adhere to all compliance, data privacy, and information security requirements while handling policy documents and customer data within the policy servicing process.
• Participate in knowledge sharing sessions and training activities to improve familiarity with life and annuities products, internal systems, and evolving process guidelines.
• Collaborate with team members in a hybrid work model by using collaboration tools and MS Office-based trackers to maintain transparency on work status and dependencies.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by sharing insights from daily operations that support the company mission of delivering reliable and customer-centric insurance services.

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Requirements

• Possess hands-on experience with MS Office applications such as spreadsheets, word processing, and presentations using them extensively for data entry, tracking, reporting, and documentation in a fast-paced operations environment.
• Demonstrate strong proficiency in organizing and analyzing data using MS Office features such as formulas, filters, and charts to support decision-making within policy servicing or similar back-office processes.
• Exhibit foundational understanding of insurance operations preferably within life and annuities domains including familiarity with policy life cycles, premium handling, and basic product terminology.
• Apply effective written and spoken communication skills in English to interpret policy instructions, document actions clearly, and coordinate with internal stakeholders across different shifts.
• Show readiness to work in rotational shifts within a work-from-office work model by managing time effectively, maintaining productivity, and ensuring smooth handovers between shift colleagues.
• Display strong customer orientation by focusing on accuracy, timeliness, and clarity in every servicing action thereby contributing to trust and satisfaction among policyholders and distribution partners.
• Utilize problem-solving skills and attention to detail to identify inconsistencies in policy information, correct errors proactively, and escalate complex cases through the defined governance channels.

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About the Company

Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) est un AI Builder et une entreprise de services numériques (ESN) élaborant des solutions complètes d’IA maximisant les investissements pour des résultats concrets. Sa profonde expertise des métiers, des processus et des technologies lui permet d’intégrer dans les systèmes technologiques le contexte unique de chaque organisation de l’ingénierie à la production à l’échelle. Son objectif: améliorer l’efficacité des équipes, créer de la valeur et permettre aux grandes entreprises de rester performantes dans un monde qui évolue rapidement. Pour en savoir plus: cognizant.ai ou @cognizant.

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À savoir avant de postuler

• Autorisation de travail: Cognizant ne prendra en considération que les candidats à ce poste qui sont légalement autorisés à travailler au Canada sans avoir besoin d'un parrainage de l'employeur, aujourd'hui ou à l'avenir.
• Mesures d’adaptation: Si vous avez un handicap qui nécessite des mesures d’adaptation raisonnable pour effectuer une recherche d’emploi ou poser une candidature, veuillez envoyer un courriel à [email protected] avec votre demande et vos coordonnées.
• L’IA dans notre processus de recrutement: Nous utilisons des outils d'intelligence artificielle (IA) pour trier et évaluer les candidatures efficacement. Notre équipe examine ensuite les candidatures et décide qui passe à l’étape suivante.
• Poste à pourvoir: Sauf indication contraire, ce poste est actuellement vacant et nous cherchons à le pourvoir.
• Exigences linguistiques: Nous demandons à tous les candidats de posséder une connaissance de base de l’anglais afin de faciliter les communications internes. Pour les postes au Québec, la capacité à communiquer efficacement en anglais est requise car vous fournirez des services à et collaborerez avec des parties prenantes anglophones situées hors de la province.
• Inclusion: Cognizant est un employeur souscrivant au principe de l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi. Votre candidature et votre dossier ne seront pas examinés en fonction de la race, de la couleur, du sexe, de la religion, des croyances, de l'orientation sexuelle, de l'identité de genre, de l'origine nationale, du handicap, des renseignements génétiques, de la grossesse, du statut d'ancien combattant ou de toute autre caractéristique protégée par les lois fédérales, provinciales ou locales.