Team Leader, Client Care

Your opportunity

As Team Leader, Client Care you will lead the day-to-day performance and development of our Client Care team. You will create a supportive environment where employees feel confident solving problems, improving services and delivering consistently strong customer outcomes.

Working closely with Client Partnerships, Technology, IT Operations and other internal teams, you will oversee service delivery, quality, coaching and operational support. You will also lead improvements that simplify processes, reduce manual work and enhance the customer experience.

You’ll also make an impact by:

• Leading, coaching and supporting Client Care Officers to achieve strong service and operational outcomes.
• Monitoring customer demand, call volumes, service levels and quality.
• Acting as the initial escalation point for significant customer, employee and operational matters.
• Using operational data, customer feedback and frontline insights to identify service gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Reviewing processes, procedures and ways of working to reduce complexity, duplication and manual activity.
• Exploring opportunities to use AI, automation, workflow tools and data capabilities.
• Partnering with Technology, Risk, Compliance and Information Security teams to implement sustainable improvements.
• Managing Quality Assurance and supporting training and development across the team.
• Ensuring risks, incidents and control weaknesses are appropriately managed and escalated.

What you’ll bring

You are an experienced people leader who enjoys developing others and creating an environment where great customer service can thrive. You are comfortable balancing day-to-day operational priorities with longer-term improvement opportunities.

You will bring curiosity, sound judgement and a practical approach to problem-solving. You are willing to challenge established processes while bringing employees and stakeholders along on the journey.

To succeed in this role, you’ll have:

• Previous team leadership or people management experience within customer service, contact centre or operational environments.
• Demonstrated experience coaching and developing employees.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• Experience monitoring service delivery, operational performance or quality outcomes.
• The ability to review processes and identify practical opportunities for improvement.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective stakeholder management, collaboration and influencing capability.
• Sound understanding of operational risk, controls and compliance responsibilities.
• Good digital literacy, including experience using Microsoft Office.

Why Cuscal?

At Cuscal, you can lead a critical frontline operation while helping protect financial institutions and their customers. Eligible employees can access a range of benefits designed to support work, family and personal priorities, including:

• Work in a hybrid model that supports your lifestyle and goals.
• We celebrate success: Our IGNITE program recognises individual and team achievements.
• Wellbeing focus: We support your physical, mental and financial health with holistic initiatives and access to discounts via Cuscal Advantage.
• Employer-funded paid parental leave
• Novated leasing through Cuscal’s approved provider
• The option to purchase additional annual leave

Benefit arrangements are governed by the relevant Cuscal policies and may change. Candidates should refer to current policy information for full eligibility and conditions.

Join us and reimagine the future

Ready to make an impact? Click APPLY to join Cuscal today.

If you’re excited about this opportunity, we’d love to explore how you can contribute to our vision for the future. Screening and interviews may occur before the job ad closing date, so don’t wait - apply now.

Cuscal is an equal opportunity employer committed to an equitable, diverse, and socially inclusive work environment and a positive, barrier-free recruitment process.

We welcome applicants from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with a disability, LGBTQIA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to explore career opportunities with Cuscal.

Note: Cuscal does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or search firms.