Customer Support Specialist, Justworks
Benefits
$32.21 to $39.18 USD per hour
More information about location
2 days a week in office (Water Street, in NY)
Business operations platform
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Business operations platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$32.21 to $39.18 USD per hour
More information about location
2 days a week in office (Water Street, in NY)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help entrepreneurs and businesses grow with confidence.
Role
Who you are
- You are focused on and committed to helping people
- You are a customer fanatic with a proven track record of going above and beyond for your customers
- You treat others with care and empathy, and assume the best intentions in others
- You are a great communicator, being able to simplify complex concepts into clear, easy-to-understand terms
- You love to solve problems and figure out how and why things work
- You are an analytical, motivated self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced start-up environment
- You have the willingness to lean into a challenge and affect change
- Camaraderie - Day to day you can be seen working together toward a higher purpose. You like to have fun. You’re an active listener, treat people respectfully, and have a strong desire to know and help others
- Openness - Your default is to be open. You're willing to share information, understand other perspectives, and consider new possibilities. You’re curious, ask open questions, and are receptive to thoughts and feedback from others
- Grit - You demonstrate grit by having the courage to commit and persevere. You’re committed, earnest, and dive in to get the job done well with a positive attitude
- Integrity - Simply put, do what you say and say what you'll do. You’re honest and forthright, have a strong moral compass, and strive to match your words with your actions while leading by example
- Simplicity - Be like Einstein: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.”
- 4-6 years of work experience in a customer/client-facing role (required)
- 1 year of experience working with benefits concepts and practices (required)
- A track record of operating in a time-sensitive or deadline-driven environment
- Curiosity and an aptitude for learning new things and understanding how and why things work
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to break down complex concepts into simple terms
- Excellent at time management, organization, and prioritizing tasks
- Experience with Zendesk, JIRA, Talkdesk or related tools
- Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) and/or CBP (certified benefits professional)
- Spanish language capability, or other second language at business conversation level, a plus
What the job involves
- Our Benefits Support team at Justworks is dedicated to helping our customers run their business with confidence. We are the benefits experts our customers rely on, and we help our customers manage their benefits and perks with ease
- Our team takes ownership of our customer’s benefits concerns, and we actively drive issues to resolution. In this role you will support our small business customers with inquiries related to benefits and wellness perks , and contribute to internal discussions regarding product enhancements
- We believe a positive team is the strongest unit, and we strive to make ourselves and each other better. This is a fast-paced and challenging role, but also incredibly rewarding due to the positive impact we have on our customers and their businesses
- Take ownership of customer benefits issues from start to finish, in areas including but not limited to Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, HSA and FSA, Commuter benefits, and other wellness perks
- Build mental muscle and become a benefits subject matter expert in the benefits tools within Justworks - you'll be a go to resource for both customers and coworkers
- Answer inquiries on phone, tickets, and chat to help our customers optimize Justworks to administer group health and welfare plans and other benefits and perks
- Work through creative solutions to effectively answer customer questions, provide guidance, troubleshoot and resolve issues by utilizing plan documents and business rules
- Manage a queue of open issues to deliver timely and effective solutions
- Display a high level of professionalism and compassion when working with each customer on sensitive matters
- Leverage chat functionality to help our customers optimize Justworks to administer group health and welfare plans, including, but not limited to, Health, Life, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Flexible Spending Accounts, Leaves Administration, Disability Insurance, and Commuter Benefits. Ensures benefit plans are within the guidelines of Section 125, COBRA, HIPAA, FMLA, and any city, state, and federal laws
- Communicate customers in regards to policies, benefit eligibility, and employee rights and responsibilities
- Interact with cross-functional teams to identify areas where we can better serve our customers through product enhancement or process improvement
- Perform other related duties as assigned
- As a Customer Support Specialist, Benefits,, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization
- In this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following competencies:
- Consultative - takes an approach that focuses on building relationships with others, understanding their problems, and developing solutions to their challenges through open-ended questions and active listening
- Taking responsibility - being accountable, being committed, and accepting ownership for one's decisions, actions, and behavior
- Adaptability - the ability to adjust your approach or actions in response to changes in your external environment
- Solution-oriented - identifies the source of a question or challenge and provides the right, or a better, way of doing things
- Curious - the innate desire to learn, grow and understand
Our take
Justworks operates in an increasingly crowded space of all-in-one business operation suites, that include tools like human resources, payroll, employee management, benefits, and others that businesses critically need to operate as they scale.
Globally, human resource management has become an extremely fertile field, creating great opportunity for Justworks to continue to grow. The company is regarded as a market leader, but does see competition in the shape of Paychex Flex, Rippling, Paylocity, and TriNet, among others.
Justworks' solutions have proven extremely popular with SMEs, and this has not gone unnoticed by investors - with the company picking up considerable amounts of funding. The company is known to have sights on going public, though these were delayed somewhat by market conditions. That said, it has continued to expand operations and acquired Via in 2024, signalling that its going strong.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Nov 2023
$16.9m
LATE VC
Jan 2020
$50m
SERIES E
Total funding: $159.9m
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer work
- Paid parental leave
- Work from home opportunities
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus access to One Medical, Kindbody, and Teladoc
- Premium access to Headspace, ClassPass stipends, and webinars to support your overall wellness on topics like nutrition, budgeting, mindfulness, and more
- All Justworks offers include equity, and Justworkers can continue to earn more over time with promotions and tenure
- Extensive learning & development opportunities through workshops, ExecOnline, Udemy, and BetterUp coaching
- Apprenticeship program that supports internal movement and growth
Company HQ
Fulton Ferry District, NY
Leadership
Isaac Oates
(Founder & Director)Experience as a Senior Product Manager at Amazon before founding Adtuitive and serving as COO for a year. Left this position to spend 3 years as a VP at Etsy, before founding Justworks.
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