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The Client Support Analyst at Nelnet Business Services serves as the primary contact for clients with technical and service inquiries, ensuring timely resolutions and maintaining strong relationships. This role offers a hybrid work environment, supporting flexibility in work-life integration.

Responsibilities: Responsible for resolving client inquiries via phone or email, diagnosing issues, logging interactions in the CRM system, and collaborating with internal teams to ensure client satisfaction.

Skills: Excellent communication skills, basic troubleshooting abilities across software/hardware, strong organizational skills, and the capacity to manage multiple inquiries simultaneously.

Qualifications: High school diploma required; an associate degree or certification in IT is preferred, along with 2+ years of customer support experience.

Location: Remote position based in Nebraska, USA with some requirements for in-person team meetings.

Compensation: $21 / Hourly

Nelnet Business Services (NBS), a division of Nelnet, Inc., provides payment technology, education services, and learning management solutions to education and faith-based organizations, serving more than 1,300 higher education institutions, 11,500 K-12 schools, 3,500 churches, and millions of individual students, families, and supporters across the globe. Our culture of service enables us to form long-lasting and trusted partnerships, while our focus on creativity and innovative solutions empowers our customer communities to thrive.

As a Nelnet company, the perks at NBS go beyond our benefits package. You’re part of a community, invested in you as an individual and united by our mission to create opportunities for people where they live, learn and work.

The Client Support Analyst acts as the first point of contact for clients facing non-complex technical or service-related issues. This role will be responsible for the efficient and courteous service and resolution of general inquiries from our clients. This role will focus on customer service, timely resolution, and maintaining strong client relationships with the ability to escalate advance problems to higher-level support teams.

This position offers a hybrid work option. Nelnet values flexibility and understands the importance of work-life integration. Our hybrid work environment allows associates to work remotely for part of the week, while also fostering collaboration and team connection through in-office presence three days per week.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Act as the first line of support for the majority of our client inquiries via phone or email, ensuring issues are addressed promptly and professionally; may include organizing and/or facilitation communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, track, and prioritize non-complex issues related to software, hardware, or services; escalate issues and provide ongoing support for product updates and releases.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships within assigned client segment to ensure maximum satisfaction and retention levels.
• Log and track all customer interactions in the ticketing and/or CRM system ensuring accurate documentation of issues and resolutions occurs.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to resolve solutions timely and understand the flow of information from one team to the next.
• Occasionally provide basic guidance and/or training to clients on how to use our products/services appropriately to enable a strong user experience.
• Adhere to defined SLAs for response and resolution times to ensure client satisfaction.

EDUCATION:

High school diploma or equivalent (required). An associate degree or certification in IT or a related field is preferred.

EXPERIENCE:

• 2+ year of experience in a customer support or IT helpdesk environment.
• Experience working with a ticketing or helpdesk system.

COMPETENCIES – SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/ABILITIES:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a customer-focused attitude.
• Basic understanding of software, hardware, and network troubleshooting.
• Ability to quickly assess and resolve or escalate client issues.
• Strong organizational skills to accurately document interactions and resolutions.
• Ability to remain patient, calm, and polite when dealing with frustrated or upset clients.
• Able to manage multiple client inquiries simultaneously.

Starting pay rate for this role is $21.64 hourly

Hours for this role: 8-5 PM CST Monday- Friday

Our benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA, generous earned time off, 401K/student loan repayment, life insurance & AD&D insurance, employee assistance program, employee stock purchase program, tuition reimbursement, performance-based incentive pay, short- and long-term disability, and a robust wellness program. Click here to learn more about our benefits: LINK.

Nelnet is committed to providing a welcoming and respectful workplace where all associates have the opportunity to succeed. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we ensure that all qualified applicants are considered for employment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion/creed, national origin, gender, sex, marital status, age, disability, use of a guide dog or service animal, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. We value the unique contributions of every team member and believe that a positive work environment benefits everyone. 

Qualified individuals with disabilities who require reasonable accommodations in order to apply or compete for positions at Nelnet may request such accommodations by contacting Corporate Recruiting at 402-486-5725 orcorporaterecruiting@nelnet.net.

Nelnet is a Drug Free and Tobacco Free Workplace.