About Fig Fig is a new Fintech start-up revolutionizing the lending industry in Canada. Named Consumer Lender of the Year in 2024, Fig is dedicated to simplifying the borrowing process to make it more efficient and accessible for Canadians. Supported by Fairstone Bank and Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, Fig is in a unique position to blend the benefits of extensive lending experience with the agility of a start-up. This combination allows the company to effectively meet the credit needs of Canadians from various financial backgrounds. The Role We’re looking for someone who is obsessed with bettering customer experience and who can be the voice of our customers. This individual's immediate focus will be to support Fig’s B2C customers through their journey, whether that be customer support, servicing and resolutions. The right candidate is fluent in both French and English and passionate about customer experience, embraces ambiguity and is excited to challenge the existing financial services environment and how borrowers are supported. If this sounds like you, apply and let’s reinvent customer experience in the lending world as a team! You will be supporting our customers over phone, livechat and email to support our customers.
What you’ll do as a Bilingual Customer Experience Specialist
Be the customer champion, understand customer needs, uncover root causes behind issues and go above and beyond to help customers find solutions.
Help customers through our various support channels (Phones, Emails & Chat). This includes answering questions about the product, helping customers with their application/loan and investigating issues.
Understand Fig’s business and its products and keep up to date with product changes and enhancements
Identify potential bugs and product enhancements through customer feedback and surface your findings appropriately.
Understand our internal tools and resources (Salesforce, Freshdesk, Onfido, Flinks, etc), and how best to utilize them when troubleshooting complex issues.
Follow internal workflows and processes with strong attention to detail.
Help to drive positive change throughout your team, department and Fig as a whole by sharing your opinion and feedback.
Analyze customer interactions and support data to identify trends, recurring issues, and opportunities to improve the borrower experience.
Partner with Product team by translating customer feedback and support data into actionable insights.
What you’ll bring
You are fully bilingual, with exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, in English and FrenchYou excel at problem solving, have great troubleshooting abilities and are resourceful.
You are a great communicator and are able to communicate clearly and concisely both over email, chat and over the phone. You use your skills to deliver empathetic and above and beyond customer experiences.
You are empathetic and put yourself into the shoes of our borrowers and understand their perspective and point of view. You acknowledge concerns, listen carefully and care about their priorities.
You are eager to learn, are curious and hungry for knowledge. You want to build and/or enhance your skill set, whether that be from a team member, or on your own. You enjoy researching and asking questions.
You embrace change, value change and are excited by it.
You believe that change equals growth for yourself and for Fig.
You like teamwork and thrive in a collaborative work environment.
You are a supportive teammate who is reliable, inclusive, positive and believe that working together is often necessary to achieve our goals.
You are curious and analytical. You enjoy digging into data to uncover patterns and root causes behind customer issues.
You are comfortable working with dashboards or datasets to extract insights and make recommendations.
Why Fig
Unique opportunity to join a company in its early stages and have an impact on how to shape customer experience.
Cash compensation made up of 1) competitive base salary (C$50 - 60k) 2) annual bonus based on company performance
Retirement savings program with employer matching.
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision group insurance, as well as health and wellness spending accounts.
Generous time off to help you recharge.
Parental top-up to support your growing family.
Continuing education stipend to support your professional development.
Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, culture, sexual orientation, gender identity and physical ability. Diversity of backgrounds, perspectives, and experience is fundamental to our business. We believe in fostering an environment where team members of all backgrounds can feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work every day. We aim to ensure all of our employees work in an environment that makes them feel valued, heard, and supported while they strive towards career pursuits and their personal and professional growth. We are committed to providing accommodations for all candidates that require them and in all aspects of the recruitment, selection, and/or assessment process. If you are selected to participate in any part of the selection and/or assessment process, please inform us of any accommodation(s) that you may require. AI Disclosure We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us. We’re flattered that you’d like to join our team, but only applicants selected to proceed in the hiring process will be contacted.
