About KEV:
KEV Group is an enterprise SaaS company that provides an all-in-one activity fund management solution for K-12 schools. By seamlessly integrating and automating all fee management processes, our SchoolCash platform provides real-time visibility and control over how districts and schools create, collect, manage, track, and reconcile these funds. Parents benefit from an easy-to-use solution that offers convenience and supports all payment types. More than 26,000 schools across North America rely on our solutions to manage over $4 billion in activity funds annually.
The company is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Cambridge, ON and across the U.S., KEV is a portfolio company of Five Arrows. With over €10 billion of assets under management (AUM), the corporate private equity business of Five Arrows invests in companies with highly defensible market positions, strong management teams, and growth-based business models.
Why Join KEV?
- Work in an industry that benefits children, parents and schools
- Do meaningful and purpose-driven work, and make a real impact
- Join a quickly growing organization with real opportunity for learning and growth
- Passionate and accessible leadership team that cares about people, personally and professionally
- Hybrid work environment (3 days a week in either our North York or Cambridge office)
Job Description:
We are looking for a Technical Support Specialist to provide assistance to our customers. You will diagnose and troubleshoot software problems and help our customers have the best possible experience with our solutions. Ultimately, you will be a person our customers trust. They will rely on you to provide timely and accurate solutions.
Our products save schools time and money that can be used instead of student outcomes, and we are incredibly proud of our impact. If you’d like to learn more and are passionate about making a difference for people in their customer experiences, then please get in touch as we would love to chat with you. This role is an exceptional opportunity for accelerated learning and career development for those with the desire and drive to grow.
Responsibilities:
- Walk clients through a series of actions, either via email, chat, or phone to resolution
- Properly escalate unresolved issues to appropriate internal teams
- Conduct ticket prioritization, escalation, and routing
- Follow provided tools and resources to identify solutions
- Track system issues through to resolution, within agreed timelines
- Provide prompt and accurate resolutions to customers
- Refer to internal database or external resources to provide accurate solutions
- Ensure all issues are properly logged
- Prioritize and manage several open issues at one time
- Follow & improve department procedures and standards
- Update and add documentation to support’s knowledge base
Requirements and Skills:
- 1-3 years of technical software experience
- Strong proficiency in writing SQL statements
- Customer service aptitude
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to reach your audience in simple, clear terms
- Good interpersonal and customer care skills
- Ability to provide step-by-step help, both written and verbal
- Bookkeeping or accounting experience
- Creative thinking with an eye to the near and medium-term
- Strategic and analytical thinker, problem-solver mentality, self-motivated, success and results-driven
- Can be viewed as “the person to go to, to get the job done, and done properly”
Nice to Have
- SchoolCash or SchoolFunds experience
- Call centre experience
- Customer service experience
- Knowledge of Student Information System frameworks and standards is an asset
- Experience working in the SaaS space, with awareness of finance, bookkeeping and accounting best practices, and/or payment processing is a HUGE plus
We Offer:
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Competitive salary
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Comprehensive health and dental benefits
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Professional development opportunities
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Continuing Education
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Great colleagues and collaboration
This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required by an individual joining the KEV team in this or any other capacity.
KEV Group is pleased to accommodate individual needs in accordance with the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA), within our recruitment process. If you require accommodation at any time throughout the recruitment process, please speak with Human Resources or the hiring manager.
KEV Group is an equal opportunity employer who agrees not to discriminate against any employee or job applicant because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age.
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What We Do
KEV Group provides the most comprehensive activity fund management solution enabling K-12 schools to manage every dollar efficiently, accurately, and consistently. By seamlessly integrating and automating all processes, the SchoolCash platform provides real-time visibility and control over how districts and schools create, collect, manage, track, and reconcile activity funds. Over 17,000 schools across North America rely on SchoolCash to manage $3 billion+ in activity funds annually.
