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Customer Support & Sales

Somewhere

Fully Remote
📍 Johannesburg
🇿🇦 SA Friendly: 1.0/1.0

🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants

This fully remote full time position at Somewhere is open to applicants from South Africa. This role is suited for mid-level professionals. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.

Job Description

Customer Support & Sales Agent

Full-Time (40 hrs/week) | Fully RemoteLocation: South Africa (U.S. Work Hours)

The Role

As aCustomer Support & Sales Agent, you will handle inbound card activation calls from U.S. customers who have received their credit card in the mail. Your primary responsibility is to verify customer identity, activate the card, and guide customers through a short, scripted flow that includes optional add-on or down-sell offers.

This is astructured, process-driven role, not a cold sales position. You will work within the company’s internal agent tool, which provides exact prompts, compliance language, and step-by-step guidance throughout each call.

Agents who succeed in this role are clear communicators, comfortable speaking with U.S. consumers, and able to balance customer service professionalism with light, compliant consultative selling.

Key Responsibilities
* Handle inbound phone calls from U.S.-based customers activating their credit cards
Handle inbound phone calls from U.S.-based customers activating their credit cards
* Follow strict identity verification, security, and compliance workflows
Follow strict identity verification, security, and compliance workflows
* Clearly read and deliver scripted prompts within the company’s internal system
Clearly read and deliver scripted prompts within the company’s internal system
* Present and explain optional add-on or down-sell offers when prompted
Present and explain optional add-on or down-sell offers when prompted
* Maintain a calm, professional, and empathetic tone when speaking with financially sensitive customers
Maintain a calm, professional, and empathetic tone when speaking with financially sensitive customers
* Accurately document call outcomes and follow required call procedures
Accurately document call outcomes and follow required call procedures
* Meet attendance, quality, and performance expectations in a fast-scaling environment
Meet attendance, quality, and performance expectations in a fast-scaling environment

What Success Looks Like
* High accuracy and compliance in identity verification and call execution
High accuracy and compliance in identity verification and call execution
* Strong customer satisfaction and professional call handling
Strong customer satisfaction and professional call handling
* Consistent attendance and schedule reliability
Consistent attendance and schedule reliability
* Ability to convert a portion of eligible calls into approved add-on sales (commission-based)
Ability to convert a portion of eligible calls into approved add-on sales (commission-based)
* Comfort working within highly structured systems, scripts, and compliance requirements
Comfort working within highly structured systems, scripts, and compliance requirements

Qualifications
* Excellent spoken English with aU.S.-friendly accent
Excellent spoken English with aU.S.-friendly accent
* Strong cultural familiarity with U.S. customers and communication styles
Strong cultural familiarity with U.S. customers and communication styles
* Previous experience incustomer support, call centers, sales, or financial services
Previous experience incustomer support, call centers, sales, or financial services
* Confident speaking on the phone and following scripted workflows precisely
Confident speaking on the phone and following scripted workflows precisely
* Detail-oriented and comfortable working in regulated or compliance-driven environments
Detail-oriented and comfortable working in regulated or compliance-driven environments
* Reliable high-speed internet connection and a professional home workspace
Reliable high-speed internet connection and a professional home workspace
* Open to performance tracking, quality monitoring, and structured feedback
Open to performance tracking, quality monitoring, and structured feedback
* South Africa–based candidates strongly preferreddue to language proficiency, time zone alignment, and cultural fit
South Africa–based candidates strongly preferreddue to language proficiency, time zone alignment, and cultural fit

Schedule & Coverage
* Full-time:40 hours per week
Full-time:40 hours per week
* 24/7 operation with higher call volumes during U.S. business hours (EST)
24/7 operation with higher call volumes during U.S. business hours (EST)
* Schedules may include day, evening, or overnight shifts depending on coverage needs
Schedules may include day, evening, or overnight shifts depending on coverage needs

Compensation & Incentives
* Competitive, market-aligned monthly base compensation
Competitive, market-aligned monthly base compensation
* Commission or performance-based incentives tied to successful add-on sales
Commission or performance-based incentives tied to successful add-on sales
* Stable, long-term opportunity within a rapidly scaling organization
Stable, long-term opportunity within a rapidly scaling organization

Why This Role Is Unique
* Join a high-growth fintech launch from the ground up
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Tips for South African Applicants

Timezone Advantage

South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.

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Salary in Context

Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.

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Application Tips

Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.

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Load Shedding Preparedness

If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.

About Somewhere

Somewhere is a company in the Recruitment & Staffing industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 614 open positions on Hirezar. View all Somewhere jobs →