Customer Support Specialist for Sage HCM

Job Description Are you passionate about solving complex problems and delivering exceptional customer experiences? Join our team as a Customer Support Specialist for Sage HCM, where you'll play a key role in helping customers get the most from their HR and payroll solutions. In this role, you'll investigate and resolve challenging customer issues through hands-on testing, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams to validate findings, identify product improvements, and escalate defects where needed. Most importantly, you'll partner directly with customers, providing expert guidance, practical solutions, and best-practice recommendations that help them succeed. This is a hybrid role based in our Cobalt office 3 days per week. Key Responsibilities What will you be doing? As a Customer Support Specialist, you'll take ownership of complex customer cases from investigation through to resolution, using hands-on troubleshooting, testing, and root cause analysis to identify effective solutions. Working closely with customers and cross-functional teams, you'll validate issues, escalate confirmed defects, contribute to product improvements, and provide clear guidance that helps users get the most from their software. You'll maintain detailed technical documentation, ensuring a seamless support experience, while identifying recurring trends and recommending enhancements that improve processes, product stability, and overall customer satisfaction. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys problem-solving, collaborating with others, and making a real impact on the customer experience.

We're seeking a customer-focused professional ideally with experience supporting HRIS, HCM, or Payroll technology solutions who thrives on solving problems and delivering exceptional service. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to investigate, reproduce, and resolve technical issues while clearly communicating solutions to customers. You'll be comfortable navigating multiple systems, managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment, and helping users build confidence in their product knowledge. Experience providing Level 2 or advanced technical support, supporting software applications, and working with defect escalation or issue-tracking systems would be a distinct advantage. Most importantly, you'll bring a proactive mindset, excellent communication skills, and a passion for creating positive customer experiences.

Benefits? We have plenty...

• Generous bonuses and pension scheme: Up to 8% matched pension contribution plus 2% top-up by Sage
• 25 days of paid annual leave with the option to buy up to another 5 days
• 8 bank holiday days
• Paid 5 days yearly to volunteer through our Sage Foundation
• 50% income protection
• Holiday buy + sell
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
• Work away scheme for up to 10 weeks a year
• Ongoing training and professional development
• Hybrid working
• Healthy Mind app membership
• Access to various helpful memberships for finances, health and wellbeing
Function Customer Operations Country United Kingdom Office Location Newcastle Work Place type Hybrid Advert Working at Sage means you're supporting millions of small and medium sized businesses globally with technology to work faster and smarter. We leverage the future of AI, meaning business owners spend less time doing routine tasks, like entering invoices and generating reports, and more time pursuing their ambitions. Our colleagues are the best of the best. It's why we were awarded 2024 Best Places to Work by Glassdoor. Because to achieve extraordinary outcomes, we need extraordinary teams. This means infusing Sage with people who knock down barriers, continuously innovate, and want to experience their potential. Learn more about working at Sage: sage.com/en-gb/company/careers/working-at-sage/ Watch a video about our culture: youtube.com/watch?v=qIoiCpZH-QE We celebrate individuality and welcome you to join us if you embrace all backgrounds, identities, beliefs, and ways of working. If you need support applying, reach out at careers@sage.com. Learn more about DEI at Sage: sage.com/en-gb/company/careers/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/ Powered by Sage People Recruit