Customer Operations @ Hnry

About the role

Customer Operations @ Hnry Wellington, New Zealand Permanent, full-time Customers are at the heart of everything we do here at Hnry, and we are always on the lookout for motivated customer service superstars who thrive in a fast-paced environment and genuinely love helping people. 🧡

Our Customer Operations team are a vibrant, fun, and highly motivated team who work together to deliver an outstanding experience for our customers, making the lives of self-employed Aussies and Kiwis that bit easier.

The team are responsible for developing customer relationships that promote retention and loyalty, working closely with customers to ensure they are engaged, excited and satisfied with the service they receive, as well as canvassing customers on areas where we could improve all to empower sole traders to feel confident and on top of their financial obligations. Our Customer Operations function is made up of three squads — Onboarding, Experience, and Tax & Financial Support — all working towards one goal: helping our users never have to think about tax.

🚀 Responsibilities

  • Acting as the first point of contact for customers who are new to self-employment, offering clear, empathetic, and reassuring guidance
  • Supporting customers through account setup and helping them understand how the different parts of Hnry work
  • Onboarding new customers, including AML/KYC checks, ID verification, and guiding them through their first payments
  • Conducting proactive account reviews for existing customers to identify issues and opportunities
  • Managing queries with empathy and clear communication via phone, email, and web chat
  • Guiding customers on income allocation and financial wellbeing
  • Providing respectful offboarding experiences when required
  • Liaising with government agencies to resolve tax matters on behalf of users
  • Preparing and filing accurate tax returns and evaluating expense claims within Hnry’s scope
  • Supporting debt resolution, payment reconciliation, and ensuring ongoing compliance
  • Promoting self-service and guiding customers to Help Center resources
  • Collaborating with internal teams to resolve issues and contribute to continuous improvements

*The responsibilities above reflect the day-to-day across our three squads. If some don’t quite align with your interests, another squad may be the perfect fit for your skills and strengths! 💜 unnamed (2).png pfp draft (Facebook Post (Landscape)) (22).png Alex - Head of Customer Operations

🫵 What we’re looking for:

  • Either hands-on customer service experience, or a university degree that’s given you the skills to help people confidently and clearly
  • A self-starter that takes initiative and seeks out ways to make things more efficient
  • The ability to thrive in a fast-paced and changing environment
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills (good phone manner, spelling, grammar are critical)
  • Fantastic interpersonal skills, and in particular a strong empathetic personality
  • A high level of attention to detail
  • The right to work in New Zealand Bonus points for the following:
  • Previous experience with customer service tools such as Intercom
  • Experience working within a financial institution and/or experience being self-employed (freelancing, contracting etc) in any industry/profession
  • Experience of working in a fast-paced, agile workplace

🫶🏽 How we work

  • We are a fast-moving, highly collaborative, and motivated team that’s passionate about helping our customers succeed
  • Our relentless focus is on delivering clear, empathetic, and seamless experiences that make self-employment simpler and more confident for our users
  • We take a data-informed approach to everything we do, using customer insights and account trends to guide our decisions and improve support
  • We encourage experimentation, whether that’s finding ways to improve account reviews, or finding better ways to resolve queries
  • We invest in our people, providing opportunities to grow your skills and knowledge
  • We work hard, we collaborate closely, and we finish on time, no crazy hours! unnamed (10).png Starting Salary: $65,000 base, per annum ✨ At Hnry, we operate a policy of pay parity to ensure that all Hnry staff are fairly and equally compensated based on their contributions. You will have a personal development session every 12 weeks, where you'll work with your manager to set goals, track progress and grow in your role.✨

đź’ś How to apply

Complete the Hnry Job Application Form and we will be in touch!

About Hnry

Being self-employed can be tough - all the tax and compliance obligations can make it feel complex and daunting. It doesn't need to be that way.

HNRY is a managed service for self-employed contractors and freelancers, providing invoicing, tax, and insurance services - HNRY takes care of all your compliance, so you know it is getting done properly.

HNRY makes it simple to be self-employed. When you sign up, you no longer need an accountant or accounting software, you don't need to calculate or make tax payments anymore, and you don't need to try and get the best deals on your professional insurances - we do it all for you.

It doesn't matter what sort of work you do, or how often you work. Just tell us who you've worked for and how much they owe, and we'll invoice them, make all your tax obligations, and pass what's yours on to you. What you get paid is yours to keep!

You retain all the control and remain fully independent, and you get the confidence that all your tax and compliance is taken care of, so you can focus on doing what you do best.

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Job details

Salary

NZ$65,000 - NZ$65,000

Company

NameHnry
IndustryFinance
Team Size3

Funding

Total raised

$100M

Last stage

Series C

Investors

AirTree Ventures
MMovac
LLeft Lane Capital
Icehouse Ventures
AAthletic Ventures

Founders

James Fuller

James Fuller

Co-Founder & CEO

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CF

Claire Fuller

Co-Founder & COO

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.