Gaurav Kumar Sharma
Gaurav Kumar Sharma

Customer Experience Consultant – Payments

Actively looking · Member since 24 Sep 2026
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Desired salary
Unspecified
Work preference
Remote Only / Full Time, Part Time, Contract, Freelance
Experience level
Senior

About

Professional summary

I am a customer experience and payments operations professional with more than nine years of experience across banking, merchant acquiring, POS support, remittance, contact centres, and service operations in the UAE and India.

I currently support merchants in the payments ecosystem, handling POS, authorisation, terminal pairing, TID/MID, transaction failure, settlement, and refund enquiries. I focus on first-contact resolution while balancing service measures including SLA, TAT, AHT, CSAT, and NPS.

I am experienced in complaint handling, escalations, service recovery, CRM governance, root-cause analysis, and cross-functional coordination with operations, technical, field, and compliance teams. I maintain accurate case records and apply awareness of KYC, PCI-DSS, data privacy, and quality standards.

My digital customer experience exposure includes mobile app and website support, UAT, product testing, customer-feedback validation, recurring-issue analysis, and usability improvement. I use customer insights to identify service gaps and improve digital adoption.

I have led and coached customer service and sales teams, delivering measurable improvements in sales, customer satisfaction, team KPIs, and resolution time. I am recognized for customer-centric communication, stakeholder management, analytical problem-solving, and service quality leadership.

I have received the Emirates NBD Retail GEM Service Excellence Award twice and contributed to improving a branch Google rating from approximately 3.5 to 5 stars through consistent service quality and customer engagement.

Notice period: 1 month

Skills

25 capabilities

Tech stack & tools

Working toolkit

Marketing and Sales Tools

Experience

Career history

Customer Experience Consultant – Payments (Merchant Acquiring & POS) Network International

Handle 80–100 merchant calls and cases per shift covering POS support, authorisations, TID/MID, terminal pairing, payment failures, settlements, and refunds.

Drive first-contact resolution while managing AHT, SLA, TAT, CSAT, and NPS expectations. Troubleshoot connectivity, failure-code, and batch-closure issues; coordinate resolutions with L2, Operations, and Field teams; and maintain accurate Salesforce case history in line with KYC, QA, PCI-DSS, and data-privacy controls.

Merchant Support Executive (Acquiring & POS) – Payments CX & Contact Center Magnati

Handled 40–50 merchant and payment cases per shift involving POS connectivity, authorisations, settlements, refunds, transaction failures, and service requests.

Investigated operational and technical issues, maintained clear merchant communications, and coordinated escalations with Operations, Technical, and Field teams. Recorded CRM notes, dispositions, issue patterns, and next actions while tracking FCR, AHT, SLA, TAT, CSAT, NPS, QA, and compliance expectations.

Customer Service Ambassador (Face-to-Face) Emirates NBD

Served as the first point of contact in a premium banking environment, managing lobby flow, customer enquiries, digital banking guidance, and service recovery.

Received the Retail GEM Service Excellence Award twice. Helped improve the branch Google rating from approximately 3.5 to 5 stars and contributed to a 20% increase in client engagement and product adoption through tailored financial guidance.

Customer Service Coordinator Al Fardan Exchange

Managed multichannel customer enquiries, complaints, payment delays, and escalations while supporting SLA adherence and service quality.

Coordinated escalated cases with internal stakeholders, maintained clear customer updates through resolution, and reported recurring feedback and service issues to support process improvements.

Operations Executive Emirates India International Exchange

Led UAT and customer-feedback validation for remittance applications, identifying usability gaps and supporting digital-service improvements.

Managed customer queries, complaints, and feedback across mobile app, WhatsApp, and website channels. Supported WPS card services and performed compliance callback verification for corporate beneficiary details.

Call Centre Executive Emirates India International Exchange

Handled high-volume customer calls and branch-wide emails for remittance, service enquiries, and digital-platform support.

Supported mobile app, WhatsApp, and website interactions, escalated complex cases, participated in pre-launch product testing, and shared customer feedback to improve service experience and digital adoption.

Representative Operations Concentrix

Supported premium credit-card customers in a high-volume BPO and contact-centre environment, handling complex enquiries and escalations.

Ranked as a top-quality performer within a 50-member team and converted customer conversations into sales opportunities through needs-based communication, objection management, and strong service delivery.

Sales & Customer Service Team Lead Tech Point

Led and coached a 10-member sales and customer-service team, increasing sales by 25% and customer satisfaction by 20%.

Designed sales and service training that improved team KPIs by 30%, implemented data-driven process improvements that reduced resolution time by 18%, and achieved 97% positive customer feedback. Led upselling and cross-selling efforts with a 35% success rate.

Education

Learning history

Manipal University Jaipur

Master of Business Administration, Analytics & Data Science

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)

Bachelor of Arts, Tourism

Punjab State Board of Technical Education & Industrial Training

Engineering Diploma, Mechanical Engineering

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