Junior Underwriter
6 months ago
**Description**: Junior Underwriter
**Type of position**: Permanent, Full-Time
**Location**: 7th Floor, 5160 Yonge Street, North York
**Reporting to**: Manager, Underwriting
**Work Model**: Hybrid
**About Tarion**
Since 1976, Tarion has provided new home warranty protection to more than 2 million Ontario homes. We serve new home buyers and new homeowners by ensuring that one of their life’s biggest investments is protected. Almost every new home in the province is covered by a new home warranty. This warranty protection is provided by Ontario’s builders and lasts up to seven years. It is backstopped by Tarion. More than 375,000 homes are currently enrolled in the warranty program. Every year about 55,000 new homes are enrolled.
With more than 300 employees, Tarion works hard every day to serve the public interest by, first and foremost, protecting consumers and their new home purchases. We investigate homeowner warranty claims; resolve warranty disputes between homeowners and builders; and provide deposit and delayed closing protection for new home buyers. We also manage the Guarantee Fund, an important financial reserve designed to help shield Ontario consumers from possible catastrophic building events. All of this enhances fairness and confidence in Ontario’s new home building industry.
As a Junior Underwriter, you are a dynamic, customer-focused individual who thrives in a high
- volume, collaborative environment. You are risk-minded and have a background in underwriting. You can analyze financial statements, review legal documentation, and provide a summary and recommendations for risk assessments.
- This is a hybrid role requiring working two (2) days in the office and three (3) days remotely, per week._
**Responsibilities**:
- Review financial statements and credit information for certain Vendors/Builders and Indemnitors
- Provide support in ad-hoc department projects
- Assist with issuing the Terms & condition letters to the Vendor/Builder
**Qualifications**:
- Community college diploma
- Financial literacy including basic understanding and ability to interpret a financial statement
- Proven ability to meet strict deadlines and manage multiple priorities
- Experience with conflict resolution to win-win outcomes
- Exceptional customer service
- Strong organizational, analytical and problem solving skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel and Outlook programs
- Strong communication skills: verbal and written
- Proven ability to work effectively with a variety of audiences and be a team player
- Demonstrated ability to balance multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
**Why Choose Tarion?**
We believe that Tarion’s employees are its most valuable asset. We strive to provide a welcoming work environment.
We offer employees a competitive compensation program, opportunities for learning and development, an employee discount program, access to wellness programs, and a variety of Employee Assistance Program tools and online resources to support well-being.
At Tarion, we believe that a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion allows employees to perform at their very best and underpins a culture in which everyone feels they have an equal opportunity to belong and build a career. Tarion is committed to developing and maintaining work environments and practices that ensure equality of opportunity in recruitment, selection and promotion, and to removing systemic barriers so that employees have every opportunity to feel included in the workplace.
**Application Submissions & Deadline**:
Please submit a covering letter and resume with vacancy code **JU113023**.
**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent
**Benefits**:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision care
- Wellness program
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus pay
**Education**:
- DCS / DEC (required)
**Experience**:
- Underwriting: 1 year (preferred)
- Financial literacy: 1 year (required)
- Risk analysis: 1 year (preferred)
- Risk assessment: 1 year (preferred)
- junior underwriter: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Toronto, ON
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