Junior Underwriter

**Junior Underwriter - JU022625**

**Department**:Underwriting

**Type of Position**: Full Time, Contract 12-Months

**Location**: 7th Floor, 5160 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON

**Reporting to**: Manager, Underwriting

**Work Model**:Hybrid - flexible work schedule _(All remote work must be completed _from your home office within the province of Ontario.)_

**Grade**: I

**About Tarion**

Since 1976, Tarion has served 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.

**How We Make a Difference**

A home is one of life's biggest purchases. As an independent, not-for-profit organization, Tarion provides Ontario's new home buyers and owners with peace of mind that their purchase is safeguarded through the province's new home warranty and protection program.

Almost every new home in the province is covered by a new home warranty. Tarion ensures consumer protection by providing free tools, guides and resources to help homeowners understand their builder's warranty and navigate warranty claims with confidence.
If a builder does not meet their warranty commitments, Tarion offers guidance to help homeowners ensure they receive the coverage they're entitled to, and when necessary, steps in to help resolve warranty claims.
- This is a hybrid role requiring working two (2) days in the office and three (3) days remotely, per week. (All remote work must be completed from your home office within the province of Ontario.)_

**About the Role**

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.

**Responsibilities include**:

- 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
- 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
- Strong communication skills: verbal and written
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel and Outlook programs
- Proven ability to work effectively with a variety of audiences and be a team player
- Demonstrated ability to balance multiple priorities in a dynamic team environment
- Demonstrated interest in and commitment to continuous learning

**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 single file with a covering letter and resume with vacancy code** JU022625** by no later than **March 14, 2025.