Operations Associate (Underwriting)

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: Permanent

Location: Toronto

About The Role

Ecclesiastical Insurance Canada, who are proudly part of Benefact Group, are looking for an Operations Associate (Underwriting) to join our Central Region in our Toronto office.

About The Role

We are seeking an Operation Associate to join our National Data Support team. The successful candidate will provide data processing for the Strategic Accounts and National Programs division, reporting to the Director of Process & Data Operations. This role is crucial in processing and managing our data, while offering the opportunity to build internal relationships with underwriting experts and various functional areas.

Become a part of an organization that invests all available profits into charities and good causes, shaping a brighter future for all.

Key Responsibilities

• Process underwriting transactions in the policy management system (i.e. new business, rewrites, renewals, endorsements) accurately and efficiently
• Support Underwriting and Claims with data entry tasks
• Validate and verify data against program and/or capacity parameters
• Communicate effectively with Underwriting and Claims to resolve inquiries
• Reconcile system data to certificates and policies to maintain or improve data integrity
• Maintain data in online portal & database to ensure smooth processing
• Meet month-end and year-end deadlines
• Provide ad-hoc activities and various underwriting support as required
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, And Experience

• University degree or college diploma or equivalent experience
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
• Strong attention to accuracy and detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Demonstrable organizational skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Data entry experience is an asset
  
  

What We Offer

• A market-competitive salary - let's discuss it
• Flexible working program
• Annual home and roam allowance to support commuting costs and home office supplies
• Defined contribution pension plan - up to 8% with no employee matching required and voluntary RRSP and TFSA programs
• Generous annual bonus program for all permanent full-time staff
• Minimum of 3 weeks vacation plus paid wellness, personal, volunteer and sick days
• Comprehensive employee group benefits, including health and dental coverage, income protection plans, life insurance, ADD insurance and an annual Health Care Spending Account
• Up to $200 for an annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
• Family and Employee Assistance Program, a discount and perks program as well as an annual fitness reimbursement
• Family friendly benefits including maternity/parental top-up payments
• Support towards professional designations
• Personal development subsidy covering courses of personal interests or hobbies
• Wellness perks such as daily fresh fruit, snacks and ice-cream days in the summer
• Engagement activities including regular lunch and learns, after-work get togethers and Lunch with Leaders program to name a few
  
  

About us

Ecclesiastical Insurance is a unique specialist insurance company that is deeply committed to protecting the needs of organizations that enrich the lives of others and to supporting initiatives that help improve the lives of those in need.

We insure some of Canada’s most historic and culturally significant places, as well as the arts, retirement living, education, charities, and faith organizations.

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.

If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.

• Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26