Bilingual Underwriting Assistant

Aviva; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a vital member of the Corporate and Specialty Risk team! This bilingual role offers a unique opportunity to support underwriting teams in a dynamic environment. As you assist with submissions, data entry, and broker communications, you will develop your career in commercial insurance. The organization values growth, providing a compelling rewards package, career development opportunities, and a hybrid work model. If you're passionate about making a difference and eager to learn, this position is perfect for you!

Benefits

Base Compensation

Annual Bonus Eligibility

Retirement Savings Plan

Health Benefits

Competitive Vacation Package

Professional Development Support

Corporate Wellness Programs

Volunteer Opportunities

Extra Days Off Option

Diversity and Inclusion Programs

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of administrative experience in an underwriting environment.
• Strong proficiency in web and DOS based systems.

Responsibilities

• Support underwriting teams with submissions, declinatures, and renewal preparations.
• Data entry and tracking in various systems while ensuring accuracy.

Skills

Bilingual Communication (French and English)

Time Management

Attention to Detail

Data Entry

Microsoft Office Suite

Education

Related Educational Degree/Diploma

Tools

RTM

RTG

SFDC

Job description

Individually we are people, but together we are Aviva. Individually these are just words, but together they are our Values – Care, Commitment, Community, and Confidence.

An excellent opportunity exists to join our Corporate and Specialty Risk team! This is a bilingual (French and English) opportunity to help service underwriting teams.

Your role is to support our Underwriting teams, learn, grow, and work towards an underwriting career.

In this role, you will play a meaningful role in supporting our Underwriting teams that are driven every single day to think bigger, do better for our customers, and achieve desired results.

Come join our team!

What You'll Do:

• Working both collaboratively and autonomously while ensuring deadlines are met as part of a remote team is critical to the success of this role.

• Assisting underwriters in logging new submissions, processing declinatures as well as renewal and endorsement preparation while completing electronic filing of underwriting documents.

• Processing loss control reports, assisting underwriters in attaining D&B reports, preparing catastrophe analysis, insurance binders and other documents as required for underwriters.

• Responding to broker service requests on behalf of underwriting as well as following up on information needed from brokers on behalf of underwriting.

• Data entry in RTM, RTG and SFDC systems while updating tracking documents.

• Timely reconciliation of financial discrepancies working collaboratively and effectively with GCS Stakeholders.

• Produce reports, presentations and information summaries as required.

• Special projects as required.

What You'll Bring:

• Bilingual French and English communication skills (written and verbal) is a requirement.

• Excellent articulation via phone, email, and in a meeting setting in both French and English is a requirement

• Completion of a related educational degree/diploma and/or accreditation.

• Preferred candidate has 1-2 years of administrative experience with strong attention to detail and accuracy. Time management skills are essential in an underwriting environment.

• Manage autonomy confidently, accountable to various teams for role responsibilities.

• Strong work proficiency in web and DOS based systems and databases; must have a solid understanding of the Microsoft Office Suite.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the capability to communicate at all levels (with internal and external partners) is meaningful to the role.

• Outstanding organization and time-management skills with the ability to adapt in a dynamic, priority-changing environment is critical for success in this role.

• Vested interest in learning and building a career in the commercial insurance space.

What You’ll Get:

• Compelling rewards package including base compensation, eligibility for annual bonus, retirement savings, share plan, health benefits, personal wellness, and volunteer opportunities.

• Outstanding Career Development opportunities.

• We’ll support your professional development education.

• Competitive vacation package with the option to purchase 5 extra days off per year

• Employee driven programs passionate about gender, LGBTQ+, origins, diversity and inclusion

• Corporate wellness programs to support our employees’ physical and mental health

• Hybrid flexible work model

Please note that we may use AI tools to help us through the recruitment process. This is a new position which has been posted both internally & externally.

Aviva Canada has an accommodation process in place to provide accommodations for employees with disabilities. If upon commencement of employment you require a specific accommodation because of a disability, please contact your Talent Acquisition Partner so that an appropriate accommodation can be arranged. This process applies throughout your career with Aviva Canada.