Underwriting Information Specialist (Part-Time / Internship)

Job Description

Reporting to an Risk Manager, the ideal candidate will be responsible for reviewing new requests for financial information on specific companies and actively pursuing the data via direct phone calls and emails. The ideal candidate will then spread the financial information received into Atradius’ proprietary Buyer Underwriting system. In addition, the ideal candidate will be responsible for actively monitoring, updating, and allocating daily workflow cases to members of the underwriting staff. This is a paid Monday through Friday role with a 20-25 hour commitment per week.


In this position your key responsibilities will be:

• Cold-calling and emailing executives from companies of all sizes to request financial statements and/or additional relevant information necessary to effectively manage credit risk within the buyer portfolio
• Spreading financial statements into Atradius’ proprietary Buyer Underwriting system.
• Obtaining bank or trade references
• Managing central in-trays for the Canada underwriting teams
• Completing necessary actions and allocating work-flow cases from central in-trays
• Processing requests surrounding data integrity issues, including obtaining new information, addressing duplicate records, verifying address and company operations, etc.
• Working with credit agencies to obtain updated credit reports and to launch investigations
• Responding to inquiries and information requests from various internal stakeholders
• Special projects and general clerical duties as necessary

What qualification should you have? The ideal candidate will be able to:

• Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication with both internal and external stakeholders
• Serve as a key contributor both individually and as a team member
• Demonstrate the ability to multi-task in light of simultaneous requests for information, urgent customer needs, and additional on-going projects

Other qualifications:

• The ideal candidate is someone who can commit to working 20-25 hours per week in our Mississauga Office. Proficiency in the Microsoft Office software suite is required and effective written and verbal communication skills are critical for the position.

Compensation: CA$20.00 per hour. Biweekly pay.