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Business Application Specialist, Insurance

BENEFACT TRUST LIMITED
88,000 per year
Toronto
Full-time
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Business Application Specialist, Insurance

We are looking for a Business Application Specialist to join Ecclesiastical Canada in our Toronto office. Competitive salary, excellent benefits and a hybrid working schedule!

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: Permanent 

Location: Toronto, ON

Job Ref: 204751

About the role

Ecclesiastical Insurance Canada, who are proudly part of Benefact Group, are looking for a Business Applications Specialist to join our Toronto office.

We’re looking for a Business Application Specialist/Developer to join our Business Solutions team. In this role, you’ll help develop, enhance, and maintain internal business applications used across the organization, working with both legacy systems and modern solutions. You’ll collaborate with developers, business analysts, and operational stakeholders to troubleshoot issues, build new interfaces, and improve overall user experience.

We are actively recruiting for this new opportunity. We don’t use AI tools in our screening or hiring process. Every application is reviewed by real people who want to learn what makes you shine.  Ready to make an impact and love what you do? Let’s make it happen together!

Why join us?

Be part of a collaborative, inclusive, ambitious culture committed to making a difference and working towards a more sustainable future. For the eighth consecutive year, we are recognized as one of Greater Toronto’s Top Employer’s for 2026 - we offer fantastic career and development opportunities, with all of our profits going to charity and good causes.

What you'll be doing 

  • Develop internal applications using a variety of tools and technologies such as Claris FileMaker, SQL Server, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

  • Use UI/UX best practices to design and implement clean, intuitive, user-friendly solutions

  • Maintain and support legacy internal systems while contributing to modernizing application components over time

  • Build custom integrations and work with APIs and microservices to connect internal platforms and automate workflows

  • Participate and assist in code reviews, testing, debugging, requirements gathering, and documentation

  • Work closely with team members and business users to understand requirements and translate them into practical, usable, well-designed solutions

  • Support change requests, tickets, minor enhancements, and production fixes as needed

  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of documentation, development standards, and coding practices

What you'll need to have

  • Formal education in Computer Science, Software Development, or equivalent training/experience

  • 1–2 years of related professional experience

  • Experience working with databases; FileMaker knowledge is an asset

  • Proficiency in SQL Server and writing SQL queries

  • Strong foundational skills in JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and web technologies

  • Basic UI/UX design capabilities, with the ability to interpret requirements and contribute to interface design

  • Comfortable working collaboratively in a team environment

  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage priorities and handle multiple small tasks or work items

What makes you stand out

  • Demonstrated passion for purpose-driven work and contributing to meaningful initiatives

  • Experience with system integrations and working with RESTful APIs

  • Exposure to additional scripting languages beyond JavaScript (e.g., Python, PHP, etc.)

  • Familiarity with the .NET framework and related development environments

  • Experience working in the insurance or financial services sectors

  • Strong collaborative mindset with comfort in agile, team-based environments

What we offer

At Ecclesiastical Insurance, we believe work should feel rewarding — and we mean that in every way! Our Total Rewards package goes way beyond competitive pay, bringing you excellent benefits, wellness & well-being support, and perks that make a real difference. 

We’re committed to transparency and fairness for this role; the base salary range is between $88,000 and $101,000. That’s just the base —the full package includes so much more! Actual pay depends on your experience, skills, and fit for the role. If this range isn’t quite what you had in mind, we’d still love to hear from you!

 Compensation & Financial Perks

  • Competitive annual bonus- where individual performance is recognized.
  • Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP)- Up to 8% and no employee matching required.
  • Voluntary RRSP & TFSA programs– Grow your savings your way.

Work-Life Balance

  • Hybrid work model– Supporting a healthy blend of work and home life.
  • Time off- paid vacation, plus paid wellness, personal, and volunteer days.
  • Summer hours– More sunshine, less screen time!

Home & Roam Perks

  • Monthly allowance– For commuting costs and home office supplies.

Health & Wellness

  • Employer-paid benefits– Vision, health, dental, life, and income protection.
  • Spending accounts– Health Care & Healthy Living Accounts to keep you thriving.
  • Wellness perks– Fresh fruit, snacks, and summer ice cream days!

Learning & Development

  • Professional development– Tuition support & awards for CIP, FCIP, CRM, and more.
  • Personal development – Take that pottery class or learn guitar – we’ve got you!

Culture & Engagement

  • Fun at work– Lunch & Learns, after-work socials, and Lunch with Leaders events.

Giving Back

  • Giving back is in our DNA– Team volunteer events, employee-nominated charitable donations, community grants, and more.

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.  

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