This is a new role as tax lead within an expanding insurance company and its European operations. This role will be responsible for:
- The preparation and submission of the vast majority of tax returns for the UK and European operations;
- Liaison with tax advisors who support the business across Europe;
- Design, documentation and testing of taxation internal controls leading to supporting annual SAO submission and other regulatory requirements.
- Consolidation, improvement, automation and standardisation of existing tax processes from across the UK and European operations.

Experience



* 3 years' post qualification experience;
* Working knowledge of corporation tax requirements imposed by HMRC for insurance companies operating in the UK
* Working knowledge of VAT requirements imposed by HMRC for insurance companies operating in the UK
* Working knowledge of IPT requirements imposed by HMRC for insurance companies operating in UK
* Experience with Lloyd's Syndicates as well as insurance companies;
* An awareness of similar tax regimes in European locations (e.g. Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Switzerland, Spain, Malta etc.)
* Liaison with external tax advisors
* Building and maintaining taxation accounting procedures and systems.

Skills Needed

* Advanced analysis and problem solving;
* Advanced numeracy;
* Tax forecasting;
* Advising on tax efficiency
* Project management;
* Pragmatic and balanced judgment and decision making;
* High-end organisational skills and a contingency thinking style;
* Professional business writing/presentation skills;
* Able to work effectively in a matrix reporting environment where inter-play to US tax department, local CFO and Malta Financial Controller will be prevalent;
* Ability to perform best practise benchmarking and identify process improvements;
* Team and individual influencing; and
* Risk Management.