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Life Insurance Tax Senior Manager – 28204

The Emerald Group

Greater London

On-site

GBP 80,000 - 100,000

Full time

30+ days ago

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic tax professional to lead delivery across various tax advisory and compliance engagements. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with experienced partners and directors, providing a platform for significant career advancement. You will be responsible for fostering client relationships, embedding tax into business opportunities, and mentoring team members to enhance their life insurance tax expertise. If you are passionate about tax and looking to make a substantial impact in the insurance sector, this position is an excellent opportunity to elevate your career.

Qualifications

  • Chartered Tax or equivalent qualification is essential.
  • Experience with life tax compliance software required.

Responsibilities

  • Lead delivery on tax advisory and compliance engagements.
  • Build client relationships and embed tax into opportunities.

Skills

Tax Advisory
Client Relationship Management
Knowledge Sharing
Coaching

Education

Chartered Tax Qualification
Chartered Accountancy
Legal/HMRC Qualification

Tools

Alphalife

Job description

The role involves leading delivery across a range of tax advisory, M&A tax, tax compliance, and tax audit engagements in the sector.

  • Location: London/Edinburgh
  • Category: Insurance
  • Type: Permanent

Key Duties (Including but not limited to):

  • In addition to delivery, the role will include building client relationships as part of wider client service teams and embedding tax into opportunities where relevant, as well as taking tax propositions to clients.
  • The successful candidate will work directly for a range of partners and directors who are highly experienced and are recognised UK-wide as leaders in their areas of specialism with strong promotion opportunities.
  • Another key aspect of the role is to be a role model in terms of knowledge sharing and coaching staff so that they build their life insurance tax specialism and have a team ready to meet market demand.

Minimum Requirements:

  • Chartered Tax and/or Chartered Accountancy and/or equivalent legal/HMRC/international qualification is essential.
  • Experience in using life tax compliance software, such as Alphalife.
  • IFRS and/or UK GAAP tax accounting experience.
  • Awareness of key accounting and regulatory principles relevant to life insurers (IFRS 17, Treating Customers Fairly, and Solvency II).
  • Audit and accounting for life insurance businesses (e.g. obtained through an audit role).
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