Time Type:
Full timeWorking Pattern:
HybridPurpose of the RoleAEGIS London are currently seeking a Tax Manager to manage AEGIS London tax compliance and accounting activities, ensuring timely reporting, adequate tax strategy, and compliance with internal risk monitoring and all regulatory requirements. This position also requires the successful candidate to liaise with external tax advisors where required.
Duties and Accountabilities
- Manage all tax compliance and accounting activities in a timely and efficient manner
- Drive best practice policies and procedures for AEGIS London
- Ensure AEGIS London is compliant with all regulations including (but not limited to) Lloyd’s of London and HMRC, preparing and submitting relevant returns, liaising with external tax advisors where required
- Assist, prepare and review, where appropriate, tax returns including VAT, Tax Computations or other Lloyd’s tax returns
- Partner with the Group Tax Team for US tax provisioning process, and ad hoc projects as required
- Liaise with external tax advisors, where required (ie: Tax computations). Provide necessary supporting documentation to tax advisors in a timely manner
- Support the continued transformation of the Tax function and migration to new General Ledger
- Manage tax compliance and controls framework ensuring that finance risks are identified and regularly monitored
- Provide necessary evidence to auditors in a timely manner
- Manage various tax health checks / projects on ad-hoc basis
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
The successful candidate will:
- Be qualified with a recognised professional body (CTA) with demonstrable relevant experience
- Have relevant work experience gained in the tax accounting and compliance. Ideally they will have worked in the London Insurance Market
- Have a good working knowledge of Microsoft packages including Word and Excel
- Have strong, clear and well-structured written and verbal communication skills
- Builds and maintains good internal and external relationships including the Group tax team and external tax advisors
We make decisions considering the best interests of key stakeholders. We are direct and straightforward in our actions, working collaboratively to create a culture of fairness and respect.
Open and inclusiveWe act with integrity, valuing diversity of thought and background. We take time to listen to the needs of our customers, stakeholders and colleagues working together to seek and share information.
AmbitiousWe have a passion for success, aspiring to be recognised as best in class. We embrace new opportunities, encouraging innovation in pursuit of our goals.
Striving to be betterWe strive to improve at all times, challenging complacency, being agile and adapting to change. We always seek to improve our customers’ experience with us.
Investing in people’s potentialWe provide an environment where each employee can reach their personal potential. We encourage personal accountability for performance and individual ownership for growth and success.
AEGIS London is an equal opportunities employer and recognises the value of a diverse workforce in facilitating better decision making and business growth. We encourage a variety of differing views, perspectives and insights to create a collaborative working environment. Diversity and Inclusion are fundamental to our business and we encourage applications from all backgrounds recognising the diversity of society and our customers.
It’s important to us that you are able to perform at your best when applying for a role with AEGIS London. If there are any adjustments we can reasonably make to ensure that the process is accessible for you please telephone us on +44(0)20 7856 7856 or email [email protected]
As a business, we understand individual circumstances may differ and aim to be adaptable and to support flexible working practices. Talk to our recruitment team to understand how AEGIS London can help support you in reaching your full potential
Skills Required
- Qualified with a recognised professional body (CTA)
- Relevant work experience in tax accounting and compliance
- Experience preparing and reviewing VAT, Tax Computations or Lloyd's tax returns
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to liaise with external tax advisors and provide supporting documentation
- Experience working in the London Insurance Market
- Experience supporting tax function transformation and migration to a new General Ledger
What We Do
Your risks, our resourcefulness. In an increasingly complex and volatile world, brokers and clients are looking for risk transfer partners who are accessible, resourceful and there for the long haul. At AEGIS London, our structure and our mindset mean that our resources are an excellent match for your risks. We’re here to find solutions – our underwriters are available and empowered to try their very hardest to find a way to say yes. We’re here for your future – the fact that we are privately-owned means that we take long term decisions about the business we do. We’re here for you – collaboration is a cornerstone of our culture, our policies and our claims handling. We believe in operating for the mutual benefit of all our business partners. Today, AEGIS London writes a diversified book of business through Syndicate 1225 at Lloyd’s where, year after year, we’re ranked in the top quartile for performance. Our underwriters are recognised as leaders in many of the classes in which we operate.
