Corporate Tax Senior Manager - Insurance

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We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions businesses need to navigate today’s changing world.

Our clients are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy - and the owners and management teams that lead them.

We’ll broaden your horizons

Our Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions Tax team works with a range of clients, from entrepreneurial start-ups to recognised high street names and global corporations. We offer services including tax strategy and governance, tax technology, banking and insurance, diligence, tax structuring and more. So, there’s plenty of variety from one day to the next. Whether building great relationships with clients or colleagues, you’ll be supported by a team that brings out the best in you.

Tax is a dynamic, ever-changing industry.  As our clients’ needs and the regulatory environment evolve, you’ll encounter new problems to solve and new opportunities for growth.  Whether it’s advising clients on high-profile specialisms like Corporation Tax or leading the implementation of intelligent technology solutions, you’ll enjoy variety as well as stretch in your role.

BDO supports all kinds of different businesses in different sectors across the UK and around the world.  You’ll be providing Tax Advisory services to start-ups and scale-ups, to private businesses and FTSE listed multinationals.  Each of our clients has different needs and in applying your expertise in different contexts, you’ll develop your skills and gain valuable experience that will serve you throughout your career.

We’ll help you succeed

Our clients trust us because of the quality of our advice.  That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with clients and building long-lasting relationships.

You’ll be someone who can work pro-actively, managing your own tasks, but you’ll also be confident collaborating with others, communicating regularly with senior managers, Directors, and BDO’s Partners to enable us to serve our clients effectively.  You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to our clients.

The role

This role will provide tax compliance, audit of tax and tax advisory services to a range of financial services clients, but with a particular focus on Insurance businesses.

The primary responsibility will be to deal with all matters relating to the management of a portfolio of clients in the Insurance industry. You will also provide assistance to Director/Principals/Partners in both client work and in the management of the Insurance tax group, as well as be involved in special assignments on an ad hoc basis.

A key part of the role requires the individual to actively seek, and keep the Partner/Director informed about, any new business opportunities arising on existing and new clients.

Responsibilities

• Provide tax compliance, audit of tax and tax advisory services to a wide range of clients, particularly in the insurance industry, but also to the wider financial services industry on occasions
• Support, train, mentor, guide, supervise juniors and advise others (both internally and externally) in insurance tax - a key part of the role is to be involved in continuing to build and develop the insurance tax team
• Manage a portfolio of clients including control of client take on and engagement, billings, and identification of opportunities to improve recoveries, together with cash collection
• Pays attention to self-development and continuing professional education with a view to progressing within practice
• Ability to manage a substantial client portfolio profitably whilst being able to actively seek opportunities for developing new clients and for selling new services to existing clients

Requirements

• An in depth, up to date, knowledge of taxation with specialist knowledge and the ability to deal with complex tax issues
• Knowledge of the insurance industry and some of its tax rules is essential
• Some knowledge of the Life assurance or Lloyd’s specific tax rules would be beneficial
• Experience advising multinational groups on international tax matters and cross-border transactions
• Proven ability to independently manage and deli…