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.