Tax Manager in London

AEGIS 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

• 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.
• Build and maintain good internal and external relationships including the Group tax team and external tax advisors.

AEGIS Values

• Fairness and respect: 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 inclusive: We 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.
• Ambitious: We 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 better: We 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 potential: We 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 recruitment@aegislondon.co.uk.

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.