Temporary Tax Manager in London

Who are we? Look at the latest headlines and you will see something Ki insures. Think space shuttles, world tours, wind farms, and even footballers' legs. Ki's mission is simple: digitally disrupt and revolutionise a 335-year-old market. Working with Google and UCL, Ki has created a platform that uses algorithms, machine learning and large language models to give insurance brokers quotes in seconds, rather than days. Ki is proudly the biggest global algorithmic insurance carrier and the fastest growing syndicate in the Lloyd's of London market, being the first ever to make $100m in profit in 3 years. Ki's teams have varied backgrounds and work together in an agile, cross-functional way to build the very best experience for its customers. Ki has big ambitions but needs more excellent minds to challenge the status quo and help it reach new horizons.

Where you come in? We are recruiting for a Tax Manager to join our team at Ki. In this role, you will work with stakeholders in Ki to deliver a range of tax services to the business. You will be primarily responsible for tax compliance and reporting work, whilst supporting on advisory projects and employment tax matters and will report directly into the Head of Tax & FP&A.

What you will be doing:

• Tax Reporting
  • Leading UK GAAP and IFRS tax provisions and disclosures for quarterly group reporting and legal entity statutory accounts
  • Managing UK and Bermudian audit relationship
• UK Corporation Tax
  • Leading preparation and submission of UK corporation tax returns for the legal entities and Syndicate 1618, including effective management of tax liabilities, e.g. through appropriate use of tax incentives including R&D tax credits and deferred tax assets including losses
  • Calculating the quarterly corporation tax payments on account, when applicable
• Transfer Pricing
  • Managing UK, Bermudian and US Transfer Pricing documentation, transactional analysis and supervision of transfer pricing accounting
• Overseas Corporation Tax
  • Leading preparation and submission of international tax information to Lloyd's
  • Managing overseas corporation tax compliance as required
  • Managing relationship with Lloyd's on tax compliance matters
• Employment Taxes
  • Working with external advisers and internal partners as required on employment tax issues
• Indirect Taxes
  • Preparation and submission of UK VAT group return with supervision by Head of Tax and FP&A
• Pillar 2
  • Leading preparation of Pillar 2 tax reporting and compliance files, including Ki component for Fairfax group reporting
  • Liaising with Fairfax, Brit and external advisors on Pillar 2 technical matters
• Other Taxes
  • Leading on Tax governance framework
  • Working with the business to ensure withholding tax and FATCA/CRS compliance
  • Supporting with long term tax strategy, tax projects and business initiatives as required
  • Staying abreast of tax developments and providing relevant, succinct updates to senior management

A successful candidate will have:

• Qualified tax advisor or accountant, formal qualification or by experience.
• Insurance industry or financial services industry experience is desirable but not essential.
• Highly motivated and able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to resolve issues and problems with minimal supervision.
• Ability to prioritise and balance multiple projects and workstreams with competing demands.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word.