Life Tax Specialist recruitment

Applicants should have:

- Extensive experience of compliance and reporting of tax for life companies
- Experience of working with Abacus / One Source model
- Good communication skills (both written and oral)
-Be proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint.
- Good training and development skills as the role will require assistance to new team members who will be learning life tax
This job role is being offered on a 12-18 month secondment basis.

Job role accountabilities:
-Preparation for submission of Inland Revenue returns, claims and elections ensuring that reliefs are maximised, liabilities minimised and compliance obligations are met.

-Manage the involvement of key information providers for computations to ensure that requirements are understood and met in full and on a timely basis.
Develop and maintain good working relationships and lines of communication with internal and external business and accounting contacts.

-Compute and arrange payment of quarterly tax payments. Develop and maintain good lines of communication with Group Tax Compliance team.

-Plan, control and co-ordinate responses to Inspector’s queries on computations within sphere of responsibility and manage negotiations with the Inspector.

-Responsibility for maintaining general ledger accounts for corporation tax and deferred tax, monthly reconciliations and prompt action to clear differences.

-Prepare provisions for statutory and group reporting in accordance with reporting timetables

-Provide effective cover and support for other tax professionals to ensure the business needs of the Group are met.

-Identify areas to improve efficiency and controls and to implement them where required
Training and development of new team member