Solvency II Life Tax Specialist recruitment
The person should ideally be the equivalent of an experienced senior manager in a Big 4 Firm or have at least four years life tax experience in a UK Life Group which has at least one I-E company (ie, not a mutual, friendly society or life groups which only have life companies taxed on a trading basis).
Experience gained in professional practice should include sufficient knowledge of life tax reporting (ie through secondments to clients or audit). Experience in life tax advisory alone (e.g. advising on deals/tax planning) is unlikely to equip the person with the required skills needed for Solvency II tax.
Essential:
1. a detailed knowledge of UK tax legislation as applied to life insurance companies and non-life companies,
2. a good understanding of general financial reporting for life companies ,
3. an ability to work and communicate well in a team particularly with non tax members, e.g. actuaries and financial accountants,
4. ability to demonstrate pragmatism; ability to work independently to meet deadlines
Beneficial:
1. a detailed practical knowledge of IAS 12 Income Taxes
2. experience of tax reporting in a life insurance company whether directly or by auditing of tax numbers in IFRS Financial Statements and FSA returns
3. an ability to analyse and understand the tax drivers and explain tax movements in non-technical terms so that management can understand the tax impacts in the results,
4. Actuarial background or experience of working closely with actuaries
5. Solvency II experience
6. QIS5 experience
7. Experience of working as part of a large and complex project