Tax Accountant

HDI is a Corporate & Specialty Insurer part of the Talanx Group. With over 120 years of experience, HDI operates across five continents, around 40 countries and employs over 5,000 people worldwide.

The role

• Support Tax Manager on all tax related matters for HDI UK & Ireland
• Support Tax Manager in tax matters across the areas of IPT, Corporation tax, Deferred Tax, PSA, and VAT, in conjunction with Group Functions as appropriate.
• Assist in the completion and accuracy of tax returns including quarterly and annual reporting to Group Functions, as well as filing of returns with HMRC.
• Own all IPT related processes across One HDI and other branches.

Key accountabilities

• Preparation and coordination of IPT returns arising from the insurance transactions for all HDI entities and all other Branches of HDI Global Specialty.
• Ensure correct IPT rates are used, and the correct information / supporting documents have been provided.
• Liaison with Fiscal representatives for the settlement of IPT.
• Own IPT monthly and quarterly journal processes and quarterly reconciliation to SAP ledger
• Maintain up to date knowledge in relation to the various territories regulations for both direct and indirect tax matters.
• Communicate any tax changes using various forums to relevant stakeholders, such as underwriters and the technical accountants.
• Maintain and nurture relations with SOVOS, Underwriters, Technical Accountants and HO. clear overview and understanding of the potential tax liabilities for the UK & Ireland entities.
• Assist Tax Manager in preparing VAT returns, PSA, Corporation tax, THDA reporting, Transfer Pricing and ad hoc tasks.
• Support the wider branch with any queries related to tax that may arise (including WHT, Transfer pricing, GST, etc).
• Implementation of process improvements to improve efficiency within scope of responsibility.
  
  

Skills & experience

• Experience in a tax role within insurance
• Good understanding of Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) and other related tax matters
• Part-qualified accountant
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Competent user of Excel & Power BI
• Good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills; comfortable with phone & face to face discussions with underwriters & other technical colleagues
• Able to organise own workload effectively to meet service standards
• Deadline focused; able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
• Good systems knowledge, experience of using systems to evaluate data
• Good analytical and problem solving skills

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