Indirect Tax Business Partner

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Liberty Specialty Markets Full time

**General information**:
**Creation Date**:01-Feb-2024

**Employment Type**:Permanent

**Employment Type**:Full time

**Ref #**:1234570752

**Description & Requirements**:
**Role Title: Indirect Tax Business Partner**

**Department: Finance**

**Team: Tax**

**Location: London**

**Type: Permanent**

**About the Department & Team**:
The London Tax Department is comprised of a dynamic team of tax professionals managing Liberty’s global risk solutions international (GRSI) internal tax matters and compliance processes as well supporting other internal functions and businesses across the Liberty’s insurance and reinsurance network across the globe.

Reporting to the Head of Tax, the Indirect Tax Business Partner will have full responsibility across indirect tax however it will be heavily weighted toward non-compliance activities. In addition they will be a leading figure within wider finance and change initiatives on behalf of the London Tax Team. The individual will have a proven track record providing technical expertise and business partnering.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Business Partnering**
- Lead discussions with the business and represent indirect tax on business advisory and special projects.
- Develop and run projects around indirect tax opportunities and legislative developments. This includes building and maintaining project momentum.
- Maintain, document and communicate material questions, concerns or issues arising out of the tax and non-tax specific projects and initiatives, which may result in tax process implications.
- Assist and represent indirect tax during strategic and corporate initiatives and consult with relevant tax team members to provide a joint perspective to business from LSM tax standpoint.
- Collaborate with tax compliance and reporting team to ensure complete and correct reporting around LSM indirect tax advisory positions.
- Prepare indirect tax communications to Senior Executives, Board and other management committees.
- Establish credibility with key internal stakeholders and increase the visibility of and engagement with the London Tax Team.
- Continuously reviewing and taking appropriate opportunities to improve tax governance process and operational effectiveness.
- Liaise with external stakeholders, including professional advisors, tax authorities.

**Compliance**
- Maintain industry knowledge and an understanding of VAT & IPT rules and practices globally to evaluate their impact on the business.
- Provide technical insight and review of indirect tax returns.
- Manage the development of indirect tax assistant managers. Providing structure, support and advice.
- Collaborate and proactively engage with the tax team to enable them to respond to indirect tax challenges.
- Take ownership of the Indirect Tax general ledger accounts.
- Contribute to the development of tax owned and tax impacting controls, procedures, control testing programmes, as business change requires review and change.

**Finance and wider organisational change**
- Support in aligning the Tax Target Operating Model to the Finance Target Operating Model.
- Support Finance function to ensure indirect tax risk and inefficiencies are understood and reported to the Finance Leadersip and wider business liaising with Finance Controls and Process team and the Risk Management function.
- Support the Tax Change lead to identify and implement new technology solutions to enhance tax processes.
- Adherence to all relevant regulatory requirements forms part of your role, and the demonstration of behaviours as set out in the Conduct Risk Policy, as they relate to your role, is core to LSM's commitment to our Liberty Values, placing customers at the centre of our business and behaving with integrity. LSM expects you to understand your responsibilities relating to all regulatory and internal requirements, and to proactively demonstrate compliance with these requirements and behaviours at all times. These requirements include the Senior Managers and Certification Regime Conduct Rules ,Solvency II, fair treatment of customers, Financial Crime, Data Protection, Conflicts of Interest, and Whistleblowing

**Skills and Experience**:

- At least five years post-qualification (ACA or CTA).
- Excellent team player. Will respond to change and challenges positively for and on behalf of the team. Maintaining a professional and positive outlook at all times.
- Strong relationship skills and an effective communicator.
- Professional services experience (large professional practice or global blue chip background), and extensive experience optimising and managing VAT positions. Financial Services and IPT experience advantageous.
- Strong technical knowledge of UK Indirect tax and awareness of global indirect taxes, particularly across the EMEA region. Including experience of partly exempt VAT groups
- Proven ability to deliver solutions and achieve deadlines.
- Ability to learn and use a variety of accounting systems
- Takes personal



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