Indirect Tax Associate Director

Join us an Indirect Tax Associate Director within our Global Indirect Tax team to take your career to the next level with a global market leader.

How you will create an impact:

This is a fantastic role for an experienced tax professional who would like to gain exposure to a diverse range of indirect tax issues in a multinational insurance business. You will support the Global Indirect Tax Advisory team in providing accurate, timely indirect tax advice to the business to help them meet their commercial objectives and assist in developing indirect tax structuring opportunities. The role will focus primarily on indirect tax issues in Europe and the Middle East.

Some of the key responsibilities include to:

• Provide indirect tax advice to a range of stakeholders, including finance, underwriters and other front office staff, and the Indirect Tax Director.
• Analyse the impact to AIG of changes in indirect tax legislation or practice across the region.
• Keep relevant stakeholders informed of indirect tax changes that impact the business.
• Advise on, and mitigate the indirect tax impact of, business restructuring.
• Assist the Indirect Tax Director in developing VAT and IPT mitigation strategies across the region.
• Assist in managing indirect tax audits across the region.
• Liaise with external advisors to obtain indirect tax advice.
• Actively identify areas for process improvements.
• Attend tax training and seminars to keep up to date with the latest indirect tax law changes.
• Review, at a high level, certain VAT and/or IPT returns in key jurisdictions.
• Support the Indirect Tax Director in delivering high quality indirect tax support to key strategic projects.

What you'll need to succeed

• Qualified accountant, tax advisor or lawyer.
• Significant European indirect tax advisory experience, at least some of which should have been including a proven track record in a UK or other European Big 4 FS VAT practice
• Experience advising on complex indirect tax issues.
• Knowledge of insurance premium taxes is preferable but not required.
• Experience of negotiating with tax authorities.
• Strong knowledge and experience of the principal EU VAT Directive and ECJ case law.
• Ability to manage senior stakeholders.
• Experience of advising financial services companies, preferably insurers, on indirect tax.
• Responsive to time pressure and ability to manage workloads and prioritise delivery.
• Able to identify, analyse, and communicate complex issues in a simple and concise manner, both orally and in writing.

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American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is a global leader in commercial and personal insurance solutions; we are one of the world's most far-reaching property casualty networks. It is an exciting time to join us — across our operations, we are thinking in new and innovative ways to deliver ever-better solutions to our customers. At AIG, you can go further to support individuals, businesses, and communities, helping them to manage risk, respond to times of uncertainty and discover new potential. We invest in our largest asset, our people, through continuous learning and development, in a culture that celebrates everyone for who they are and what they want to become.

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