Underwriter, Tax - GTS

Description

• Key Responsibilities

• The Tax Underwriter role provides a rare opportunity to develop your career as part of a market-leading, dedicated team of underwriting professionals. We are looking for an intelligent and enthusiastic candidate to underwrite bespoke tax liability insurance policies covering potential tax liability as a result of M&A transactions, internal restructurings, tax incentives related to investments in renewable energy, and other transactions.

• The Successful Candidate Will Attend To The Following Responsibilities

• GTS is proud of its reputation for training and developing staff and as such, this role offers great potential for an individual with a strong tax and legal (and/or M&A background) interested in establishing or further developing expertise in this exciting and growing sector of the insurance market.

This role is responsible for underwriting tax liability insurance risks including:

• assessing tax risks;

• reviewing related documentation, tax advisory opinions, memoranda, ruling requests, sale and purchase agreements and due diligence reports/materials from a tax perspective;

• negotiating and finalizing policy wording and coverage;

• working as part of a dynamic team of underwriters as well as independently to individually lead underwriting of transactions;

• ensuring that brokers and clients receive a high level of underwriting service and certainty of execution that differentiates GTS from its competitors;

• establishing and maintaining strong relationships with brokers, clients and advisors to facilitate deal appointments;

• assisting the team to build the Liberty GTS brand through marketing and business development opportunities;

• providing technical training and guidance to other junior members of the team;

• continuing to seek improvement of the product and its practices and processes; and

• contributing to an effective team environment by interacting professionally with all team members in line with GTS core values.

Qualifications

• Qualifications

• JD and tax LLM

• Legal experience specializing in tax (with a strong preference for M&A experience) or tax liability insurance (preferably 4+ years) from a well-regarded accounting or law firm

• Sound decision-making and analytical skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Strong negotiation skills

• Strong legal drafting skills and broad understanding of legal and contract concepts

• Interpersonal and relationship-building skills; and business, financial, and risk awareness/understanding is a plus