M&A Tax Specialist

SRM Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Pension

Paid parental leave

Wellbeing contributions

Job summary

SRM Recruitment is partnering with a market-leading transactional risk insurance business to hire an M&A Tax Specialist for its EMEA team. Based in London or Dublin, you will sit with the W&I underwriting team and shape the tax coverage decisions on live deals, with no prior insurance experience required.

You will review tax due diligence, draft underwriting questions, assess responses and determine the tax coverage position.

Qualifications

• CTA/ACA qualified or UK tax lawyer.
• 4+ years in tax advisory or analysis at a law firm, accounting firm or in-house.
• Excellent UK tax knowledge; cross-border experience is a plus.
• Confident with complex M&A structures across UK/EU direct and indirect tax.

Responsibilities

• Review tax due diligence reports, assess the scope of work done and flag the risks that matter.
• Prepare underwriting questions, review responses and form the tax coverage position.
• Review tax warranties and covenants in transaction documents and advise on issues.
• Work on UK deals, with exposure to tax across multiple EMEA jurisdictions.

Education

CTA/ACA qualified or UK tax lawyer

Job description

M&A Tax Specialist | Transactional Risk Insurance | London or Dublin

Location: London or Dublin (flexible office and home working)

SRM Recruitment is partnering with a market-leading transactional risk insurance business to hire an M&A Tax Specialist for its EMEA business. You will sit alongside the W&I underwriting team and shape coverage decisions on live deals. No insurance experience is needed.

The role

• Review tax due diligence reports, assess the scope of work done and flag the risks that matter
• Prepare underwriting questions, review responses and form the tax coverage position
• Review tax warranties and covenants in transaction documents and advise on issues
• Work on UK deals, with exposure to tax across multiple EMEA jurisdictions

What you bring

• CTA/ACA qualified or UK tax lawyer
• 4+ years in tax advisory or analysis at a law firm, accounting firm or in-house
• Excellent UK tax knowledge; cross-border experience is a plus
• Confident with complex M&A structures across UK/EU direct and indirect tax

Why it stands out

• Move from advisory into the commercial side of M&A without starting from scratch
• Direct exposure to international deal flow and senior underwriters
• Fast-growing, entrepreneurial platform with a collaborative team culture
• Generous benefits including health insurance, pension, paid parental leave and wellbeing contributions