Tax Risk and Governance Manager

Liberty Specialty Markets; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global insurer in London seeks a Tax Risk and Governance Manager to lead tax risk management and governance initiatives. The role requires effective stakeholder engagement, a strong background in tax risk frameworks, and a commitment to operational excellence. Ideal candidates will have a relevant degree and experience in tax technology. Offering competitive salaries and a supportive work culture.

Benefits

Vibrant and inclusive work environment

Career development opportunities

Support for work-life balance

Qualifications

• Experience in managing tax risks and governance frameworks.
• Proven ability to engage with stakeholders effectively.
• Strong analytical skills and familiarity with data controls.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain the tax risk and governance framework.
• Manage the tax risk and controls framework documentation.
• Assist with reporting tax implications to senior management.

Skills

Tax risk management

Governance frameworks

Stakeholder engagement

Process improvement

Data analysis

Education

Relevant degree in tax, law, or finance

Tools

Tax technology software

Job description

Role Title: Tax Risk and Governance Manager

Department: Tax

Team: Finance

Location: London

Type: Permanent

Description & Requirements

About the Role

The Liberty International Insurance (‘LII’) Tax Department is comprised of a dynamic team of tax professionals managing international tax matters and compliance processes as well supporting other internal functions and businesses across the LII and Global Risk Solutions (‘GRS’) network across the globe.

Reporting to the Head of Tax Risk, Governance and Operations, this role plays a critical role in shaping the future of the tax function, driving significant change initiatives across tax function operating model. This role will be instrumental in ensuring the successful integration of tax risk management and governance processes for LII, GRS and shaping the evolution of the tax operating model. The role owns the maintenance and development of the tax risk and control framework, documentation and attestations. It ensures alignment to the Liberty Tax Strategy and to regulatory expectations (e.g., UK SAO, HMRC BRR+, Corporate Criminal Offence), supporting a high‑quality, low‑surprise control environment across the region.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain the tax risk and governance framework
• Manage, maintain and enhance the tax risk and controls framework and document architecture.
• Identify and respond to emerging and perceived tax risks; remediate control weaknesses.
• Embed new or changed business/activity into the control environment.
• Ensure the framework meets tax authority expectations; prepare required documentation (e.g., HMRC Business Risk Review).
• Maintain SAO controls, procedures, testing and attestation; update as business change requires.
• Support Compliance with Corporate Criminal Offence (CCO) controls and procedures.
• Support enterprise‑level risk and controls attestations and testing.

Governance, policy and stakeholder engagement

• Assist with reporting to senior management and the Board on matters such as tax implications of data issues, risks associated with M&A and restructurings
• Liaise with regulators, auditors and external advisors on tax governance and regulatory matters.

Operational excellence and transformation

• Partner with Tax Technology team to drive process improvement and use of tax technology to increase accuracy, reduce manual effort and enhance data controls.
• Support change programmes (e.g., regulatory change, reporting transformation, ERP/tax technology implementations) from a tax governance and control perspective.

Champion the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies to automate tax compliance, reporting, and data analysis processes and governance processes.

Stakeholder Management & Leadership

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key internal stakeholders across Finance, IT, Operations, Risk, and Legal and the US Corporate Tax Team.
• Liaise effectively with external advisors, software vendors, and tax authorities.
• Communicate complex tax and technical concepts clearly and concisely to non-tax audiences.

About LII

LII is part of Global Risk Solutions and the broader Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, which is a leading global insurer. We offer a breadth of world‑class insurance and reinsurance services to brokers and insureds in all major markets.

Our people are key to our success. That is why “Put People First” is one of the five Liberty values which unite us as a global organisation. We bring this to life for our colleagues through:

• Offering a vibrant and inclusive environment and committing to their career development.
• Promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Our Inclusion Matters framework and employee‑led networks strengthen the diversity of our workforce and our inclusive environment.
• Reinforcing that collaborating together to share our unique perspectives help us make better decisions, deliver innovative solutions and pursue our ambitious goals.
• A supportive culture, which includes promoting a healthy work‑life balance and working flexibly.

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