Tax Underwriter

IDEX Consulting Ltd; Slough; On-site; GBP 162,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Comprehensive package

Job summary

IDEX Consulting Ltd is recruiting a Tax Underwriter for a global transactional risk product. The role focuses on underwriting standalone tax liability risks across the UK and international markets, evaluating technical merits and shaping terms for high-value matters.

No prior underwriting experience is required; the team comprises tax lawyers, accountants and corporate advisers who translate deep technical knowledge into commercial decisions while staying close to transactions.

Qualifications

• Tax lawyers with a strong deal sheet and technical depth in domestic and cross-border tax positions.
• Ability to analyse complex tax structures and make commercial judgements.

Responsibilities

• Underwrite standalone tax liability risks across UK and international jurisdictions.
• Assess technical merits, form views on risk and quantum, structure and negotiate terms.
• Draft policy wording and manage high-value matters from submission to bind.

Skills

Tax law background

Education

Law degree

Job description

Tax Underwriter

We’ve been retained by a leading insurer with a global transactional risk offering - they have a top-tier product, underwriting standalone tax liability insurance across the UK and international markets. Following continued growth and increasing demand for tax insurance on complex structures, they are looking to appoint a Tax Underwriter to focus on larger, more complex risks.

This is a well-trodden route for a tax lawyer to pivot out of private practice into the insurance market without leaving their technical grounding behind. No prior underwriting experience is required. You would join a team built largely from corporate, private equity and tax lawyers and accountants who have made the same move, and who now deploy that technical capability commercially while remaining close to transactions.

You will underwrite standalone tax liability risks across UK and international jurisdictions, assessing the technical merits of the identified tax position, forming a view on risk and quantum, structuring and negotiating terms, and drafting policy wording. You will work directly with brokers, law firms, accountancy practices and corporate and private equity clients, taking ownership of your own decisions on high-value matters from first submission through to bind.

We are keen to speak with tax lawyers from top-tier international or US law firms who can demonstrate a first-rate deal sheet, with the technical depth to analyse complex domestic and cross-border tax positions and the commercial judgement to make decisions on them.

Base salary is up to £180,000, plus bonus and a comprehensive package, with the final offer reflecting experience and market factors.