EMEA Tax Consultant - Hybrid, Growth & Impact

MetLife Ireland; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Professional qualification support

Private health insurance

Job summary

MetLife Ireland is seeking a Tax Consultant to support tax reporting, provisioning, and compliance across Ireland, the UK, and the EMEA region. This role offers exposure to tax accounting, financial reporting, governance, and cross-border stakeholder management within a global financial services company.

The successful candidate will contribute to monthly/quarterly tax processes, coordinate with regional teams, and leverage AI tools to enhance efficiency while ensuring quality control.

Qualifications

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant or tax professional (AITI/ACCA/ACA/CIMA or equivalent).
• Degree in business, accounting, finance, tax, or related discipline.
• At least 2 years’ experience in corporation tax, tax accounting, financial reporting, audit, or related finance role.
• Strong Excel and systems skills with ability to handle financial data and tax schedules.
• Clear communication and collaboration with tax, finance and stakeholders.
• Curiosity, professionalism, and willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to monthly and quarterly tax reporting for US GAAP and Solvency II purposes, including tax provisioning, return-to-provision analysis, risk and control documentation, and use of tax provisioning tools.
• Prepare and analyse tax provision inputs and related disclosures for annual local financial statement filings for key Irish entities, including supporting audit queries and documentation.
• Support Irish and UK corporation tax compliance processes, helping to gather data, review calculations, prepare supporting schedules, and maintain clear audit trails.
• Work with the Regional Tax Manager on local country tax requirements, helping to coordinate inputs, track deliverables, and resolve follow-up questions.
• Participate in monthly and quarterly projection reviews, building insight into how tax forecasts are developed, challenged, and reported.
• Build strong relationships with EMEA Tax, US Tax, Finance, and local country stakeholders through clear communication, reliable delivery, and proactive follow-up.
• Contribute to ad hoc tax projects and process improvements, gaining exposure to a variety of tax, reporting, governance, and finance initiatives across the EMEA region.
• Utilize approved AI tools to improve operational efficiency, reporting, documentation, analysis, and decision support while maintaining appropriate oversight and quality control.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Curiosity

Education

Degree in business, accounting, finance, tax

Tools

Tax provisioning tools

Financial reporting platforms

Workflow tools

Job description

MetLife Ireland is seeking a Tax Consultant to support tax reporting, provisioning, and compliance across Ireland, the UK, and the EMEA region. This role offers exposure to tax accounting, financial reporting, governance, and cross-border stakeholder management within a global financial services company.

The successful candidate will contribute to monthly/quarterly tax processes, coordinate with regional teams, and leverage AI tools to enhance efficiency while ensuring quality control.