
Tax Underwriter - Transactional Liability
Role description
From the employerPRIMARY DETAILS
Time Type: Full time
Worker Type: Employee
Tax Underwriter - Transactional Liability
Role Highlights
- London, with hybrid working
- Enhance your career in an exciting and ever-changing environment
The Opportunity
- QBE are broadening our transactional liability offering, hiring a Tax
- Underwriter to join the London based team.
- Our wider TL business includes W&I and a growing tax offering that will provide
- coverage on a global basis incl. UK, EUR and Asia, partnering with major trading
- partner to provide expert solutions.
- Leveraging the existing relationships, both across International and in parallel
- with our US tax offering, this is a brilliant opportunity to work as part of an
- experienced, supportive team within an empowered role that you can make your own
About QBE
- At QBE, we get to the heart of what matters for our customers. And we do it all
- with a human touch.
- We’re an international insurer with more than 13,000 people working across 26
- countries – which means we’re big enough for your ambitions, yet small enough
for you to make a real impact. It’s an exciting time. We’re building momentum
towards our vision to become the most consistent and innovative risk partner.
What if you could have a positive impact – at work and in the world? As part of
the QBE team, you’ll get to spend every day working with people who are
passionate, talented and kind.
Your new role
- Underwrite business in accordance with the business plan and within our UK
and European business.
- Perform underwriting activities in accordance with all legal and regulatory
requirements to ensure obligations are met
- Contribute to the recording and measurement of insurance risks to ensure
accuracy and good practice
- Maintain and develop relationships with stakeholders including customers,
brokers, business partners and colleagues, to increase exposure in the
market.
- Develop knowledge of market dynamics and market cycles to be able to support
business performance.
- Underwrite insurance risks to meet business objectives including negotiating
rates, terms and conditions for existing and new business, ensuring
production and issue of contract certainty documentation and supporting
credit control in payment collection.
- Support the review and analysis of the portfolio to identify progress towards
business objectives
About you
- Previous market experience as a Tax Underwriter
- Commercial ability to understand the key profit drivers to maximise long term
wealth for our shareholders
- Good knowledge of legal and regulatory requirements
- Excellent organisational, prioritisation and interpersonal skills
- Good negotiating skills, innovative in underwriting approach and programme
design
- Use of risk profiling and pricing tools and loss models
Benefits
- We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work
- life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and
benefit from
- As well as the benefits below we also offer an extensive choice of other options
- to suit you!
- 30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days.
- Flexible working - balancing work and life is important so our flexible
working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share
and compressed hours.
- Pension – you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which
entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic
salary.
To learn more about benefits of working with us, click Rewarding our people -
QBE European Operations [https://qbeeurope.com/careers/reward/]
Awards & Recognition
We value our employee’s experience with us and are proud to have been recognised
for the following awards
Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2025
- Winner: Commercial Lines Insurer of the Year, Winner: Reinsurer of the Year -
QBE Re, Winner: ESG, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year,
Winner: Insurance Personality of the Year - Chris Wallace, Executive Director
UK insurance
To learn more about our achievements, click here
[https://qbeeurope.com/careers/awards/]
Apply now and let’s make it happen!
If you’re looking for a career that combines your expertise and your empathy,
click Apply today.
Your career. At the heart of it.
Skills
- Business Management, Collaboration Tools, Commercial Acumen, Communication,
- Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Detail-Oriented, Insurance Underwriting,
- Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Policy Development, Portfolio
- Management, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management
How to Apply
- To submit your application, click "Apply" and follow the step by step process.
Equal Employment Opportunity
- QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal
- employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.