Who We Are
SiriusPoint is a specialty underwriter providing solutions to clients and brokers around the world. Bermuda-headquartered with offices in New York, London, Stockholm and other locations, we are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (SPNT). We have licenses to write Property & Casualty and Accident & Health insurance and reinsurance globally. Our offering and distribution capabilities are strengthened by a portfolio of strategic partnerships with Managing General Agents and program managers. With over $3.0 billion total capital, SiriusPoint’s operating companies have a financial strength rating of A from AM Best, Fitch and S&P, and A3 from Moody’s.
Join Our Team
The Director of Group Tax Planning & Advisory will serve as SiriusPoint Group’s global lead for tax and transfer pricing research, planning, and advisory matters. This role is responsible for identifying, analyzing, documenting, and resolving complex tax issues and risks with technical rigor, attention to detail, sound judgment, and clear communication. The Director will support strategic planning, structuring, transaction execution, financial reporting, tax return positions, and SOX-related documentation by providing timely, well-supported advice to the Group Tax Director, senior management, finance teams, and business stakeholders.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Identifying, thoroughly understanding, managing, and ultimately resolving technical tax issues, problems, and risks through a dynamic project-management approach, including maintaining clear ownership, timelines, issue trackers, analyses, conclusions, and resolutions.
- Proactively collaborating with colleagues across tax, legal, finance, investments, and the business to surface facts, align on workstreams, and drive decisions.
- Tactically managing external tax advisors by setting scope, directing technical work, challenging assumptions, tracking deliverables, and integrating advice into practical recommendations.
- Investigating and deeply understanding the applicable tax laws and relevant facts at a granular level.
- Ensuring that analyses are technically and factually complete, organized, and decision-ready.
- Effectively communicating analyses, conclusions, status updates, open questions, and next steps to colleagues verbally and in writing in a manner that is clear, well understood, and timely.
Your skills and abilities should include:
- 8-12 years of relevant tax experience, including experience within a major law or accounting firm and the insurance and/or financial services industry.
- Hands-on corporate tax planning and transactional experience.
- Juris Doctorate is required. Tax LL.M. and New York State bar admission are helpful but not required.
- Highly organized, with demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex matters, maintain issue trackers, document progress and resolutions, and follow matters through completion.
- Ability to communicate complex tax concepts clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences, including status, open questions, decisions, follow-ups, and final resolutions.
- Experience using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Ability to learn and adapt to new technologies and software applications as needed.
- Strong analytical and reasoning abilities.
- Ability to work independently with a roll-up-your-sleeves work ethic.
- Self-starter with the ability to adapt easily to change.
- Fluency in English is required.
- Travel may be required from time to time.
We aim to retain and attract great people, knowing they can achieve a rewarding and enriching career. We offer a competitive and above market compensation package. The following are some of the benefits and perks we offer our employees:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- FSA Medical and Dependent care
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- EAP
- Basic Life and AD&D (company paid)
- Basic Long-Term Disability (employer) paid-Taxable income
- Employee paid Long Term Disability(voluntary)
- Company Medical Leave, Parental leave- 8 weeks full pay after 6 months of service
- Voluntary benefits: short term disability, Critical illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident
- Travel assistance programs Company paid
- 401(k) 6 % safe harbor match, fully vested after two years, pre- and post-tax contributions allowed
- Gym reimbursement
- Legal plan
- Pet Insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Generous PTO
- Flexible work arrangement
- Fully stacked pantry on-site
- Team outings
- ERG Groups
SALARY:
The estimated annual salary range for this position is mentioned below. This is a good-faith assessment of the salary range for this position only. In determining the actual salary within this range, SiriusPoint will consider a candidate’s relevant experience, location, and other job-related factors.
SALARY RANGE
$250,000—$270,000 USD