Ethos Specialty - Assistant Vice President, Tax Underwriter - Ethos Specialty Insurance Services LLC

Ethos Specialty's Transactional Liability team offers multiple solutions including Representations and Warranties (R&W) and Tax insurance.

Assistant Vice President, Tax Underwriter

This is an opportunity to joinEthos Specialty Insurance Services LP.

Ethos Specialty is a leading Managing General Underwriter (MGU) that develops industry-specific insurance programs and provides specialized underwriting services on behalf of high-quality carrier and syndicate partners. Ethos has developed, and is the underwriting manager for, Transactional Liability insurance, including Representations & Warranties (RWI) and Tax insurance products.

Ethos Specialty is owned by Bishop Street Underwriters, an insurance platform that partners with MGUs and niche underwriting teams. Ethos benefits from an extensive underwriting track-record, with deep capabilities and underwriting expertise that matches risk to multiple sources of capital as well providing the highest quality, independent underwriting service to its industry partners and capital providers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND BASIC DUTIES:

The Assistant Vice President, Tax Underwriter will be responsible for underwriting tax risks and providing tax insurance solutions. Among other things, the Underwriter will:

• Review and understand transaction agreements, tax memoranda and/or opinions and other documentation relevant to the analysis and assessment of tax risks.
• Analyze and assess the underlying risk in accordance with the tax product line policies and procedures.
• Prepare and negotiate non-binding indication letters, insurance policies and binder agreements.
• Interact with clients, clients' advisors, brokers and other deal professionals.
• Participate on underwriting conference calls.
• Manage the tax underwriting process, including the selection of and work performed by outside counsel.
• Present preliminary findings and conclusions to senior underwriters and/or management.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Strong written and oral communication skills; proficient in drafting of legal and commercial documents;
• Ability to negotiate with commercially and legally sophisticated advisors and clients;
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaboratively work on a global basis;
• Ability to multitask, and to be decisive on technical underwriting points against a backdrop of tax risk assessment;
• Entrepreneurial mindset and independent worker; and
• Strong negotiating skills.
• Technical skills & knowledge
• Detailed understanding of complex corporate tax structuring and tax credit arrangements, with a focus on the US federal income tax aspects of M&A and partnership transactions, including domestic and cross-border transactions;
• Ability to analyze a broad variety of tax issues for various types of taxpayers, including corporations, partnerships and individuals; and
• Knowledge of and ability to comprehend financial statements, appraisals, tax memoranda and opinions, tax diligence reports and other relevant legal documents;
• Experience:
• Minimum of 3-5 years of tax experience in a law firm, public accounting firm or other relevant business;
• Specific experience in tax advisory and due diligence a strong plus;
• No previous insurance or underwriting experience required; and
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint).

ESTIMATED TRAVEL PERCENTAGE: 10 – 15%

LOCATION: New York City metropolitan area, but other locations will be considered

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full-time/Permanent

EDUCATION PREFERRED: Bachelors Degree and Law Degree or CPA

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