Senior Accountant (Tax)

Senior Accountant (Tax) (250004DV)

Primary Location

: IRELAND-DUBLIN-AXA IRELAND HEAD OFFICE

Organization

: AXA UK & Ireland

Contract Type

: Regular

Shift

: Day Job

Schedule

: Full-time

Description

AXA Insurance Ireland is currently seeking a suitable candidate for the role of Senior Tax Accountant. Qualified tax professional, strong communicator for advisory support and a keen attention to detail.

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You’ll work at least 40% of your week away from home, moving to the majority of your working week from September 2025. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations visiting clients or attending industry events.

Reporting directly to the Head of Tax, the purpose of the role will be to ensure the management of general tax compliance and planning for AXA Group companies based in Ireland, with main responsibilities:

• Working as part of a team, the provision of tax compliance to AXA companies based in Ireland and the provision and implementation of tax advice across all tax heads including VAT and employment tax.
• Ensure timely preparation of transfer pricing documentation including collaborating with colleagues and external advisers.
• Develop strong relationships across the business and identify and communicate relevant changes in domestic and international tax policy to the business.
• Seek out and implement opportunities for streamlining and simplification of processes and documentation of same
• Liaise with the French Group tax function, other business departments and the Revenue Commissioners in respect to their tax queries
• Manage tax projects in respect of matters such as restructuring, international tax changes and process automation

Qualifications

• Qualification as a Chartered Tax Adviser with the Irish Taxation Institute or an equivalent tax qualification (essential)
• 5 + years’ experience working in a tax role (essential)
• Experience gained in a Big 4 professional practice firm or from a large multinational environment tax team will be an advantage
• Strong interpersonal skills to keep appropriate people well informed of plans, progress and decisions
• Proven ability to organise own time effectively to complete tasks efficiently and on time
• Strong attention to detail and can quickly raise issues when required
• Excellent business focus, can demonstrate an awareness of management thinking and vision
• Can act on initiative & proactivity, being able to identify potential problems and act quickly to offset problems or seize opportunities.

This role is an allocated Controlled Function under Fitness & Probity Regime, which means the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced level of background screening requirements.

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorized to work in Ireland and/or the United Kingdom.

This recruitment campaign will be used to support permanent, temporary and/or extension for any upcoming similar positions.

About AXA

Would you like to wake up every day driven and inspired by our noble mission and to work together as one global team to empower people to live a better life? Here at AXA we strive to lead the transformation of our industry. We are looking for talented individuals who come from varied backgrounds, think differently and want to be part of this exciting transformation by challenging the status quo so we can push AXA – a leading global brand and one of the most innovative companies in our industry – onto even greater things.

In a fast-evolving world and with a presence in 64 countries, our 166,000 employees and exclusive distributors anticipate change to offer services and solutions tailored to the current and future needs of our 103 million customers.

Proud to be part of the AXA Group, at AXA Ireland our values are at the heart of everything we do. We work together as One AXA, embracing our differences to make our teams great. We believe integrity, courage and our customer-first approach is what makes us a great place to work. AXA is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from across all communities.

What We Offer

One of the best things about joining AXA is our rewards package. At AXA Ireland, we’re appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package reflects that. You can expect to receive:

• Competitive salary with annual review
• Annual company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 10% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance
• Generous annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• AXA employee discounts
• Education support and plenty of learning opportunities.

AXA is proud to support the needs of our employees and as such understands everyone has individual work and home life responsibilities. We are therefore happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, should this be a requirement for you.

At AXA, we want to become one of the most inspiring companies to work for and to achieve this ambition, we need the best talent to come and work for us. We look for candidates with the right skills and values to join us and selection is based on a fair and equal process. As a financial services company, all successful candidates will require employment checks, so we can ensure regulatory compliance.

We’re proud to be committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

AXA Insurance dac consider applicants on the basis of skills, experience & qualifications and without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, disability or any other legally protected status.

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