Senior Paralegal supporting attorneys with complex fund transactions and regulatory compliance at Goodwin. Collaborating with a global team in the private investment sector.
About the role
- Interim Group CFO for a PE-backed insurance group, leading financial strategy and refinancing preparation. Overseeing tax strategies and managing complex stakeholder dynamics.
Responsibilities
- Act as Group CFO, with accountability for financial leadership across the Lloyd’s Syndicate and MGA platform
- Own and oversee the group’s tax strategy, ensuring appropriate structuring, compliance, and optimisation across underwriting, MGA, and reinsurance arrangements
- Lead preparation for a refinancing process, including:
- Development of detailed investor packs, financial models, and tax-sensitive value narratives
- Clear articulation of tax positions, risks, and opportunities to PE investors and lenders
- Partner closely with PE sponsors, demonstrating a strong understanding of private equity value drivers and governance expectations
- Oversight of Group reporting, technical accounting, and financial controls
- Provide guidance of Insurance-specific tax considerations, including reserving impacts, deferred tax, cross-border structures, and transfer pricing where relevant
- Act as a senior leader across the group, managing complex stakeholder dynamics and operating effectively with strong, senior personalities
Requirements
- Proven experience as a CFO or Group CFO within the insurance sector
- Demonstrable understanding of insurance-related tax implications, including underwriting, reserving, reinsurance, and cross-border considerations
- Strong technical finance background with the ability to lead and challenge advisors, not simply delegate tax matters
- Experience operating in PE-backed environments, with exposure to refinancing, capital events, or exit preparation
- Lloyd’s of London Syndicate experience advantageous but not essential
- Commercially astute, resilient, and comfortable operating at pace in a complex, multi-entity group
Benefits
- Salary: to be discussed
- Length: 6 months initial contract, with opportunity to be made permanent
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