Tax Consultant - Research and Development Incentives

Tax Consultant - Research and Development (R&D) Incentives

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This firm offers global integrated professional services that include Audit & Assurance, Consulting, Financial Advisory, Legal, Risk Advisory and Tax Consulting. Their approach combines intellectual leadership, industrial expertise, insight, consulting & problem-solving capabilities whatever the role, technology revolutions and innovation from multiple disciplines to help their clients excel anywhere in the world.

Tax Consulting at this firm, is all about collaborating with colleagues at the top of their game, across disciplines, for clients who urge to constantly push the boundaries of their creativity. You'll find a diverse mix of people, all working together to deliver best-in-class advice. And you'll discover a structured programme that will help you develop even greater expertise. From fascinating projects to a wealth of secondment opportunities, both in the UK and overseas, you can enjoy a broad and rich career experience.

The UK government provides tax incentives to businesses performing R&D; this firm's R&D tax services group is a market leader in helping clients secure these incentives and is the most experienced team in the UK.

Continued market success has created new opportunities and they are now looking to recruit candidates with a tax and financial background, to help join this successful team. You will have the opportunity to apply your knowledge across a wide range of areas and to help companies identify the R&D claims for these incentives. This R&D role can involve activities such as data analysis, claim quantification, applying the appropriate tax principles, building client relationships, project management and business development across all sectors and different types of R&D and innovation. They encourage consideration of flexible ways of working, both formal and informal arrangements that allow for the best outcomes for their people and their clients.

Your new role

As a Consultant you will be in a client-facing role from day 1. Although you may have no previous R&D tax claim experience, you will quickly progress to leading and delivering their R&D projects, assessing eligibility requirements, drafting methodology documentation and preparing claim calculations across a wide range of market sectors and industries as well as supporting junior team members. You will be working with senior technical and finance staff within their client companies where you will need to understand their R&D profile and IP portfolio, the nature of the R&D activities performed, and expenses incurred as well as supporting their clients with developing robust claim methodologies.

Your responsibilities will include:

* Analysing the qualifying company requirements for establishing the applicability of the SME and/or Large R&D regimes.
* Analysing technical and cost data from clients to develop robust and efficient R&D claim methodologies.
* Leading the tax technical aspects of the R&D claim process within a project team to ensure that all relevant Patent Box profits and R&D qualifying expenditure are identified.
* Preparing clear reports for submission to HMRC to explain how our clients' R&D claims have been prepared. You will attend meetings with HMRC when necessary to respond to tax technical questions and explain the approach adopted.
* Providing industry insight into marketing and sales activity based on your R&D experience, including preparation of fee proposals where appropriate.
* Working effectively in diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution.
* Reviewing work prepared by junior team members, ready for Director or Partner review.

For this role they can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of 2 years or more.

What you'll need to succeed

Your professional experience:

* Degree level qualified (or equivalent)
* ACA, ATT or CTA qualified (or equivalent)
* Demonstrated capability to lead small project teams, with experience in delivering both to internal and external customers
* A strong communicator, with good interpersonal awareness skills
* The ability to work within multi-disciplinary teams as well as generating high quality documentation
* Proven ability to propose for new work on existing client base and support leadership team in market pursuits.
* Well-organised and able to manage multiple large and complex projects, handling conflicting demands for yourself and team-members in a timely manner.

What you'll get in return
Flexible working options available.

What you need to do now
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