Innovation Taxes Associate Director

NEW GROUND WON’T BREAK ITSELF.

Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals.

We believe we’re best positioned to make a meaningful impact on the economy by supporting our clients to ensure they make the most of the government’s R&D tax relief and credits. Every day, we provide a diverse range of organisations with the kind of business and R&D tax advice it takes to do this. Our ideas and insight empower our clients to make big decisions about the future and unlock sustainable growth. With a relentless focus on quality and integrity, we help businesses, communities and our people to flourish. The team consists of Scientists, Software Developers, Engineers and Accountants who all have a core understanding of R&D tax.

We’re happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, we’ll support you to balance your work and life.

A look into the role

As an Associate Director within our Innovation taxes team, you will:

1. Lead from the front in regards to delivering client work, engaging the R&D tax and wider tax teams to ensure correct skill utilisation on all projects.
2. Take responsibility for developing more junior team members, understanding their career aspirations and supporting them in this delivery.

Knowing you’re right for us

You must have experience in managing and gathering R&D requirements across your specialist field, managing internal and external stakeholders and working within set project timeframes. You’ll have the ability to talk about tax and sector-specific technical projects and ask key questions to achieve a deeper understanding of the objectives and the work done. Monitoring junior team members’ work and coaching them in their career aspirations is an important aspect of the role and is something that we’re incredibly passionate about.

Joining us as an Associate Director, the minimum criteria you’ll need is a professional qualification (ACA, ICAS, CA, ATT, CTA) with current experience in innovation taxes. You will be confident managing a large portfolio of clients.

Knowing we’re right for you

Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people. We never settle for what is easy; we look beyond to deliver the right thing for everyone. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential.

Our open and accessible culture means you’ll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That’s why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work.

Beyond the job

Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter; that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we’ll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance.

The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments to fundraising for local charities or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you’ll be giving back to society. It’s that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our CLEARR values – Collaboration, Leadership, Excellence, Agility, Respect, and Responsibility.

We’re looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right for the firm, our clients, our people, and themselves. It’s how it should be.

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