R&D Tax Consultant

R&D Tax Associate

Competitive Salary + Benefits

Are you looking to develop your career within a nurturing environment where you can flourish? Do you want to join an award-winning firm that strives for excellence and success.

The client are a leading tax, accountancy and business advisory firm founded on personal integrity and technical expertise. Their teams work seamlessly to provide advice throughout the life cycle of their clients. Their partner-led approach ensures that their clients receive an excellent service from a team of high-quality people who combine technical expertise with personal integrity. Our ethos is reflected in the way that we work with clients, taking the time to understand their business and invest in the relationship to ensure that we can provide the best advice possible. They want success for people, their clients and for the business.

The Client is committed to improving the diversity of it's workforce across all levels by building a culture that’s genuinely inclusive, a culture where everyone can fulfil their potential and can be themselves.

They seek to attract smart talented people from the widest talent pool as well as those that reflect the diversity of the communities we live and work in.

What the role offers

They offer a nurturing and collaborative working culture that is caring and protecting of their people, within an environment where they can learn and flourish. In addition to a competitive remuneration package, they offer a range of flexible benefits and flexible hours of work. they have clearly defined career pathways which empower you to manage your own development. They have a number of colleague-led collaborative working groups which help shape their strategy.

The role

The newly-formed and rapidly-growing R&D team is now looking to expand.

As an Associate in the team you will be expected to get involved in a wide variety of projects. You will be encouraged to take ownership of your own development, actively seeking new projects and making sure you are familiar with the latest HMRC guidance and legislation. Within the team the legislation and guidance are only part of the picture as you will develop and progress much quicker through your exposure to practical application. You will be actively encouraged to be inquisitive, ask questions and get involved in meetings from the outset to make sure you are seeing the practical application in action.

Key Responsibilities:

• Taking a lead role in managing the client relationship which can include managing deadlines, running parts of meetings, handling day to day queries and establishing your role as a trusted contact
• Working directly to Managers & Senior Managers in the team to support them in managing client relationships and project delivery
• Preparation of formal reports to support the numerical claims for filing with HMRC
• Preparation of project technical summaries to illustrate the innovation undertaken by our clients
• Actively considering how we can add value to our clients from within the wider tax team and around the Firm from other lines of service

We are looking for a candidate with the following key skills:

• A sound understanding of the R&D regimes and experience in the preparation of both SME and RDEC claims (specifically, reviewing claim workings, contributing to client technical calls, and preparing supporting documentation)
• Strong interpersonal skills are a must to enable you to take a lead role with clients and also liaise effectively with our team
• Passion for client service and general enthusiasm is key as you will be encouraged to actively deal with clients at all levels of seniority
• Strong organisational skills are a must in order to manage working on a number of clients across our portfolio, often with multiple stakeholders both internally and externally
• Excellent track record of written skills
• Excel/analytical skills are essential for you to enable to understand the numerical aspects of claims and compile these
• Good problem-solving skills – you will be expected to think for yourself and come up with potential solutions/approaches

What's in it for you?

Coming up with a strict set of rules that work for every team and individual in a business as diverse as theirs isn’t possible. Instead, they have a framework to find ways of working that give us individually and collectively a great experience, while continuing to provide the highest quality service to our clients when and where they need us. This is inclusive of:

• Hybrid working – where teams are working together in multiple locations i.e. an office, a client site, their home or somewhere else
• Synchronous/Asynchronous working – using the office or technology to work together at the same time / using technology and different ways of working to work at different times to colleagues.
• Smarter working – finding simpler, more efficient ways of delivering services to clients and working together as a team. These can be tech-enabled but may also be simple changes to our processes
• Flexible working – a temporary or permanent change to someone’s terms and conditions which fixes a working pattern different to the standard contract
• Pension – Looking after your future self when it’s time to step back and relax.
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays – Time to focus on what’s important to you.
• Permanent Health Insurance – Financial protection in the event of illness or injury.
• Life Assurance – 4 x times salary, our family is important to us, and so is yours.
• Employee Referral Bonus – We’re always looking for talented individuals to join our family.
• Employee Benefits Portal – Cashback and vouchers on everyday purchases.
• Extensive Learning & Development Opportunities – Continuous development and support not only for your professional qualifications but also for your personal goals and aspirations, so we can grow together.
• Opportunity to attend social events – Time to stop, pause and have fun.
• Career Coaching – Better never stops. Sharing our time to make the best use of yours.