R&D & Patent Box Senior Manager in Leeds

About the role:

PwC\’s national Innovation and Capital Incentives (ICI) team are passionate about helping clients obtain patent box, R&D credits and capital allowances available to support their investments. Based regionally across Cambridge, Watford, London, Reading, East Midlands, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Belfast and Glasgow we are a diverse team with a strong focus on growth.

We are looking to recruit an established Tax professional at Senior Manager level with experience of UK patent box incentives and are keen to hear from people who are passionate about innovation, getting to know a broad range of businesses and having a direct role in growing our ICI practice.

What your days will look like:

• Managing a portfolio of patent box clients and project delivery across these

• Preparation of patent box claims for submission to HMRC

• Managing client engagements and developing strong relationships with both our clients and internal stakeholders

• Preparing responses to or liaising with HMRC with regard to queries they have on patent box claims on behalf of our clients

• Advising clients and internal stakeholders on tax technical points relating to patent box claims

• Supervising juniors undertaking the work and apprising more senior stakeholders of progress

• Helping to identify and develop new opportunities, including involvement in pitching for work

This role is for you if:

• Must possess a ACA/CA/ACCA/ATT/CTA; or Tax Inspectors with full Technical training Course (or an international equivalent. This includes international candidates who qualify through experience in their home country.

• Excellent working knowledge of patent box and experience in preparing claims including:

• Strong project management skills – able to manage several live projects at once and plan own workload.

• Excellent communication skills – the candidate will be expected to be the point of contact on the projects they manage supporting a range of stakeholders including client contacts, PwC staff in the incentives team and also in the wider tax practice.

• Coaching and delegation – the successful candidate will help other Managers and Senior Managers in the team coach and delegate a growing team of Associates and Senior Associates supporting the ICI team, helping them grow their technical expertise alongside their soft skills.

• Good written skills including report writing, technical memo drafting and concise advice notes for sharing with clients.

• Analytical skills for numerical analysis of client data.

• Some knowledge of other areas of tax where there is some overlap with patent box – such as corporate tax,