R&D Tax Consultant in Chesterfield

About Us

At Sedulo we are building a world class team to deliver our mission to make positive change in the communities we work in. We do this by:

• Working with our clients to transform their business and personal finances
• Connecting and contributing to the business community in the cities we are located in
• Working with charities by fundraising and influencing change both now and in the future through the Sedulo Foundation
• Being a great place to work and develop your career

At Sedulo we embrace a holistic and innovative culture with diversity and integrity at the heart. We are working to build an open and inclusive environment which supports the needs of all our team members.

We are looking for people to join the team who want to deliver beyond expectation and get results. Whether this be through embracing feedback, creating fulfilling relationships with colleagues and clients by being the best version of themselves. At Sedulo, we know how important it is to create an environment for positive change, both in work and in the communities we work within. This is demonstrated through our persistent commitment to charitable projects and a strong focus on innovation in everything that we do. Alongside all of this, our events team ensure we also have a lot of fun – with countless wellbeing activities and events being hosted at all our offices every week!

We understand that to be a world class organisation, we must embrace uniqueness and choose courage over comfort. Everything we strive to be is grounded in our core values: Personable, Integrity, Holistic, Innovative and Delivery Beyond Expectation.

About the Role

We are looking for an intellectually curious and commercially minded R&D Tax Consultant to join our growing team. Whether your background is technical, scientific, or financial, this is an opportunity to make a genuine impact for innovative businesses across the UK.

What You Will Be Doing

• Manage the end-to-end preparation and submission of R&D tax relief claims under the merged R&D scheme and the Enhanced R&D Intensive Support (ERIS) regime
• Provide technical guidance to clients on the identification and qualification of eligible activities and expenditure in accordance with HMRC guidelines and current legislation
• Prepare and critically review R&D tax technical reports, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and alignment with HMRC's published guidance
• Support clients operating across a range of sectors, including manufacturing, engineering, financial technology, and life sciences, adapting technical approach to sector-specific contexts
• Manage an allocated client caseload through all stages of the engagement, from initial scoping and technical interviews through to final submission, operating with appropriate supervision from senior members of the team
• This is a client-facing role. You will spend meaningful time with the businesses you support, building genuine relationships rather than running a transactional process.
• Lead kick-off meetings and technical interviews with client stakeholders
• Translate complex technical and scientific information into clear, HMRC-compliant narratives
• Act as a trusted point of contact throughout the claims process, keeping clients informed at every stage
• Identify opportunities to add further value across Sedulo's wider service offering

What We Are Looking for:

• We are open on background, what matters most is curiosity, commercial awareness, and a commitment to doing things properly:
• Experience in R&D tax relief, either from a consultancy, accountancy practice, or an in-house innovation/finance function
• Ability to understand and articulate technical concepts, whether your grounding is in science, engineering, or finance
• Strong written communication skills, you will be producing technical narratives and client-facing reports regularly
• Organised, self-motivated, and comfortable managing multiple deadlines
• Knowledge of HMRC's current compliance expectations and the merged scheme is advantageous

What we offer

We’re committed to supporting our people both professionally and personally. Our benefits are designed to help you thrive inside and outside of work:

• 26 days’ holiday per year (including your birthday as a paid day off), plus all public bank holidays and two paid volunteering days.
• Flexible & Hybrid Working: Enjoy flexible working hours with core hours between 10am and 4pm, and the option to work remotely for up to 20% of your working week. You can also work abroad for up to one month per year and flex up to 2 of your UK bank holidays to suit your personal beliefs or preferences.
• Financial Security & Support: Pension scheme with Royal London, plus free access to financial and mortgage advice, life insurance cover, and income protection from day one.
• Health & Wellbeing: Access a range of discounted health, wellbeing, and retail benefits to help you stay healthy and make the most of your downtime through Help@Hand, Medicash and Zest.
• Learning & Development: Continuous professional and personal development opportunities to support your career growth.
• Culture & Community: Enjoy access to our exclusive members’ club facilities, including complimentary breakfast and refreshments, regular social and networking events, and our legendary annual Christmas trip abroad.
• Family-Friendly Policies: Enhanced maternity and paternity leave with additional family friendly policies to support you.
• Travel & Lifestyle Perks: Annual travel ticket loan, Cycle to Work Scheme, and access to our salary sacrifice Electric Vehicle scheme through Octopus EV.

Sedulo Group requests that recruitment agencies do not speculatively submit CVs to any employee or associate of our company unless explicitly asked to do so by our Chief People & Culture Officer. Any CVs sent to any member of our team on a speculative basis will not be recognised. We will not accept liability for any fee or commission should we subsequently employ a candidate who applied to us directly or was introduced by an instructed agency that may also have been submitted speculatively by an uninstructed agency. In the event that an uninstructed agency's correspondence includes a disclaimer indicating otherwise, our policy will prevail.

Our aim is to encourage and support all applicants during the application process, if you have any reasonable adjustments that you will require, please do not hesitate to get in touch via people@sedulo.co.uk.