R&D Tax Credits Software & IT Specialist

Pwc; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in Camden Town is looking for a Senior Associate to join their Tax Innovation & Capital Incentives team. The ideal candidate will have a background in engineering or computer science and will engage with clients across various industries to advise on R&D tax credits and enhance their tax strategies. The role offers opportunities for professional growth and development in a client-facing capacity.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing client relationships and deadlines.
• Ability to identify and articulate R&D activities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage client relationships effectively.
• Prepare technical reports for R&D projects.
• Collaborate with internal teams to assess R&D expenditures.

Skills

Client relationship management

R&D tax legislation understanding

Technical report preparation

Cross-team collaboration

Coaching and development

Business development

Stakeholder management

Technical knowledge

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields

Tools

Excel

Job description

Overview

A career within Corporate Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients meet their tax obligations while managing the impact tax has on their business. You'll advise clients on their local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, managing working capital, and profit sharing for partners. You'll also help organisations understand the pricing implications of goods and services between related parties, as well as providing advice on tax implications of deals. Our team helps our clients improve their tax function to control risk and facilitate better decision making. You'll focus on helping businesses with tax strategy, ensuring tax compliance, increasing post tax profits, and providing application support to achieve the best corporate tax practices.

• 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.
• Participation in interviews with client technical teams to support them in understanding the R&D tax legislation and identify qualifying R&D projects.
• Preparation of technical reports which highlight the R&D activities undertaken by our clients across numerous industries (Technology, Defence, Pharma etc.).
• Collaborate closely with internal financial teams to accurately quantify eligible R&D expenditures by understanding clients' development activities and how these align with the definition of R&D.
• Actively explore ways to add value for our clients by leveraging expertise within the broader tax team and across other service lines within the Firm.
• The support and development of junior staff, sharing your knowledge and expertise through coaching and recognising the need for all levels of the team to develop through exposure to practical application of the legislation.
• Get involved proactively with business development and looking for opportunities to win work for existing clients of the business and new targets.
• Manage multiple stakeholders including our colleagues across the national ICI network.
• Maintain up-to-date technical knowledge on industry developments and tax regulations.

Senior Associate Role

• We are looking for a Senior Associate to join our Tax Innovation & Capital Incentives (ICI) team based within our Listed and Inbound (L&I) tax team. The team has a strong focus on growth and a wide range of clients across all industries including engineering, pharmaceuticals, food & drink, manufacturing, financial services and IT & software development. This role is a great fit for someone with a background in computer science/ software engineering who enjoys learning about cutting-edge technologies and wants to apply their software and technology knowledge in a client facing role.
• Our team is part of a large national network of ICI specialists and there is some flexibility on location. Members of our team come from diverse professional backgrounds including general tax, audit, and industry sectors, bringing together varied skills and perspectives to deliver exceptional client service. The role is client-facing from day one, with an expectation to quickly establish and maintain effective working relationships, including independently leading client communications. This said, previous experience in R&D Tax credits is not essential.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Sciences, Technology, or related fields or industry experience in software engineering or IT.
• Strong ability to identify and articulate the research activities undertaken by our clients.
• Strong written and verbal skills are a must to enable you to take a lead role with clients and also liaise effectively with our team and the wider tax team at PwC in translating complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to be autonomous and 'lead self' as you will be required to work independently and take responsibility for your own development
• 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
• Excel/analytical skills would be beneficial to enable you 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

Values and Culture

In order to be the leading professional services firm it's important we have the right values, culture and behaviours embedded throughout our organisation, so our work reflects our purpose and we can successfully deliver our strategy. Our values set the expectations for the way we interact with each other, our clients, and in the communities in which we operate. These values, and the behaviours that they require from us, are relevant to all our people regardless of grade. They support a culture that empowers our people to be the best they can be, through challenging experiences and encouraging our people to speak up to make the firm a better place. We want all our people to understand and embrace the culture and personally feel part of the legacy this will create for our future employees. We're a hugely diverse business, bound together by our purpose - to build trust in society and solve important problems for our clients and the communities in which we operate. We believe we can make the biggest impact when our purpose is embedded within everything we do.