Senior Consultant, Research and Development Tax - Costing

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If you’re looking to join a rapidly growing Research and Development (R&D) tax team, bringing the benefits of not only a variety of work, clients, and project teams but also with strong support structures in place to help you achieve your career goals, this is the team for you!

An exciting opportunity to work in EY’s Global Grants Credits & Incentives team based in our central London office, alongside other STEM professionals, as well as tax and accounting colleagues.

As a Senior IT/Engineering Consultant you will be working with a variety of clients from owner managed businesses to multinational groups, who are at the front line in developing cutting edge technology which is helping the UK to stay as a market leader by encouraging investment into research and development.

The successful candidate will get the opportunity to work as part of a diverse team of highly successful industry and tax specialists.

You will be required to lead interviews with the senior and lead technical personnel at our clients across a wide range of different industries to help identify the scientific and technological aspects of their R&D software development projects that qualify for R&D tax relief. You will play an active role in writing reports of clients’ R&D projects and taking part in extensive client communication.

As well as working directly with existing clients, you will also be offered the chance to support business development opportunities and cross-sector claims.

• Working as an effective member of a project team, exhibiting strong communication skills and be able to work collaboratively with other team members of different skill sets
• Writing compelling technical project reports to bring out the key technical factors of client projects to support R&D tax claims
• Interacting with clients' senior technical, and software and engineering staff in order to develop a comprehensive understanding of the projects undertaken and identify how aspects of projects meet the R&D Guidelines
• Undertaking data analysis and calculation to quantify project expenditure
• Applying advanced problem-solving skills and critical thinking to project execution and delivery
• Building and maintaining relationships with clients to provide high levels of client service
• Responsible for high-quality delivery of advice and solutions to major clients, ensuring management of risk and reputation
• A keen desire to adapt and flex existing knowledge to different sectors and build on core capabilities

• A strong interest in science, technology, and engineering problems, particularly in software technologies and programming languages
• You have industry/university-based experience working on software projects and dealing with the limitations faced with the technologies used
• You have the ability to swiftly adapt, learn about and understand new software technologies and concepts (e.g. platforms, API’s, frameworks) quickly, and be comfortable in discussing them in-depth, and have strong business acumen
• You can interact readily with other technical professionals, have great interpersonal skills and excel in producing a concise summary of information
• Strong attention to detail and first-time accuracy is essential
• Interest in project and company finances and the application of tax treatment