(Senior) Manager, R&D Tax Credits
Location: Cambridge UK (1 day per week)
IR35 status: Outside
Duration: 6 months (Interim)
At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big, and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person.
AstraZeneca’s Finance function is on a transformation journey with the objective of delivering excellence in financial operations and insight. As this strategy continues to drive the effectiveness and performance of the business, to the benefit of millions of patients worldwide, best-in-class finance support and leadership become ever more important.
Our dynamic in-house Global Tax Operations team is looking for a (Senior) Manager to provide tax technical accounting input and bring unique experience to our R&D tax credits team. If you are a qualified accountant with significant tax compliance, reporting, and accounting experience, this is a great opportunity to influence the global R&D tax credit claims in a fast and dynamic FTSE 100 environment.
What you’ll do
The (Senior) Manager, R&D Tax Credits will support our important R&D tax credit processes within AstraZeneca. This is a newly formed role recognizing the scale and importance of R&D credits and is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a team focusing on R&D tax credits. You will work closely with our R&D organization, group financial reporting, financial planning teams, and the wider tax team to determine the appropriate R&D tax credit claims. You should be enthusiastic, technically capable, with a strong commercial mindset and a passion for understanding AstraZeneca’s business.
We seek a candidate with significant R&D tax credit experience, both UK and overseas, including practical experience in defining new processes and ways of working. Equally important are problem-solving skills, communication, and integration abilities.
Responsibilities
* Support the preparation of the UK and Irish R&D Tax Credit processes
* Contribute to defining and improving processes for collecting information and calculating benefits
* Work with advisors to ensure calculations and documentation are fit for purpose
* Support review of global R&D tax credit claims
* Assist with tax authority correspondence related to enquiries and prepare explanations of approaches
* Manage deliverables to auditors, ensuring compliance with control environments
* Support modeling benefits and cash impacts of R&D organization changes
* Assist wider tax operations team on key processes and projects
Education, Qualifications, Skills, and Experience
Essential:
* Extensive experience in tax accounting for a large corporation or practice
* Accounting or tax qualification
* Expert knowledge of R&D tax credit regimes and practical application experience
* Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Desirable:
* Willingness to learn new tools and techniques
* Knowledge of SAP and Hyperion
Why AstraZeneca?
At AstraZeneca, we’re dedicated to being a great place to work. We empower you to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. Join us to make a difference to medicine, patients, and society. We champion diversity, collaboration, and lifelong learning.
What’s next?
If you’re ready to join our team, we can’t wait to hear from you!
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