R&D Tax Executive
Employer Location Bristol (GB) Salary Competitve Closing date 29 May 2025 View more categoriesView less categories Sector Salary band Hours Where will they be working You need to or to save a job.
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We are looking to recruit a talented R&D Tax Executive to join our expanding Corporate Tax team. This role will give you the opportunity to work with and advise a range of clients in relation to the delivery of our R&D Tax Relief proposition.
This position can offer a clear progression path and will enable you to develop your knowledge and experience further through the completion of interesting assignments as part of a full service accounting, tax and advisory firm. You will need to be passionate about delivering an excellent service to clients and enjoy working as part of a team.
Your day to day responsibilities will include:
1. Working with clients to identify opportunities for R&D tax relief/credits based on innovative technology activities.
2. Collaborating with tax specialists to compile activity details and qualifying expenditure for robust R&D claim reports for HMRC submissions, helping clients to successfully access the benefits of the R&D Tax Relief regime.
3. Serving as a positive role model and point of contact for R&D Tax Advisory services, supporting, coaching and upskilling colleagues to identify opportunities where their clients may benefit from R&D tax advice.
4. Leading the training and development of junior tax team members to enhance their ability to deliver R&D Tax services.
5. Contributing to the wider service offering, with opportunities to broaden tax expertise by engaging in other tax advisory and compliance services.
6. Joining a forward-thinking accountancy practice with excellent career development opportunities and the chance to make a meaningful impact.
This role will enable you to take advantage of the hybrid working that we offer to our people, with the expectation that the greater part of your working week should be spent working at a Bishop Fleming office or on site at a client.
Whether you’re working from the office, from home or from a client site, we support our people to achieve the right balance of flexibility in line with delivering excellent client service.
Full study support (CTA, ACA, or ACCA) is available with this position, if required.
There is scope to shape this role to the experience and motivations of the appointed candidate.
About You
To be considered for the role, you will have:
7. A proven track record of delivering a wide range of R&D Tax Relief claims of varying complexity, with experience gained working in a full service accountancy firm or larger regulated specialist R&D practice.
8. Excellent written and verbal communication skills that enable you to build rapport with people at various levels.
9. Strong proficiency to project manage and organise numerous assignments to keep your work on track.
10. A background which means that you come to the role with previous accounting, tax compliance or tax advisory experience.
11. Ideally, ATT or ACA/ACCA (or equivalent); or be CTA qualified or part qualified, and looking to study towards completion of the CTA qualification.
12. The desire to contribute to the success of the R&D Team and Bishop Fleming and build a long-term career with the ambition to progress to Manager and more senior roles in an accountancy practice.
Why Bishop Fleming?!
Bishop Fleming is leading independent provider of, ,, and services in the UK. With a turnover of £, the firm saw growth of almost 13% per cent over the last 12 months.
From owner-managed businesses, SMEs, and large businesses; to entrepreneurs and private individuals; Bishop Fleming offers full services across a diverse range of sectors, including:
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Bishop Fleming is currently ranked fifth in the Accountancy Age Mid-Tier Power Index and is also the largest provider of audit services to multi-academy trusts in the academy sector.
With 9 spanning from the West Midlands to the South West, the firm has 40 partners and nearly 500 staff, and is a certified Great Place to Work®.
Bishop Fleming is a member of Kreston Global, a global network of independent accounting firms in more than 100 countries.
If that’s not enough, we offer a fantastic range of benefits including:
13. 25 days holiday plus bank holidays plus Christmas off!
14. Hybrid working
15. A contributory Pension scheme
16. Life assurance
17. Simply Health cashback plan including access to 24/7 online GP service and counselling services
18. Perkbox discounts and rewards platform with over 4,000 perks and discounts
19. Yulife employee wellbeing app
20. Social events with active social committees that plan internal and external events
21. Numerous opportunities for development
Please contact the Resourcing team () if you would like to discuss this opportunity further.
We welcome applicants who would like the flexibility in their working arrangements, including working from home or part time working, which may help to accommodate parent or carer responsibilities, further studies and activities outside of work.
We are committed to welcoming new people into an inclusive working environment, where everyone is given equal opportunity to reach their full potential. We support a culture where people are valued and treated fairly with respect and differences are understood and celebrated.
The more varied our workforce, the broader the expertise within our business. The broader our expertise, the greater our chances of innovation and success. That's why we're committed to equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion at every level.
Company
Bishop Fleming are an innovative Top 30 accountancy practice that offer a refreshingly different culture to other accountancy firms.
What makes our culture different? For starters, investing in and developing our people is at the heart of everything that we do, that’s one of the reasons why we’ve been ranked as one of the Top 5 Best Accounting firms to work for.
We’re expanding rapidly and have a network of offices across the South West and West Midlands. We’ve just recruited a record number of graduate trainees and are not stopping there….we are looking to continue with this trend as we begin recruiting for our 2022/23 trainee intake.
We have Graduate and Industrial Placement vacancies available in CBS, Audit and Tax throughout our business – by joining us you will get real responsibility quickly and will get to play a key role in helping your clients businesses succeed.
You will start your career with us in either our CBS, Audit or Tax service lines, but will have the opportunity to gain experience in other specialisms such as Restructuring and Corporate Finance to ensure that you become a rounded business advisor.
Check out our careers site () and our Glassdoor page to find out more and hear from some our existing trainees on what it’s like to work here.
Company info Website Telephone 01392 448800 Location Stratus House
Exeter
Devon
EX13qs
GB
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