PwC's National Innovation and Capital Incentives (ICI) team are passionate about helping clients obtain the R&D incentives available to support their investment in innovation. Based in London, our Financial Services ICI team is a diverse group of specialists, with a strong focus on growth.
The role
We are looking to recruit an established Tax professional at Manager level with experience of UK R&D tax incentives and are keen to hear from people who are passionate about innovation, getting to know a broad range of businesses particularly within the FS sector and having a direct role in growing our ICI practice.
* We are particularly focussed on candidates able to support us in:
* Managing a portfolio of R&D clients and project delivery across these
* Preparation of R&D claims for submission to HMRC
* Managing client engagements and developing strong relationships with both our clients and internal stakeholders
* Preparing responses to or liaising with HMRC with regard to queries they have on R&D claims on behalf of our clients
* Advising clients and internal stakeholders on tax technical points relating to incentive claims
* Supervising juniors undertaking the work and apprising more senior stakeholders of progress
* Helping to identify and develop new opportunities, including involvement in pitching for work
Essential skills and experience
* Fully qualified tax professional ACA/CA/ACCA/ATT/CTA; or Tax Inspectors with full Technical training Course
* Excellent working knowledge of tax incentives and experience in preparing claims including:
* UK R&D tax incentive regimes (covering both SME and RDEC claims) and experience making claims across a range of industries and/or
* Strong project management skills - able to manage several live projects at once and plan own workload.
* Excellent communication skills - the candidate will be expected to be the point of contact on the projects they manage supporting a range of stakeholders including client contacts, PwC staff in the incentives team and also in the wider tax practice.
* Coaching and delegation - the successful candidate will help other Managers and Senior Managers in the team coach and delegate a growing team of associates supporting the ICI team, helping them grow their technical expertise alongside their soft skills.
* Good written skills including report writing, technical memo drafting and concise advice notes for sharing with clients.
* Analytical skills for numerical analysis of client data.