R&D Senior Assocaite

We help our clients stay ahead of changes that impact their businesses, navigating complexity and risk. We deliver deep tax technical, people and legal expertise, while providing the critical context to make informed and compliant decisions. With clients ranging from multinational organisations and public sector bodies to entrepreneurs and family businesses, the work we do is diverse.A career within Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients meet and manage their tax obligations across unique but ever changing tax specialties. You'll advise clients on their local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, managing indirect taxes, dispute resolution, and global enterprise tax solutions. Our team helps our clients identify and reduce tax risks, meet compliance obligations, implement tax strategies that complement business and operational objectives, resolve disagreements with tax authorities, and manage tax accounting and reporting issues. You'll be engaged in projects dealing with International tax, mergers and acquisitions, state and local tax accounting, regulatory processes, tax reporting and strategy.
We are looking for a Senior Associate to join our Tax Innovation & Capital Incentives (ICI) team. Flexible on
location you can be based from any of our National offices, we are a diverse team with a strong focus on
growth. The ICI team has a wide range of clients across all industries including engineering, food & amp; drink,
manufacturing, financial services and software development.

We advise businesses on HMRC incentives including Research & Development reliefs, Patent Box claims
and Capital Allowances claims which are effective tools to reward their innovation & technological
development. Our aim is top quality client experience delivering in a way that differentiates us from our
competitors.

We operate in a varied local team as part of a wider national network. Our team includes individuals with, for
example, general tax, audit and industry backgrounds, all bringing different skills, qualities and perspectives to
ensure that we are delivering an exceptional service to our clients. The role will be client facing from the
outset and you will be typically expected to start building effective working relationships with your clients from
day one including leading communications yourself. Prior ICI experience is therefore essential.

The role

As a Senior Associate in our team you will be expected to get involved in a wide variety of projects covering all
of the incentives we advise on.

You will be encouraged to take ownership of your own development, actively seeking new projects and making
sure you are familiar with the latest HMRC guidance and legislation. Within our team the legislation and
guidance are only part of the picture as you will develop and progress much quicker through your exposure to
practical application. We actively encourage you to be inquisitive, ask questions and get involved in meetings
from the outset to make sure you are seeing the practical application in action.

As a Senior Associate in this team you will be involved with:

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
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
Working directly to Managers & Senior Managers in the team to support them in managing client
relationships and project delivery
Preparation of formal reports to support the numerical claims for filing with HMRC
Preparation of project technical summaries to illustrate the innovation undertaken by our clients
Assisting with the review of numerical aspects of claims and application of the rules to claims
Actively considering how we can add value to our clients from within the wider tax team and around
the Firm from other lines of service
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 Tax Northern Markets

Key skills / experience

We are looking for a candidate with the following key skills:

A sound understanding of the R&D regimes and experience in the preparation of both SME and RDEC
claims (specifically, reviewing claim workings, contributing to client technical calls, and preparing
supporting documentation)
Strong interpersonal 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
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
Excellent track record of written skills
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