Financial Services R&D Senior Manager - London, United Kingdom - PwC

    PwC
    PwC London, United Kingdom

    1 week ago

    PwC background
    Full time
    Description

    The role

    We are looking to recruit an established Tax professional at Senior 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.