Join EY as a Senior Consultant, Research and Development Tax - Costing in Manchester, London, or Birmingham. In this full-time role, you will prepare R&D tax claims, ensure tax compliance, and build strong client relationships within the Financial Services sector.
Requirements
Experienced in either a wider Corporation Tax or R&D tax practitioner role.
Strong technical skills and relationship management abilities.
Ideally fully qualified ACA, CA, ACCA, ATT, or CTA.
Ideally strong Excel capability including XLOOKUP, IF functions, and pivot tables.
Ideally strong writing, communication, and project management skills.
Skills & Responsibilities
R&D Tax Preparation: Utilize tax practitioner experience to prepare accurate R&D tax claims and ensure compliance against tax legislation.
Relationship Management: Apply strong relationship skills to build and maintain trust with clients' senior stakeholders and internal teams.
Data Analysis: Leverage advanced Excel capabilities to manipulate large and complex datasets for tax costing purposes.
Business Development: Proactively manage the existing client base and contribute to winning new clients through business development activities.
Potential transition routes: People from corporate finance, tax advisory, or financial analysis roles may bring relevant tax and analytical skills, alongside meeting mandatory professional qualifications.
Job description
At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.
We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.
Join EY and help to build a better working world.
The opportunity
EY Tax is a market leader, renowned for delivering sustainable growth and empowering our people to shape their own careers. Our diverse, collaborative team advises on high-profile transactions, combining technical expertise, innovation and a genuine focus on continuous development. Join us to work on challenging, multi-country projects in a supportive, dynamic environment where your impact truly matters.
You will be required to work closely with clients’ finance, tax and IT engineers. Working within the EY team you will be involved in the preparation of R&D claims and making sure of compliance against tax legislation. Within the Innovation team you will be exposed to cash grants and patent box applications. As well as working directly on existing projects, you will also be offered the chance to support business development opportunities.
Your key responsibilities
To work alongside teams working on the efficient preparation and successful delivery of R&D tax claims in the Financial Services sector.
Build and maintain relationships with clients and provide high levels of client service, taking a leading role in interaction with clients' senior stakeholders
Build relationships both within the firm and externally with clients, identifying opportunities, managing client team stakeholders, and liaising with other client facing teams
Contribute to winning new work by proactively managing our existing clients base and contribute to winning new clients by contributing to business development activities.
Skills and attributes for success
What we look for
Experienced in either wider Corporation Tax or R&D tax practitioner role
Team player; ability to integrate with new teams quickly
Outgoing with good relationship skills and the ability to deliver quality output
Strong technical skills and keen to develop further
Ability to identify areas of risk, carry out an effective review and know when to refer upwards
Relationship management skills with ability to manage client expectations and build effective relationships at all levels
Ideally, you’ll also
Fully qualified ACA/CA/ACCA/ATT/CTA
Strong Excel capability including use of XLOOKUP, IF functions and pivot tables, including manipulating large and complex datasets
Strong writing, communication and project management skills.
What we offer you
At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.
Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.
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