R&D Tax Director

Key Responsibilities

• Line management of members of the R&D team and ensuring the development of the necessary skillset and career progression
• Leading R&D meetings with clients, building and developing effective working relationships with colleagues, intermediaries and other networks to develop further opportunities and business over time
• Identification of qualifying R&D projects and expenditure through participation in technical and financial discussions with clients
• Undertaking technical and financial assessments and supporting the team to produce summaries
• Revision of technical and financial assessments prepared by other members of the team
• Ensuring R&D claims meet the requirements of relevant tax legislation and guidelines
• Preparation of R&D claim financial calculations and liaison with both internal and external tax teams to ensure tax returns and computations correctly reflect the outcome of technical assessments
• Project management of claims such as liaison with clients, colleagues and revenue to ensure claims are optimised and deadlines are met
• Contributes to the development of solutions to complex technical problems
• First point of contact with clients
• Actively developing and promoting, both internally and externally, the firm’s R&D tax offering
• Continuously developing own knowledge and skills and to keep technical knowledge up to date
• Representing the Firm at seminars, presentations and other events

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Excellent knowledge of R&D tax relief schemes and claim quantification. Able to sign off technical reports along with the additional information forms and supporting costings prepared for the team.
• Proven experience of managing several projects simultaneously, and experience in working within a business unit with internal and external clients
• Proven experience of working on R&D tax relief claims for both small and large companies, comfortably liaising with Managing Directors, Financial Directors, CEOs, CTOs etc. of such companies
• Willingness to train, supervise, manage and take responsibility for junior staff within the team, coaching them on R&D tax relief scheme rules and preparation of underlying supporting information.
• Excellent communication (both spoken and written) and people skills with the ability to translate complex ideas into non-technical concepts
• Be highly proactive in the approach to new work opportunities including an ability and willingness to develop the R&D fees through business development in the region.
• Able to produce technical and marketing content for internal and external use evidencing credentials of the Innovation taxes team and updates to changes to R&D schemes.
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of commercial awareness