Our team works with clients from owner managed business, to large multinational organisations, and we are looking for a Senior Manager with a strong financial, and tax background to assist clients across as suite of innovation advisory services including R&D tax Credits, Patent Box, R&D Allowances, Grants and Innovation Advisory services. Role and Responsibilities:

Manage and work with engagement teams to develop claim methodologies and prepare R&D tax relief and Patent Box claims for submission to HMRC. Taking responsibility and accountability for your own, and your team's work.
Lead meetings with the financial client stakeholders; and provide expert advice in relation to innovation advisory services (R&D and Patent Box). Chair and support the technical specialists in meetings with senior technical client stakeholders.
Manage the process for preparing both the technical and financial elements of our client deliverables. This will include ensuring correct quantification of R&D/Patent Box claims and supporting the KPMG technical team documenting the work being undertaken by our clients within technically complex projects for submission to HMRC.
Manage client projects across both tax and technical work streams; and manage conflicting resourcing requirements between projects.
Leading by example in terms of client relationships, technical quality, and service delivery.
Leading projects; and solving problems by advising our clients in the application of complex legislation to real life situations.
Leading people including coaching and developing junior staff.
Liaising with HMRC specialists to facilitate the agreement of R&D & Patent Box claims.
Establish and maintain strong client relationships with both existing and new clients.
Build an internal network within the wider tax practice of the firm.
Lead in progressing business development opportunities and to pitch for work with both new and existing clients.
Deliver comprehensive proposals and taking part in presentations/ pitches as required.

You will have a strong finance and taxation background.
You will have significant industry experience in finance and in particular taxation which will include a detailed working knowledge of the R&D tax legislation, and its application to ensuring correct quantification of claims. Knowledge of the Patent Box tax legislation and its application is desirable, but not essential.
Must be able to understand key tax/costing concepts relevant to R&D claim preparation, as well as the capability to work within cross-disciplinary teams.
Must have excellent problem-solving skills and critical thinking to assist our clients in applying complex legislation to real life situations.
Excellent communication skills are a must. For example, you must be able to lead finance discussions and explain complex legislative concepts to finance and scientists/engineers in industry who have no prior experience of the tax definition of R&D.
Must be capable of producing high quality, professional documentation and reports for C-suite stakeholders within our clients.
Must be able to demonstrate project management skills and an ability to manage own workload well, as well as delegating to staff members., Tax and accounting qualifications are not essential for this role, but would be highly preferable (e.g. CTA/ ACA/ ACCA qualified (or equivalent)).

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