Senior Manager - Innovation Reliefs and Incentives
KPMG
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- 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, Patent Box, Grant Applications). 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/ Funding Organisations.
- 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 significant industry experience in finance and in particular taxation which will include a detailed working knowledge of the R&D and/or Patent Box tax legislation, and its application to ensuring correct quantification of claims.
- Must be able to understand key tax/costing concepts relevant to R&D and Patent Box 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)).