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Senior Associate - Innovation & Technology - London
Overview
BDO LLP is an accountancy and business advisory firm, we provide integrated advice and solutions to help businesses navigate a changing world. Our clients are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy. We share our clients’ ambitions and their entrepreneurial mind-set. We have the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise to help them succeed. BDO LLP operates in 17 locations across the UK, employing 5,000 people offering tax, audit and assurance, and a range of advisory services. BDO LLP has revenues of £590m and is the UK member firm of the BDO International network. The BDO global network provides business advisory services in 162 countries, with 80,000 people working out of 1,500 offices worldwide. It has revenues of $9bn. Overview End Date - 13/04/2020 Salary - competitive The Corporate Tax department provides bespoke taxation services to its clients and deals with all queries from basic compliance through to high-level advisory work. It prepares tax returns and computations, carries out tax planning/consultancy work, and deals with HMRC, clients and third parties. The firm's specialist Innovation & Technology Group, based in the London, at the Baker Street office, comprises engineers, software programmers and scientists as well as specialist finance professionals such as auditors and tax accountants all of whom are experienced in claiming R&D tax relief. The Innovation and Technology team provide the following services: Claiming R&D tax relief R&D Allowances (RDAs) Grants Patent Box International R&D relief This is a client facing role where the consultant will be working with customers from a wide range of industry sectors undertaking development activities within the field of Software Engineering. A key aspect for this role will be the ability to translate complex ideas into non-technical concepts and communicate these to a broad client base. Responsibilities Undertaking the technical assessment of claims and producing the technical summary commensurate to the size of the client Writing detailed technical reports for appropriate authorities (typically HMRC), based on interviews. Identification of qualifying R&D projects and expenditure through participation in technical discussions with clients Undertaking the financial assessment of claims and producing the financial calculations (SME and Large) Review company structures to determine the relevant R&D scheme Liaison with our technical tax staff on the preparation of tax documents comprising these R&D claims for submission of claims to HMRC Work with client’s finance and tax teams to ensure that eligible R&D Tax expenditure is identified. Project manage R&D tax claims (i.e. continuously liaising with clients, colleagues and key contacts at HMRC to ensure claims are optimised and deadlines are met) First point of contact with clients Liaison with HMRC to follow up on outstanding claims Supporting R&D Tax Relief claims in the event of HMRC R&D enquiries Actively developing and promoting both internally and externally the BDO R&D tax offering Attending meetings, building and developing effective working relationships with colleagues, intermediaries and other networks to develop further opportunities and business over time Continuously developing own knowledge and skills and to keep technical knowledge up to date Representing the Firm at seminars and computer sciences related events Requirements At least 2 years’ experience including R&D and Corporation Tax - Software A holder of a recognised Computer Sciences university degree (MSc and / or PhD). This in combination with a business degree would be an advantage Ideally, some experience in software development and programming in two or more of the following: SQL, Oracle, X10,.NET CLR, JVM, JavaScript, C#, XML, HTML, PHP, Solaris, Redhat Ideally proven experience of working on several software projects and experienced in working within a business unit with internal (and external) clients Excellent communication (both spoken and written) Understanding accounts and tax computations for the purposes of understanding the benefit to the client Understanding requirements of the relevant local tax legislation and guidelines Strong numerical ability Strong project management skills to ensure R&D claims are delivered to time and within budget. Curiosity, awareness and an interest in the fields of science, technology and innovation Be highly proactive in the approach to new work opportunities Team player and ability to work on own initiative Able to project a professional, credible image Trustworthy and able to maintain strict confidentiality Able to travel to clients' premises for meetings and on-site reviews as well as other offices as needed Our Agency Policy BDO has a commitment to building relationships directly with candidates (and agencies) in our local markets and as such, we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. We work closely with our preferred suppliers to support us in sourcing quality candidates but we only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and an agency has been instructed by a member of the BDO Resourcing team. We do not pay agency fees where speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to BDO by any means other than through our recruitment portal. For any CVs which are submitted without instruction from the BDO Resourcing team, BDO reserves the right to contact and work directly with these candidates without payment of any agency fee. For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.