Financial Services R&D Senior Manager

PwC's National Innovation and Capital Incentives (ICI) team are passionate about helping clients obtain the R&D incentives available to support their investment in innovation. Based in London, our Financial Services ICI team is a diverse group of specialists, with a strong focus on growth.
The role
We are looking to recruit an established Tax professional at Senior Manager level with experience of UK R&D tax incentives and are keen to hear from people who are passionate about innovation, getting to know a broad range of businesses particularly within the FS sector and having a direct role in growing our ICI practice.
We are particularly focussed on candidates able to support us in:
Managing a portfolio of R&D clients and project delivery across these
Preparation of R&D claims for submission to HMRC
Managing client engagements and developing strong relationships with both our clients and internal stakeholders
Preparing responses to or liaising with HMRC with regard to queries they have on R&D claims on behalf of our clients
Advising clients and internal stakeholders on tax technical points relating to incentive claims
Supervising juniors undertaking the work and apprising more senior stakeholders of progress
Helping to identify and develop new opportunities, including involvement in pitching for work
Essential skills and experience
Fully qualified tax professional ACA/CA/ACCA/ATT/CTA; or Tax Inspectors with full Technical training Course
Excellent working knowledge of tax incentives and experience in preparing claims including:
UK R&D tax incentive regimes (covering both SME and RDEC claims) and experience making claims across a range of industries and/or
Strong project management skills - able to manage several live projects at once and plan own workload.
Excellent communication skills - the candidate will be expected to be the point of contact on the projects they manage supporting a range of stakeholders including client contacts, PwC staff in the incentives team and also in the wider tax practice.
Coaching and delegation - the successful candidate will help other Managers and Senior Managers in the team coach and delegate a growing team of associates supporting the ICI team, helping them grow their technical expertise alongside their soft skills.
Good written skills including report writing, technical memo drafting and concise advice notes for sharing with clients.
Analytical skills for numerical analysis of client data.