Job Description
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 the Northern region (Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, Newcastle, Leeds, and Manchester), we are a diverse team with a strong focus on growth.
We are looking to recruit an individual with a background in Science/Engineering at Senior Associate level who are passionate about innovation, getting to know a broad range of businesses and having a direct role in growing our ICI practice.
This is an ideal role for a qualified computer scientist, software architect or IT engineer interested in the world of Research & Development claims. This is an opportunity to become part of a large and growing team in the UK, and to work on different aspects of R&D claims, from campaigns, to proposals, delivery, and team leadership activities.
Typical tasks in this role include:
- Support the technical lead during preparation of proposals
- Support in interviews with client engineers to understand and document their R&D needs
- Support summarising the R&D in client engineering projects
- Assist in meetings with HMRC and support client engineers during enquiries
- Work collaboratively with our tax-legislation experts in the team, to support the quantifying of R&D costs
- Work with the senior team to support or initiate sales opportunities in a sector
- Optional: Initiate ideas for digital acceleration and other automation tools.
Requirements:
- Computer science or Software Engineering university degree (or masters or PhD)
- Academic or industry experience in Software Engineering or IT
- Experience in developing and documenting Software Engineering or IT projects
- Experience in preparing R&D incentives claims preparation
- Experience in liaising with HMRC's software specialists
- Experience in supporting client engineers during enquiries with HMRC