Software Engineering Senior Associate

Employer: PwC
Location: Leeds, United Kingdom
Salary: Competitive
Closing date: 6 Dec 2023

Sector: Accounting - practice
Salary band: Competitive
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Where will they be working?: Hybrid - mostly office

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Job Details

We help our clients stay ahead of changes that impact their businesses, navigating complexity and risk. We deliver deep tax technical, people and legal expertise, while providing the critical context to make informed and compliant decisions. With clients ranging from multinational organisations and public sector bodies to entrepreneurs and family businesses, the work we do is diverse.A career within Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients meet and manage their tax obligations across unique but ever changing tax specialties. You'll advise clients on their local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, managing indirect taxes, dispute resolution, and global enterprise tax solutions.Our team helps our clients identify and reduce tax risks, meet compliance obligations, implement tax strategies that complement business and operational objectives, resolve disagreements with tax authorities, and manage tax accounting and reporting issues. You'll be engaged in projects dealing with International tax, mergers and acquisitions, state and local tax accounting, regulatory processes, tax reporting and strategy.
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

Company

Our values define how we do things. And our purpose is why we exist - now more than ever - to build trust in society and solve important problems for our clients and our communities. In a world we no longer recognise, we need to rely on the strength and agility of our people to help us to navigate these uncertain times.

We're committed to ensuring that care and our people's wellbeing remains central to our culture. While we may not know what’s ahead, we can do all we can to help shape the future. As we continue to navigate this unprecedented time, it’s important that we support our people, to help them take care of themselves and to ensure the right support is available when it’s needed.

For now, we ask you to join our talent network and stay in touch with what’s happening in real time, including new possibilities as they arise. Visit our website for more information on how we’re responding to this pandemic and what changes we’re making to our recruitment process.

Stay safe and stay connected in this rapidly changing world.

PwC

Opportunities are at the heart of a career with us. Opportunities for you to sharpen your skills, collaborate with experts, build lasting relationships and make an impact in a place where people, quality and value mean everything.

Our offer to you...

· Be part of the world’s leading professional services network and enjoy the benefits that come with that.

· Meet and collaborate with highly talented people from diverse backgrounds, developing new ways of thinking, creating value for you, for PwC and for our clients.

· Work in a challenging and stimulating environment where you’ll be inspired to reach your full potential.

· Identify and develop your skills, build on your existing strengths and discover new ones you didn’t know you had. Watch your expertise and influence grow with us.

The PwC deal

No matter which area of the business you choose to join, all offer the same deal. The opportunity to grow as an individual, to meet new people, and build lasting relationships that will stay with you for life. All whilst making an impact in a place where people, quality, and value, mean everything. Your hard work will be rewarded with a competitive salary and a personally tailored benefits package.

What you need to bring to us

Your intellect, willingness to learn, ability to build relationships, put yourself in others’ shoes, while always making a positive impact with our clients and each other.

The skills, insights and connections you develop at PwC are career defining wherever your career may take you. It’s the opportunity of a lifetime. Take it.

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