Associate DirectorExperience Level: Mid Level | Posted Date: 2025-04-15
The KPMG Global Services (KGS) Tax is a diverse team spread across multiple cities in India. We provide tax and compliance services to KPMG Firms globally. Our core services include Business Tax, Global Mobility, Indirect Tax, Global Transfer Pricing, Global Trade Compliance and Tax Technology delivered by our professionals, who are known for their technical acumen and business insights to deliver exceptional client service.
Through your work, you’ll build a global network and unlock opportunities that you may not have thought possible with access to great support, vast resources, and an inclusive, supportive environment to help you reach your full potential.
Roles & responsibilities
We are recruiting for the Senior Manager position in the UK Innovation Incentives and Reliefs team.
Working as a Senior Manager in this team, your responsibilities will include:
·Manage and work with engagement teams to develop claim methodologies and prepare R&D tax relief claims for submission to HMRC. Taking responsibility and accountability for your own, and your team’s work. ·Lead meetings with the senior IT technical and financial client stakeholders; and provide expert advice in relation to innovation incentives advisory services (R&D, Patent Box, Grant Applications). ·Manage the process for preparing both the technical and financial elements of our client deliverables. This will include reports documenting the work being undertaken by our clients within technically complex IT projects for submission to HMRC/ Funding Organisations; and working with KPMG tax/costing colleagues and client staff to ensure correct quantification of R&D claims. ·Lead 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. ·Liaise with HMRC specialists to facilitate the agreement of R&D claims. ·Establish and maintain strong client relationships with both existing and new clients. ·Build an internal network with technology and tax colleagues across the wider firm. ·Lead and support progressing business development opportunities and pitching for work with both new and existing clients.Educational qualifications
•Honours/Post graduate degree in an Information Technology related discipline from an accredited college/university. •Strong knowledge and/or experience of current information technology and software development.Mandatory technical & functional skills
•7+ years of UK / US Tax experience (Big 4 preferable) •A detailed working knowledge of the UK R&D tax legislation, and its application to Information Technology (IT) activities in addition to significant industry experience in IT and ability to quickly grasp new technical concepts. •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. •Strong proficiency in MS applications including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, with a strong understanding of data analysis techniques.