Consultant, Engineer, Research

6 days ago

Leeds, United Kingdom Deloitte LLP Full time
Job description

Connect to your Industry

The UK government provides tax incentives to businesses performing R&D. Deloitte's R&D tax services group is a market leader in helping clients secure these incentives and is the most experienced team in the UK.

Continued market success has created new opportunities and we are now looking to recruit candidates with a Geoscientific or Petroleum Engineering background, to join this successful team. You will have the opportunity to apply your technical knowledge focussed on the energy sector but across a wide range of other industries and help companies identify the activities that qualify as R&D for these incentives. R&D for tax purposes can involve activities from basic research, through to early stage new product & process development, industrial scale trials and ongoing process improvement activity across all areas of engineering and manufacturing.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, that covers audit, risk advisory, and consulting services across tax, legal, business, technology and corporate finance, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

Develop your technical expertise to help companies in the energy industry maximise their R&D tax relief. As a Consultant within our specialist team, you'll play a crucial role in analysing complex technical projects and translating them into successful R&D tax claims. You'll leverage your industry experience to interpret and communicate complex technical information clearly to HMRC.

In your role as a Consultant you will be in a client-facing from Day One, conducting technical interviews and preparing documentation to support R&D tax claims. You will be working with senior technical and finance staff within our client companies where you will need to understand the nature of the work being performed and prepare high quality documentation to explain how projects meet the definition of R&D.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Analyse technical data and documentation from clients to support the planning and development of R&D claim methodologies, specifically focusing on geoscience and related engineering projects within the energy sector.
  • interpretation, reprocessing and subsurface modelling techniques.
  • Successfully interpret and articulate the value of complex technical work undertaken by subsurface and exploration teams to HMRC, ensuring alignment with qualifying R&D activities.
  • Guide clients through the R&D assessment process, identifying qualifying activities and eligible expenditures, ensuring compliance with HMRC reporting requirements.
  • Develop comprehensive technical documentation that effectively communicates complex geoscience and engineering concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, including HMRC.
  • Collaborate with project teams to accurately capture qualifying R&D costs related to geoscience and engineering activities within energy projects across the legacy oil and gas projects and new energies such as carbon capture and storage.
  • Draft robust project descriptions for HMRC submission, clearly articulating the basis for our clients' R&D claims.
  • Manage a diverse portfolio of clients, prioritising tasks and meeting deadlines effectively.
  • Thrive in a collaborative and inclusive team environment, leveraging your expertise to deliver exceptional client service.


Connect to your skills and professional experience

  • Hold a degree in a relevant geoscience or engineering discipline, such as: Geoscience, Petroleum Engineering, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Subsurface Energy Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • Practical experience working in a geoscience-related role within the energy sector.
  • Demonstrate a strong understanding of key geoscience concepts, such as seismic interpretation, basin modelling, or reservoir modelling.
  • Exhibit exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, enabling you to effectively convey complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences, including HMRC representatives and client stakeholders.
  • Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills, allowing you to quickly understand and interpret technical documentation and identify qualifying R&D activities.
  • Demonstrate excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, client-driven environment.
  • Thrive in a collaborative team environment, actively contributing your expertise and supporting colleagues to deliver exceptional client service.
  • Show a strong commitment to professional development and a keen interest in expanding your knowledge of R&D tax legislation and its application within the energy sector.


Connect to your business - Tax

Innovation and tax consultancy may not seem to go together, but that's exactly what you'll find at Deloitte. We're constantly seeking the new and working together to push the limits of what's possible. Discover a new kind of tax career that you can make your own.

Tax

Our comprehensive range of services encompasses everything from the completion of tax returns (corporation tax self-assessment) to complex consultancy assignments and strategic tax planning. We advise on corporate and general tax, international M&A, stamp tax, cross-border transfer pricing, reorganisations and reconstructions, and competent authority negotiations.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

"We advise some of the largest, most prestigious clients in the world, so the work is really challenging and exciting. We also have a fantastic team of smart, driven people, and a supportive, entrepreneurial culture where everyone's encouraged to be bold, creative, and ambitious" - Oliver, Tax Consulting

"Innovation and tax consultancy may not seem to go together, but that's exactly what you'll find at Deloitte. We're constantly seeking the new and working together to push the limits of what's possible. Discover a new kind of tax career that you can make your own."

"You never have to do it all on your own here. It's great to know that we're all in it together; we're much stronger that way and it's healthier for everyone too." - Anita, Tax Consulting

Our hybrid working policy

You'll be based in one of our UK offices with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That's why we'll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You'll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day. Through world-class development, you'll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you'll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you'll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You'll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you'll never stop growing, whatever your level.

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