Consultant/Senior Consultant, Research

Basic information
Location
Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester
Business Line
Tax & Legal

Job Type

Permanent / FTC
Date published
10-Jul-2026
Req #
22302

Job description

Connect to your IndustryThe 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 tax and financial background, to help join this successful team. You will have the opportunity to apply your knowledge across a wide range of areas and to help companies identify the R&D claims for these incentives. This R&D role can involve activities such as data analysis, claim quantification, applying the appropriate tax principles, building client relationships, project management and business development across all sectors and different types of R&D and innovation.
Connect to your career at Deloitte     Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, 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.
Connect to your opportunity As a Consultant or Senior Consultant you will be in a client-facing role from day one. You will quickly progress to leading and delivering our R&D projects, assessing eligibility requirements, drafting methodology documentation and preparing claim calculations across a wide range of market sectors and industries as well as supporting junior team members. You will be working with senior technical and finance staff within our client companies where you will need to understand their R&D profile and IP portfolio, the nature of the R&D activities performed, and expenses incurred as well as supporting our clients with developing robust claim methodologies.
Your responsibilities will include:Analysing the qualifying company requirements for establishing the applicability of the SME and/or Large R&D regimesAnalysing technical and cost data from clients to develop robust and efficient R&D claim methodologiesLeading the tax technical aspects of the R&D claim process within a project team to ensure that all relevant Patent Box profits and R&D qualifying expenditure are identifiedPreparing clear reports for submission to HMRC to explain how our clients’ R&D claims have been prepared. You will attend meetings with HMRC when necessary to respond to tax technical questions and explain the approach adoptedProviding industry insight into marketing and sales activity based on your R&D experience, including preparation of fee proposals where appropriateWorking effectively in diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contributionReviewing work prepared by junior team members, ready for Director or Partner reviewConnect to your skills and professional experience We would be interested in hearing from applicants with the following skills/ experienceDegree level qualified (or equivalent)ACA, ATT or CTA qualified (or equivalent)Experience of preparing R&D claims with little or no supervision:Ability to prepare complex costing spreadsheets for both SME and RDEC claims;Knowledge of the UK Patent Box regime;Experience of reviewing UK R&D and Patent Box claims;Demonstrated capability to lead small R&D project teams, with experience in delivering both to internal and external customersA strong communicator, with good interpersonal awareness skillsThe ability to work within multi-disciplinary teams as well as generating high quality documentationProven ability to propose for new work on existing client base and support leadership team in market pursuitsWell-organised and able to manage multiple large and complex projects, handling conflicting demands for yourself and team-members in a timely mannerqConnect to your business
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