Senior R&D Tax Credits Technical Consultant - Strong Software Focus - Hybrid

My client is a leading innovation funding consultancy, specialising in R&D Tax Credits, grants, financing and investment funding looking for a Senior R&D Tax Credits Technical Consultant to join their team.

As a Senior R&D Tax Credits Technical Consultant (with a strong software focus), you’ll be delving into the intricacies of our clients’ cutting-edge technologies and discovering development work that’s eligible for government funding. You’ll play a pivotal role throughout our R&D Tax Credit delivery process, accompanying clients from initial engagement right through to claim completion. You will be trusted to work with businesses from a range of exciting industries, such as financial services, biotechnology, engineering, software, construction and data science. You will be expected to gain a deep understanding of the R&D Tax Credits scheme, and some familiarity with the other schemes we specialise in, so that you can effectively advise your client on their public funding options.

On a typical day into this role, you might be:

• Working alongside our team of writing experts to help craft a strong and persuasive technical report on our client’s work
• Attending conference calls with CTOs, engineers and other R&D ‘doers’
• Reviewing technical data or patents provided by the client
• Identifying qualifying technology in collaboration with our financial, sales and account management teams
• Sharing a passion for technology and new areas of development that you encounter with the our team, so that everyone is up-to-speed with the bleeding edge of tech

Requirements:

• Minimum of 4+ years work experience in a R&D Tax Credits role with a strong working knowledge of the UK R&D tax incentive schemes
• A passion for science and technology innovation
• Degree (BSc/MSc/PhD) Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Proficient in modern programming languages with strong expertise in software architecture, cloud platforms, databases, AI/ML frameworks, DevOps practices, and cybersecurity.
• Alternatively, equivalent professional experience demonstrating advanced software engineering expertise.
• Sharp listening skills to chair meetings in order to dissect complex tech