Associate IT/Software Engineer, R&D

The Opportunity:

This offers an exciting opportunity for motivated individuals with a background in IT and/or Software Engineering to join EY’s fast growing and highly successful Innovation Incentives team.  The team are looking for experienced and enthusiastic engineers to be part of a growing and dynamic International practice. This role would suit someone coming from an IT consulting firm or with a strong programming background that is looking to widen their skill set and have broader client exposure.

Responsibilities:

Your main responsibility will be to work very closely with our client’s senior programmers and technical architects from across a range of industry sectors within the technical disciplines. Leveraging from your technical knowledge and industry experience, you will be responsible for analysing technical aspects of their projects (technology stack, as-is/to-be designs, coding design patterns, and development challenges), and assisting in determining whether those projects are eligible for R&D tax relief (although previous R&D tax knowledge is not necessary). Your main responsibilities will include:

• Meeting clients’ senior technical staff in order to develop an understanding of the technical characteristics of the projects undertaken
• Facilitate application of HMRC and BIS guidelines to identify those R&D projects eligible for tax relief (previous knowledge of the R&D tax regime is not required)
• Writing technical project reports describing the technological objectives, advancements and uncertainties of client projects, to support the R&D claim
• Responsible for high-quality delivery of advice and solutions to major FTSE clients, ensuring management of risk and reputation
• Supporting the business in winning new clients by leveraging industry sector expertise through the preparation and delivery of proposals.
• Producing project budgets and timetables that are efficient and cost effective.
• Leading or working as an effective member of a project team, exhibiting strong communication skills and be able to co-operatively work and create synergies with other team members of different skill sets.

Candidate Profile:

• Software development experience, either at graduate-level or ideally within industry
• Ability to pick-up new technologies (e.g. platforms, API’s, frameworks) quickly, and be comfortable in discussing them in-depth
• Desire to understand the latest, cutting edge, technologies used by a variety of businesses
• Strong technical writing skills with the ability to communicate complex technical paradigms to both technical and lay audiences
• Strong communication skills and confidence in speaking, as the role requires holding one-to-one meetings with our clients technical staff, from developer-level to Chief Technology Officer
• Highly motivated self-starter, with a proven track record in taking initiatives, whilst also having a collaborative and team building attitude
• Previous experience in working in a client-facing role is preferable, but not required as exposure will be provided