Senior IT Advisor

Senior IT Advisor

Location: Wrocław / Katowice - 2 days in office / 3 days remote

Let us introduce you the job offer by EY GDS Poland a member of the global integrated service delivery center network by EY.

At EY GDS youll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are with the global scale support inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And were counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself and a better working world for all.

An exciting opportunity to work in EY GDSs Business Tax Advisory Quantitative Services (QS) group with a diverse team of highly successful tax specialists in Global Grants Credits & Incentives practice. You will support companies in analysing the complex tax issues associated with the treatment of expenditures incurred for research and development work to claim R&D Tax credits and incentives. As a GDS-QS team member and based at India you will also be part of an exciting rapidly growing team of tax professionals who support a suite of similar tax services across a variety of clients in Ireland.

The opportunity

This opportunity is ideal for driven individuals with a background in IT software engineering or technology wishing to leverage and apply their technical expertise in a new way. It will also require you to have strong board technical industry knowledge and hands on experience in IT software or high-technology sectors. This role will suit experienced and enthusiastic engineers who are driven to learn about new technologies and industry trends

widen their technical knowledge and have more broader client and commercial exposure.

You will be required to work closely with our clients C-suite executives technologists and engineers across a diverse range of sectors such as technology social networking telecommunication cloud computing financial services software product development and so much more. Your role will involve being responsible for critically analysing the scientific and technological aspects of a clients R&D project. You will play an active role in client discussion and creation of technical deliverables for our clients. You will collaborate with your team in Ireland to deliver R&D tax claims for clients and will be offered the opportunity to work with the EYs global R&D network to deliver multi jurisdiction projects aligned to the global nature of the Engineering/IT/software sector.

Your key responsibilities

As part of our Ireland Advisory for R&D Incentives team you will advise clients on the use of public funding for global and local innovation and sustainability projects. Wide range of tasks involved in this role are:

• Working as an effective member of a project team to Interview the clients senior technical and engineering staff in order to develop an understanding of the technical characteristics of the projects undertaken.
• Facilitate application of Irish Revenues guidelines to identify which R&D projects or aspects of projects are eligible for tax relief.
• Writing detailed technical project reports describing the technological objectives advancements and uncertainties of the clients projects to support the R&D tax claim.
• Ability to provide practical approaches and solutions to situations and apply critical thinking to ensure the delivery of the project work products.
• Working with the EY R&D global network to deliver multi jurisdiction projects aligned to the global nature of the engineering/IT/technology sector.
• Responsible for high-quality delivery of advice and solutions to major clients ensuring management of risk and reputation.
• Supporting in the successful delivery of technically complex and demanding consulting projects ensuring technical excellence and practical/business driven approach taken.
• Building and maintaining relationships with clients to provide high levels of client service.
• Maintaining up to date technical and tax technical knowledge.

To qualify for the role you must have

• You have excellent spoken and written formal business English communicating clearly and concisely in phone calls and via email.
• Previous R&D tax knowledge is NOT required for this role although this would be highly advantageous.
• Relevant qualifications in the specific area of expertise required. For example bachelors or masters in computer science/IT.
• In-depth technical expertise in your discipline and understanding the commercial/technical issues faced in the technology sector.
• You have experience in dealing with technological challenges faced by professionals in the field during the design development implementation and testing of technological solutions.
• Ability to assist in defending technical aspects of R&D tax claims (previous R&D tax experience is not a necessity; this is something that the successful candidate will learn on the job).
• Ability to identify and manage areas of risk know when to refer upwards demonstrate good judgement objectivity and independence.
• Strong client relationship management skills with the ability to understand clients needs and deliver quality outputs to clients.
• Strong communication and project management skills with the ability to work in a team based and consultancy environment.
• Have excellent technical report writing interpersonal communication interviewing skills and presenting ability.
• You must feel comfortable discussing technical themes with clients in a personable and professional manner.
• A keen desire to adapt and flex existing knowledge to different engineering sectors and build on the core capabilities.
• You have the ability to swiftly adapt to and learn about different technologies utilised by our clients such as: SOCs semiconductors Hadoop/Spark Docker cloud technologies Data Science database engineering database technologies programming languages (such JSON SQL Python Java Perl C JavaScript Objective-C Ruby C Haskell R Scala GoLang etc) Big Data Processing (Lambda architecture) scripting languages as well as web and mobile technologies.
• You interact readily with other technical professionals have outstanding interpersonal skills and excel in eloquence and concise summary of information.
• Strong attention to detail and first-time accuracy is essential.
• You are proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications.

Ideally youll also have

• Ideally you will have hands on experience in the engineering IT technology data and software sectors.

What we look for

• The flexibility to constantly learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Outgoing with good relationship skills and the ability to deliver quality output.

What we offer

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across nine locations Argentina Hungary India the Philippines Poland Sri Lanka Mexico Spain and the United Kingdom and with teams from all EY service lines geographies and sectors playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business GDS you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. Well introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people learning skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

• Continuous learning: Youll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: Well provide the tools and flexibility so you can make a meaningful impact your way.
• Transformative leadership: Well give you the insights coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture:Youll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

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