QS Senior Analyst - EY Global Delivery Services

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An exciting opportunity to work in EY GDS’s 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 client’s 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 analysing the scientific and tech-
nological aspects of a client’s R&D project. You will play an active role in providing practical 
approaches and  apply critical thinking to ensure the delivery of technical deliverables for 
our clients’. You will collaborate with your team in Ireland to deliver R&D tax claims for cli-
ents and will be offered the opportunity to work with the EY’s 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 assist 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 Revenue’s guidelines to identify which R&D pro-
jects or aspects of projects are eligible for tax relief.
 Writing detailed technical project reports based on previous eligible R&D 
activities, describing the technological objectives, advancements, and uncertain-
ties of the clients’ projects, to support the R&D tax claim.
 Ability to 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 technical documentation 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 knowledge. 
Skills and attributes for success

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, 
bachelor’s or master’s 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 client’s 
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, database engineering, database technologies, programming languages 
(such as .NET, 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, you’ll 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 
• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever 
comes next. 
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make 
a meaningful impact, your way. 
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to 
be the leader the world needs. 
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered 
to use your voice to help others find theirs. 

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as 
possible. 
  
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