Incentive Senior Consultant

The Opportunity

EY is looking for a professional to join its team of accountants, lawyers and tax professionals in the Incentives team. EY Incentives forms part of Ernst & Young Global Limited, a multinational professional services network with headquarters in London, England. EY is one of the largest professional services networks in the world

EY offers a specialised grants and tax incentives consultancy, delivering a focused and efficient value-added service to clients.

As a senior consultant in EY Government Grants and Incentives team, you will have the opportunity to advise some of the largest companies in the world on the incentives available from the department of Trade Industry and Competition (dtic).

Key Responsibilities

• Th Assist clients with quantifying opportunities to benefit from investment incentive grants and tax allowances.
• Assist clients with investment incentive and tax allowance compliance:
• Completing incentive grant and tax allowance applications.
• Advising clients on the identification of opportunities that their investments may qualify for investment incentive grants or tax allowances.
• Developing and operationalizing grant applications for investment projects.
• Completing incentive grant and tax allowance claims and managing to receipt of benefits.
• Understanding the impact of programme changes and investment project developments and impacts to accessing the investment incentive grant and tax allowance benefits.
• Assisting and advising clients with remedial actions.
• Identify new opportunities for new investment grant and tax allowance projects.
• Developing relationships with clients and administering authorities.
• Assisting the team with updating the consolidated tracker to monitor approvals and claim deadlines.
• Assisting the team the ad hoc administration, quality risk process and code management process.

 

Skills and attributes for success

• Organisational, analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.
• An excellent communicator, analytical, organised, structured, and result orientated approach to work.
• strong writing skills, ability to read, interpret and organise financial data
• Attention to detail.
• Good planning and organizational skills.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure.
• High multi-tasking and project management
• Self-driven, dynamic, and professional.
• An ability to work with people and always maintain a work / people skills balance.
• An effective time manager and project planner who is focused on delivering exceptional client services.
• An ability to maintain and develop relations with clients and administering authorities
• An ability to multi-task and manage a diverse portfolio of clients

 

Requirements

• B. Com Degree (preferably accounting major (or similar).
• Business acumen.
• Experience in understanding different industrial and manufacturing processes is preferential.
• Experience in an Advisory environment is preferred.

 

What EY Offers

As one of our valued employees in EY, you get to work with inspiring, meaningful and challenging projects. Our focus is education and coaching alongside practical experience to ensure your personal development. At EY we value our employees, and you will be able to control your own development with an individual progression plan. You will quickly grow into a responsible role with challenging and stimulating assignments. In addition to this, you will be part of an interdisciplinary environment that encourages high quality and knowledge exchange. Furthermore, we offer excellent working conditions, in a stimulating, inclusive and enjoyable environment. We offer:

 

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

 

About EY 

As a global leader in assurance, tax, consulting, strategy and transaction services, we hire and develop the most passionate people in their field to help build a better working world. This starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. So that whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

 

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

 

Join us in building a better working world.