Consultant/Senior Consultant | R&D Tax, Grants and Collaboration Management

Intellect Labs is a boutique consulting firm with a focus on R&D Tax, Grant Strategy, Collaboration Management and Intellectual Property advice. We are driven by our purpose – to help Australian science and technology businesses innovate, grow and solve the world’s greatest challenges.

Our services lie at the crossroads of accounting, law, science and technology and we work with incredible Australian companies across a range of industries.

The Opportunity:

Join a high-calibre team of advisors offering a lifestyle-friendly culture. We are looking for people who want to work in a fast-growing, high-performing but friendly practice.

You will work directly with our Principals across our medtech, biotech, software, food and beverage, recycling and manufacturing client base. With direct coaching from our experienced team, you’ll get the skills, support and opportunity to quickly build your advisory experience and business understanding early in your career.

Some of the perks:

• Hybrid working | Our people work 2-3 days in the office, and 2-3 days at home on a timetable that suits them.

• Easy to use, cloud-based software to let you work efficiently | No hardcopy filing or frustrating timesheets. We trust our staff and value high-quality delivery over onerous, outdated processes.

• Structured training sessions held fortnightly, deep-diving into technical skills with external sessions on Patents, IP Valuation, broader tax and finance topics, and soft skills.

• A competitive remuneration package, with bonus opportunities as you progress in your career.
  An environment receptive to new ideas and improving the way that we deliver high-quality service to our clients.
  

Some other kickers:

• Dress for your day!

• Complete work from home setup provided!

• A bonus week of leave to use how you will!

• Travel around Australia to client sites to get a first-hand view of the newest Australian innovations!
  
  

The Role

• Your day to day will include a mix of:

• Conducting project scoping interviews with inventors and innovators to identify eligible R&D projects or match projects with other Government funding;

• \Preparing R&D Tax Incentive and grant applications to advocate projects against legislation and merit criteria and calculating R&D expenditure and tax benefits

• Advising clients on strategies to maximise R&D Tax Incentive claims;

• Working directly with technical and finance teams in exciting industries; and

• Involvement with business development initiatives to continue to grow the practice.

Who You Are

The role will suit someone with between 1 and 4 years’ experience in R&D Tax and Grant Applications in a professional services environment. We are also open to applications from post-graduate researchers looking to shift to a career in consulting. Our ideal candidate is an excellent written communicator and great at synthesising information into concise and structured formats. 

We are looking for someone who:

• Asks a lot of questions and gets excited hearing about new ideas, 

• Finds inspiration in the success of others,

• Learns from feedback, is self-motivated and sees effort as a path to mastery.