--- title: "R&D Specialist" company: "Caribou" company_url: "https://www.remjobs.works/companies/caribou" url: "https://www.remjobs.works/job/caribou-r-d-specialist-633ee4cb-58f1-4e9e-a6b4-cead3f6944dd" apply_url: "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/caribou/381536e5-d8fa-49c9-8c4e-bb07411cc846" workplace: hybrid location: "London" employment_type: full-time seniority: mid role: finance-legal region: united-kingdom salary: "£85,000–£130,000 per year" date_posted: 2026-07-07T18:57:21.149Z first_seen_by_remjobs: 2026-09-15T15:12:11.238Z --- # R&D Specialist **Caribou** · London Salary: £85,000–£130,000 per year Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/caribou/381536e5-d8fa-49c9-8c4e-bb07411cc846 ## About Caribou Going global is now the norm. But the moment you set up an entity in another country, you inherit a tax and legal mess that compounds with every hire and every invoice. For example, one jurisdiction has to be profitable, cash has to move between entities compliantly, and every cross-border decision has to be audit-ready, which today means a different law firm in each country, a tax advisor on top of that, and you coordinating the chaos. The real expertise is locked up inside the Big Four. The world's largest companies pay millions a year for access. Everyone else gets selective coverage and hefty legal bills to half-solve the problem. Caribou is the first autonomous tax firm. No lengthy workshops, no months of back-and-fort; connect your finance and HR systems and we graph your business — every entity, process, and employee — into a model we call the Atlas. From there we check transfer pricing, surface legal risks you didn't know you had, maximise your R&D credits, and monitor for accidental taxes as your shape changes. And we don't just hand you a report. We speak to your accountants, draft the legal agreements, and implement the fix ourselves. We've turned an eight-week engagement into three hours. Why work with three firms when one does the job? We're already working with fast-growing companies like Butternut Box, OpenFX, Encord, Vertice, Omnea, and Hadrian - we've saved them hundreds of thousands on legal fees and surprise tax bills. ## About the role ##### About Caribou International Tax is a rigged system. Tax rules get ever more complicated, compliance gets more expensive, and the Big Four controls the expertise. They charge fees that only giant companies can afford, while smaller businesses are left flying blind. Caribou is a tax platform designed to make international tax accessible to every global business. We're fixing Transfer Pricing first, where one million businesses are in need, but only ten thousand experts exist. R&D relief is our next product. Our backers include Y Combinator, Accel, Lakestar and angel investors who were founders or executives of leading companies in London and San Francisco. ##### About the Role Caribou is building a new R&D tax offering at the intersection of transfer pricing and innovation funding — and we're looking for a Senior Manager to own it end-to-end. This isn't a pure advisory role. You'll be working alongside our engineering team to productize the service: systematising claim processes, building tooling, and turning what used to be manual consulting work into something scalable. The mix of hands-on R&D tax advisory with product instinct is what makes this different from a standard tax consultancy position. We're looking for someone who's been in the trenches with HMRC and/or the IRS on R&D claims, with a passion for building things that don't exist yet. You'll report directly to our Head of Tax, James Boreham, and have real ownership of the vertical from day one. ##### In this role, you will - Liaise directly with customers to assess R&D eligibility and understand their business. - Own the end-to-end claim process, from notification of intent to claim through advance assurance, drafting, submission, and defending claims under enquiry. - Translate your real-world claims experience into rules, checklists, and logic that can be built into an automated product. - Identify what proof and documentation a claim actually needs to withstand scrutiny, and work with the team to design data capture that gets it right the first time. - Explain R&D concepts to non-specialists, ranging from founders to operations leads, to accountants. - Coordinate with a customer's other advisors, including bookkeepers, lawyers and other tax experts. - Shape the R&D product itself - pricing, scope, and what should be automated versus handled by a specialist. - Determine a customer's reporting obligations and build the workflows that generate the necessary documents. ##### Requirements for the role - Meaningful hands-on experience with HMRC and/or IRS R&D claims, including defending claims under enquiry - Deep practical understanding of what proof and evidence a tax authority actually requires, beyond the written guidance - You take ownership and enjoy driving multiple projects involving a wider range of stakeholders - Comfortable working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment with ambiguous and rapidly evolving priorities ##### Bonus points - Experience across both UK and US R&D regimes - Startup experience ##### Perks & Benefits (for UK-based full-time employees) - Competitive salary - Generous EMI options - 100% book subsidy - Pension - Health Insurance - Custom WFH equipment setupLondon-based, hybrid. --- Source: Caribou's own career page, read by RemJobs. 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