Senior Consultant SR&ED at Humi

In this role, by leveraging your engineering expertise, you will have an integral role in advancing our clients' innovative research ventures. Humi is on a mission to modernize and embrace technology in order to increase productivity within the SR&ED team. Your mission will be to guide a diverse clientele in navigating their SR&ED claims, and in the process, you'll evolve into a trusted counselor, offering insightful best practices while immersing yourself in the multifaceted industries represented by our client base.

At Humi, we've merged the substantial resources of a prominent professional services establishment with the personalized and bespoke approach and a team-centric framework. This harmonious blend enables us to consistently deliver, all while ensuring an unparalleled client experience. We commit ourselves to continuous learning and a culture of adaptability based on each member’s findings and experiences. 

Who are we?

Humi’s mission is to help organizations throughout Canada foster their greatest asset – their employees. Starting with a powerful yet intuitive HR, payroll, benefits, and insurance platform, Humi has established a leadership position as the only company addressing all of these needs in one place. With a potential reach spanning every business in Canada, and a platform that touches every employee at every business that uses it, Humi is reimagining the future of work.

Humi is backed by reputable investors including: Kensington Capital Partners, a firm with over 25 years of investment experience, TELUS Ventures who partners with disruptive, market-transforming companies, Tribe Capital, the same group who funded Slack and Carta. Y-Combinator, the top value-based U.S. accelerator, and several of the world’s leading angel investors.

We’re hiring across Canada and are open to applicants who prefer to work remotely!

What will you be doing as a Senior Consultant, Business & Tax Incentive Solutions?

In this role, you will assist our clients in identifying eligible SR&ED activities and describe these activities in a technical report. We will provide you with specialized training on Canada's SR&ED Tax Incentive Program which encourages businesses operating in Canada to develop new products or processes or improve existing ones in the field of science or technology. Incentives are provided through investment tax credits (ITC) delivered via the corporate income tax system. 

• Writing technological descriptions of various different innovative projects related to SR&ED or other types of innovation funding.
• Assisting Humi clients or other colleagues in the active identification, gathering and analysis of relevant information. You will also collect relevant documentation in support of the information you are collecting.
• Researching and reviewing pertinent publications and documents within specific industries.
• Assisting clients in the preparation of the responses to inquiries from government officials.
• Assisting clients in the development and maintenance of a documentation system.
• Working with our team to develop and improve processes for the delivery of our services.
• Planning, organizing and executing engagements on time and within budget.

• Bachelor’s degree in science, computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Ability to understand project requirements, deliverables, and dig deeper to ask insightful questions.
• Experience with submitting SR&ED claims or other tax credits
• Proven experience managing clients alongside personal workload; able to handle relationships with 30-35 clients per year.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, including structured and efficient writing skills; strong listening abilities.
• Comfortable leading client interactions from kickoff to submission, providing clients with all necessary tools for success.
• Enthusiastic about automating processes and providing the necessary tooling for efficiency.

• As a team that services the SMB world, we are a team that understands you perform best in an environment that cares about their employees
• Be part of a high performing team of critical thinkers that thrive on problem solving
• Access leadership and growth opportunities as the company rapidly scales
• Maintain work-life engagement with flex hours and our Long(er) weekends initiative
• Opportunity to work fully remote across Canada if you choose to

At Humi, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging. We want you to know that you're welcome here, no matter who you are. Indigenous peoples, racialized persons/persons of colour, women, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others – we're excited to hear from you. Even if you don't check every box on the requirements list, don't sweat it – we believe in potential over perfection! Need any interview accommodations? We're happy to help! Get in touch and let's chat.

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