UK Tax Technology Senior Associate

Industry/Sector

Technology

Specialism

Functional & Industry Technologies

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

UK Tax Technology – Senior Associate

At PwC, our Tax Technology professionals work at the intersection of tax, technology, and product innovation to help clients navigate an increasingly digital tax landscape. Our teams design and deliver technology‑enabled tax solutions that improve compliance, enhance reporting, and create sustainable value for both clients and internal stakeholders.

As a Senior Associate in UK Tax Technology, you will contribute to the development and delivery of software-driven tax solutions, combining your understanding of UK tax concepts with hands-on technology experience. You will support the design, build, and enhancement of tax products and platforms—both commercial and internal—ensuring they align with regulatory requirements, business objectives, and user needs.

Working closely with tax specialists, product managers, designers, and engineers, you will help translate tax and business requirements into scalable, practical technology solutions. Your role spans the product lifecycle, including requirements gathering, solution design, testing, release support, and ongoing enhancements such as upgrades, regulatory updates, and maintenance. For client-facing solutions, you will also contribute to implementation, adoption, and go‑to‑market support activities.

Focused on collaboration and relationships, you will build strong connections with clients and internal teams, developing the confidence to manage workstreams and guide junior team members. As you gain exposure to more complex tax and technology challenges, you will deepen your technical and tax expertise, strengthen your problem‑solving skills, and continue to build your professional brand.

You are expected to anticipate client and team needs, deliver high-quality outcomes, and operate effectively in environments with evolving requirements. Comfortable with ambiguity, you ask the right questions, adapt quickly to change, and use uncertainty as an opportunity to learn and grow—while maintaining a strong focus on accuracy, compliance, and value delivery.

Skills, Knowledge, and Experience

At this level, you are expected to demonstrate the following capabilities to lead delivery and create value:

• Respond effectively to diverse perspectives, needs, and working styles.
• Apply a broad range of tools, methodologies, and techniques to solve problems and generate ideas.
• Use critical thinking to break down complex tax and technology concepts.
• Understand project and role objectives, and how your work aligns to broader business strategy.
• Develop a strong awareness of the evolving business and regulatory environment.
• Build self‑awareness through reflection, strengthening capabilities and addressing development areas.
• Interpret data to generate insights and support recommendations.
• Uphold professional and technical standards, including PwC tax guidance, code of conduct, and independence requirements.

Role Description – Tax Technology (Senior Associate)

You are a technologist with a solid understanding of tax and accounting concepts and hands‑on experience developing tax technology solutions. You contribute to ideation, design, and delivery of solutions, working closely with engineers, tax specialists, and stakeholders. You communicate clearly, manage stakeholders effectively, and challenge traditional approaches to solution design based on experience and best practice.

Core Requirements

• Strong understanding of modern technology stacks, with hands‑on experience delivering software solutions.
• Demonstrated experience contributing to or leading solution builds, including time spent at the developer level.
• Technology skills including:
• Web application development (full‑stack, front‑end, back‑end)
• Backend API development
• Frameworks such as Node.js, .NET, FastAPI
• Languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, Python
• SQL and NoSQL databases
• Authentication mechanisms and enterprise‑scale design considerations
• Experience delivering technology solutions in the tax domain across one or more tax areas (e.g., VAT, CIT, WHT, IHT).
• Proven stakeholder management skills and a strong delivery track record.

Qualifications and Technical Skills

• MSDN and/or AWS certified practitioner.
• Working knowledge of relevant UK tax and accounting concepts.
• Understanding of ERP systems, data flows, and operational processes within tax teams.
• Evidence of delivering similar projects, translating tax requirements into scalable technology solutions, and working effectively with development teams.

Tax Technology Delivery Focus

As part of a multidisciplinary development team, you will build and enhance software solutions across multiple technology domains, contributing to end‑to‑end tax technology delivery.

Key technical expectations include:

• Current, hands‑on build experience across:
• Web applications and APIs
• Unit and regression testing
• Azure/AWS deployment and CloudOps
• Agile delivery using Azure DevOps
• Experience integrating AI capabilities (e.g., LLMs, RAG/COT approaches) into domain solutions.
• Familiarity with AI coding tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, AWS Kiro, or similar.
• Ability to deliver against defined timelines and quality standards.
• Willingness to challenge architectural decisions and continuously learn in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

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