Business development
Business development
Our business development team helps ForrestBrown to grow by building trusted relationships with innovative businesses and their accountants. Working closely with the marketing team, it generates new business leads and wins new work.
Client relations
Client relations
As part of our R&D tax credit practice, our client relations team ensures we keep clients happy and continue to deliver exceptional service as we grow. Our focus on client service is what differentiates us in a competitive market and helps to drive referrals – supporting our phenomenal business growth.
Finance
Finance
Our finance team ensures we make optimum use of our financial resources. By modelling our future growth, it helps us to plan effectively. It also advises on monetary decisions, sets internal controls and tracks our spending relative to budgets.
HR
HR
Our HR team is responsible for overall employee engagement. It makes sure our staff are not only happy in their work but developing professionally too. As well as managing our people policies, our HR team helps us to stay true to our values as we continue to grow.
Legal
Legal
Our legal team provides support to the whole business – to anyone who asks for help! As well as drafting and negotiating contracts, the legal team is also responsible for minimising risk and ensuring regulatory and legal compliance.
Office management
Office management
This team make things happen at ForrestBrown. It makes our business tick and supports the entire team to make the day-to-day a little bit easier. The office management team puts teamwork first, and also provide a warm welcome to anyone visiting the office.
Operations
Operations
Our operations team makes sure that our workflow is efficient, and that we are deploying our resources in the best possible way. Planning, forecasting and organising ensures our R&D tax credit practice is a slick, well-oiled machine. It helps the entire business to align, and drive towards shared goals.
Quality assurance
Quality assurance
QA stands for quality assurance – and at ForrestBrown, this means technical excellence. The QA team helps to identify and manage risk in our clients’ claims. They are expert at explaining complex tax legislation in plain-English and developing solutions to any technical complexities faced.
Recruitment
Recruitment
Our recruitment team supports our ambitious growth plans by finding bright sparks who are a good cultural fit to join our team. As well as filling current vacancies, they are also responsible for expanding our talent network.
Sector specialists
Sector specialists
Our sector specialists work alongside our tax team and help to ensure that our justification of a client’s qualifying R&D is technically robust and meets HMRC’s expectations. They gather information from our clients and help our delivery team to understand why a project qualifies.
Tax
Tax
Our tax team prepares R&D tax credit claims. It is responsible for understanding our clients’ businesses to identify the full extent of their R&D and create a methodology that justifies the value of the claim.
Advisory practice
Advisory practice
Our Advisory Practice provides specialist R&D tax credit advice to clients. It helps businesses to resolve complex challenges to manage risk and drive their innovation.
Partnerships
Partnerships
Our partnerships team lead our strategic relationships with our most valued partners, from top UK accountancy firms to leading industry bodies from core R&D sectors. They build long-lasting relationships based on trust and expertise to help our partners’ clients and members realise the full potential of R&D tax relief.
Marketing
Marketing
Our marketing team is responsible for how we position ourselves in a competitive market. It generates new business leads by educating UK businesses and their advisers about the value of R&D tax credits. Our marketing team also drives direct applicants for ForrestBrown jobs, by communicating why life is special at ForrestBrown.