Description:
- Would you be interested in expanding your knowledge and developing a career in this niche tax area, which requires dedicated quantity surveying expertise in preparing capital allowances claims for tax return purposes.
- Are you interested in joining a firm that delivers award winning training and offer a significant opportunity to quickly progress your career within one of the country's largest professional services organisations?
- Would you like to get exposure to some of the largest and highest profile commercial property and multinational capital projects being undertaken in Ireland and further afield currently?
If the answers are yes to the above questions, then please keep reading. We have a unique opportunity for a QS to join our growing multi-disciplinary team. The role is based in Dublin.
- A BSc Degree in Quantity Surveying, minimum 2:1 or acceptable equivalent
- Member of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (MSCSI) or the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
- An ability to prepare and price (based on recent practical experience) budget reconstruction estimates for a range of buildings (e.g. apartment blocks, commercial offices/fitout, hotels and nursing homes etc.)
- Experience in procuring and managing costs on both base build and fit out construction projects from inception to completion.
- Experience using Cubit, CostX or similar
- Excellent MS Excel skills
- Excellent communication skills, exceptional oral and written communication capabilities
This individual will have an immediate opportunity to execute an existing pipeline of work, across a range of industry sectors, comprising both; (i) expenditure claims / analysis, where clients have undertaken construction works directly and (ii) purchase price allocations, where newly developed or 2nd hand buildings are acquired by clients, requiring reconstruction cost estimates.
You will interact with client teams across finance, tax, real estate and facilities functions as well as external design teams, in order to collate the required project documentation and to address queries as they arise, attending client meeting and undertaking site visits as required in order to identify qualifying assets and to substantiate claims. This a fantastic opportunity for an individual to step change their career with us.
- Independently preparing detailed and robust reconstruction estimates based on limited information (typically using reputable price books such as SPONS and benchmarked to published indicative construction costs for the Irish market).
- The reconstruction estimates typically include significant mechanical, electrical and lift packages.
- Liaising with project design teams to procure all relevant cost control documentation required and to get an understanding of the capital project.
- Analysing and reconciling construction cost documentation including the following:
- Priced Bills of Quantities and Pricing Documents
- Reconciliation of the tender cost documents to the Contract Sum
- Specialist Subcontract Packages (typically mechanical and electrical installations)
- Variations, PC Sums and Provisional Sums
- Final Account Reports
- Prior capital allowances / tax depreciation knowledge is not a perquisite for this role and full on the job training will be provided
- We have an in-house award-winning team of training specialists who will help you achieve your career goals
- A thriving sports and social community both within, and outside the firm