Startup Tax Lead - R&D

£70,000 - £90,000

Onsite (London) or Remote (UK)

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About Novabook

Novabook is the “Accountant for Startups” founded by Stephen Wilks & Lukas Feddern. Our team previously founded, scaled and sold a technology company for $50M. We started Novabook to solve the problems we faced during this process. Our aim is to make the financial processes of starting, running and selling a business in the UK easier. 


Why join us?

Founded by the team that led Seneca Learning to 12M users and a successful acquisition, Novabook is growing rapidly with a 50-person team and a product spanning payments, open banking, payroll, workflow & automated bookkeeping.


Novabook was born out of our personal experiences with the shortcomings of traditional accountancy practices while running Seneca. After dealing with inefficient software and unreliable accountancies for 8 years, we believe it's time to tackle these challenges head-on.


In addition to having built an 8-figure startup before, our founders have been named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and Maserati 100. Our team also has experience working at Morgan Stanley, HSBC, Financial Times, and Forward Partners.


Culture

We are well-funded but the hardest period of a start-up is always the first couple of years, when the team is small, and you are heavily relied on personally. But this also exposes you to the most interesting period of a company’s lifecycle and also the period where you can learn the most & earn the most material rewards. You won’t be expected to work evenings & weekends, but you will be expected to work hard when on the job.


About the role

As a Startup Tax Lead, you will be responsible for working on all things relating to R&D tax credits at Novabook. 


You will have continued client interaction, will work with our internal accountants as well as clients and will be managed by the CEO. At the same time, you will work with 18 software engineers using AI to automate the day-to-day workflows that you & your team encounter. You will then be in charge of rolling these out to your teams & clients.


About the application process

The hiring process consists of four steps:

  1. 15-minute screening call with Talent Lead

  2. Take-home task

  3. 20-minute virtual technical round

  4. Final Round Interview

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Clients

Trusted by the UK's fastest-growing companies.

“The Novabook team are incredible. They understand startups better than anyone and are the dream to work with as a founder. Strongly recommend!!!”

Harry Wetherald

Maze

“Spent a lot of time with the Novabook team, helping us ensure we were setup for YC. Great team and support.”

Rohit Vaish

Saturn

Clients

Trusted by the UK's fastest-growing companies.

“The Novabook team are incredible. They understand startups better than anyone and are the dream to work with as a founder. Strongly recommend!!!”

Harry Wetherald

Maze

“Spent a lot of time with the Novabook team, helping us ensure we were setup for YC. Great team and support.”

Rohit Vaish

Saturn

Clients

Trusted by the UK's fastest-growing companies.

“The Novabook team are incredible. They understand startups better than anyone and are the dream to work with as a founder. Strongly recommend!!!”

Harry Wetherald

Maze

“Spent a lot of time with the Novabook team, helping us ensure we were setup for YC. Great team and support.”

Rohit Vaish

Saturn

Startup accounting,

done right.

Everything your startup needs to stay compliant and confident, in one place.

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Startup accounting,

done right.

Everything your startup needs to stay compliant and confident, in one place.

Book a call

Email us

Call us

Startup accounting,

done right.

Everything your startup needs to stay compliant and confident, in one place.

Book a call

Email us

Call us

©2025 Novabook. All rights reserved.

Company No. 15483290

Novabook is a trading name of Basilica Services Ltd.

Basilica Services Ltd (Company Number: 15483290) is an agent of Plaid Financial Ltd. (Company Number: 11103959, Firm Reference Number: 804718), an authorised payment institution regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under the Payment Services Regulations 2017. Plaid provides you with regulated account information services through Basilica Services Ltd as its agent.

©2025 Novabook. All rights reserved.

Company No. 15483290

Novabook is a trading name of Basilica Services Ltd.

Basilica Services Ltd (Company Number: 15483290) is an agent of Plaid Financial Ltd. (Company Number: 11103959, Firm Reference Number: 804718), an authorised payment institution regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under the Payment Services Regulations 2017. Plaid provides you with regulated account information services through Basilica Services Ltd as its agent.

©2025 Novabook. All rights reserved.

Company No. 15483290

Novabook is a trading name of Basilica Services Ltd.

Basilica Services Ltd (Company Number: 15483290) is an agent of Plaid Financial Ltd. (Company Number: 11103959, Firm Reference Number: 804718), an authorised payment institution regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under the Payment Services Regulations 2017. Plaid provides you with regulated account information services through Basilica Services Ltd as its agent.