Sr. Tax Associate, R&D

# Sr. Tax Associate, R&DBurkland Associates
· Remote (United States)
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Burkland Associates is hiring a remote Senior Tax Associate to run day-to-day US R&D credit and IRC Section 174 / 174A work for growth-stage clients. The public posting asks for 3 to 5 years of hands-on R&D tax, technical interviews, calculation review, and comfort with software or biotech R&D. Apply only on Burkland's Ashby page. This Index page adds the skill list, interview prep, and a sample resume block so you can decide if the role fits before you apply.

Role Employer Skills Interview Resume FAQThe role## What this job actually isThe posting sits in Burkland's Tax Service Delivery Group and is full time and fully remote in the United States. You own assigned R&D tax credit engagements and Section 174 / 174A analyses: virtual client interviews, technical reports, work papers, tax forms, and credit calculations. You also scan financial statements and tax documents for missed R&D, keep current on credit law, and support internal knowledge so the practice can take more clients without dropping quality.

Senior scope is explicit. The role is not a first study. You balance several engagements at once, review junior work, and are expected to mentor associates. Preferred credentials are CPA or EA progress, with IRS representation experience as a plus. Tools called out on the posting include Kipsi for R&D tax work, plus Alteryx or Power BI, and strong Excel for calculation files.

The employer states a base range of $80,000 to $100,000, with final offers depending on experience, location, and total compensation. Full-time roles are described as eligible for 401(k) and health benefits. Treat that range as the posting's target, then confirm it on the Ashby page before you negotiate.

The employer## Working at Burkland Associates Burkland Associates is a US outsourced finance and tax practice built for startups and growth companies, not a Big Four audit firm. Clients are typically venture-backed or scaling operators who need a finance team that already understands software, life sciences, and multi-entity cleanup. An in-house R&D tax offering means the credit work sits next to the same people who already see the books, payroll, and entity structure.

That setup changes the job. You will not only write a standalone study. You will pull signals from client financials the firm already holds, then go back to technical leads for the story. Remote-first means interviews, review notes, and file discipline have to work without a shared office. On the Credit Index firm profile, claim status is separate from this job: an unclaimed listing still means the employer is real, not that the Index has verified the practice.

Industry## Program and market contextUS R&D credit work in 2026 is still about the four-part test under Section 41, qualified research expenses, and how Section 174 capitalization interacts with the credit after the later amortization relief. Software and biotech claimants are where Burkland's posting points you: founders describe product work in product language, and you have to map that to qualified research without inflating…