Senior Associate, Research and Development Tax Credits

Senior Associate, Research and Development Tax Credits

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At KPMG, you can become an integral part of a dynamic team at one of the world's top tax firms. Enjoy a collaborative, future‑forward culture that empowers your success. Work with KPMG’s extensive network of specialists & enjoy access to our Ignition Centers, where deep industry knowledge merges with cutting‑edge technologies to create innovative tax solutions. Join a diverse team helping high‑profile clients understand, analyze, and respond to complex business opportunities and challenges.

Develop your career through a range of multifaceted engagements, formal training, and informal mentoring. At KPMG, we believe nothing is more important than investing in our culture because it’s an investment in our people, our future, and what we stand for as a firm.

• Work with multi‑disciplinary teams to conduct R&D tax credit consulting services, including leading client interviews and discussions, performing tax technical research and developing business and industry expertise
• Communicate directly with client personnel, including operations, finance, accounting and engineering
• Assist in managing and implementing multiple projects simultaneously, which include client interviews, computations, analysis, data gathering and coordination of KPMG and client resources
• Assist with drafting opinion letters, responses to IRS inquiries, IRS ruling requests and writing other technical memoranda

• Minimum two years of recent tax experience in a public accounting firm or corporate taxation experience
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel and Access, and experience performing internet research
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to travel and work at client locations
• Technical skills and experience with research and development deduction and credit Internal Revenue Code sections (including, but not limited to, sections 174 & 41), corresponding regulations and relevant judicial and administrative authority

KPMG offers a comprehensive, competitive benefits package, with options designed to help you make the best decisions for yourself, your family, and your lifestyle. Our Total Rewards package includes a variety of medical and dental plans, vision coverage, disability and life insurance, 401(k) plans, and a robust suite of personal well‑being benefits to support your mental health. Depending on job classification, standard work hours, and years of service, KPMG provides Personal Time Off per fiscal year.

Additionally, each year KPMG publishes a calendar of holidays to be observed during the year and provides eligible employees two breaks each year where employees will not be required to use Personal Time Off; one is at year end and the other is around the July 4th holiday.

Follow this link to obtain salary ranges by city outside of CA:

California Salary Range: $72,900 - $138,900

• Seniority level
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  Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type
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  Full‑time
• Job function
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  General Business

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KPMG recruits on a rolling basis. Candidates are considered as they apply, until the opportunity is filled. Candidates are encouraged to apply expeditiously to any role(s) for which they are qualified that is also of interest to them.

Los Angeles County applicants:
Material job duties for this position are listed above. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, and safeguard business operations and company reputation.

Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.