Senior - R&D Tax Credits
Oak Brook, ILFull-time$74–131K/yrPosted 1w agoStill listed today
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CliftonLarsonAllen is seeking a Senior Associate – R&D Tax Credits to join its Federal Tax Strategies team. The role supports delivery of R&D tax credit studies across industries and includes client consultations, technical interviews, calculation review, site visits, and report development. The associate also mentors team members and builds internal and external relationships. A bachelor’s degree and at least two years of relevant experience are required; CPA eligibility is preferred.
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At CLA we create inspired careers.
We recognize that not everyone wants to grow their career paths in the same way. That’s why CLA exists to create opportunities. We promise to know you and help you.
At CLA you will gain the experience and training needed for you to build an inspired career in your chosen discipline. We develop outstanding professionals and leaders who grow with our firm and who help our firm grow. Achieve more by stretching your boundaries at CLA. Our people bring the full breadth of their talents, experience, and personal style to make an impact on those they serve.
CLA is a top 10 national professional services firm where our purpose is to create opportunities every day, for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, digital, audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services. Even with more than 8,500 people, 130 U.S. locations, and a global reach, we promise to know you and help you.
CLA is dedicated to building a culture that invites different beliefs and perspectives to the table, so we can truly know and help our clients, communities, and each other.
CLA is growing and seeking to hire a Senior Associate – R&D Tax Credits to join our talented Federal Tax Strategies (FTS) team. The position offers growth, flexibility and a collaborative work environment.
In this position you should have the following: excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate at all levels. Strong problem solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment. Most important, demonstrate a high level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation.
How you’ll create opportunities in the FTS Senior Associate - R&D Tax Credits role:
- Assist FTS leaders with the delivery of research and development (R&D) tax credit studies for various industries.
- Willingness to develop a deep understanding of various industries including Manufacturing, Agriculture, Construction, Healthcare and Technology.
- Demonstrated success in a business environment.
- Assist managers, directors, and principals with client consultations, technical interviews, calculation review, site visits, and report development.
- Mentor associates and other team members on their inspired career.
- Utilize entrepreneurial skills to network and build strong relationships internally and externally with clients and the community.
What you will need:
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required
- Minimum of 2 years’ relevant experience required
- Experience in business services or consulting preferred
- Eligible to sit for the CPA preferred
Our approach to compensation emphasizes collaboration and career growth. We pay competitive wages and view compensation as an investment in our people. Factors such as geography, experience, education, skills, and knowledge may impact position of pay within the range.
The compensation range for this position in California is: $87,000.00 – $146,000.00
The compensation range for this position in Illinois is: $74,000.00 – $131,000.00
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Wellness at CLA To support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.
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How this job compares
Set against the 5,220 open Tax Associate jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$74–131K/yr
- US median$77–159K/yr354 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $103K, is 18% below the US median midpoint ($125K) — in the lowest quarter of Tax Associate salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 237 open Tax Associate jobs in Illinois and 5,220 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Tax Associate postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (407 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 394 of the 5,220 open Tax Associate jobs (8%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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