Why Ryan?
Hybrid Work Options
Award-Winning Culture
Generous Personal Time Off (PTO) Benefits
14-Weeks of 100% Paid Leave for New Parents (Adoption Included)
Monthly Gym Membership Reimbursement OR Gym Equipment Reimbursement
Benefits Eligibility Effective Day One
401K with Employer Match
Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service
Fertility Assistance Program
Four-Week Company-Paid Sabbatical Eligibility After Five Years of Service
The Senior Consultant will work on a team that routinely corresponds with client management to secure information needed to maximize economic development incentives. In addition to assisting clients with capital expansions, the Senior Consultant will also collaborate to research issues, identify state and local economic development programs, and determine prospective incentive benefits for their capital projects. The Senior Consultant will gain a firm understanding regarding how the largest companies in the United States strategically allocate their capital while attempting to maximize the project’s return on investment and to lower costs.
**Willing to consider more junior-level candidates for this position depending on skill set and experience. Individuals with government experience in compliance and data-driven roles can be good prospects for this role.**
Duties and responsibilities, as they align to Ryan’s Key Results
People:
- Assists Manager in developing project workplans and scheduling associated project deliverables.
- Assist Manager with preparing presentations, summaries, schedules, and documentation needed to negotiate with state and local governments in order to maximize incentive offer for client projects.
Client:
- Travels to client locations to gather relevant data from client and processes the information.
- Reviews and reconciles client data downloads and identifies tax issues to research.
- Responds to client inquiries and requests from local and state economic development agencies.
- Researches credit and incentive programs for client eligibility. This includes reviewing program statute, rules and regulations, and any proposed legislation that could impact the program.
Value:
- Travel to government offices to assist with incentive negotiations with local and state economic development representatives.
- Prepares applications and amended returns for various credits and incentives.
- Drafts filings, such as petitions for redetermination, refund claims, and various other administrative replies.
- Performs detailed calculations of credit and incentive benefits.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree or equivalent in Accounting, Business Administration, and/or Economics/Finance with two to four years economic development, consulting, or tax related experience.
Computer Skills:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must have intermediate knowledge of Microsoft® Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research.
Certificates and Licenses:
Valid driver’s license required.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
Requires limited supervisory responsibilities, including training employees, assigning work, and checking work for accuracy and completeness.
Work Environment:
- Standard indoor working environment.
- Occasional long periods of sitting while working at computer.
- Position requires regular interaction with employees and clients both in person and via e-mail and telephone.
- Independent travel requirement: very minimal, maybe once/year for training or conferences.
Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree, master's degree, or equivalent in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or Finance
- Two to four years of economic development, consulting, or tax-related experience
- Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and internet research
- Valid driver's license
Ryan Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ryan and has not been reviewed or approved by Ryan.
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Flexible Benefits — The myRyan model provides results-based flexibility for exempt staff alongside hybrid/remote options, while non‑exempt roles use a PTO bank and receive paid holidays. Many benefits are available from the date of hire, reinforcing practical flexibility in how benefits are used.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave, adoption assistance, and fertility support are highlighted as meaningful family-oriented offerings. Consistent emphasis on family-friendly policies positions this area as a standout.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — A performance-driven culture offers bonuses and commissions in certain tracks, with role descriptions noting meaningful variable pay beyond base salary. Total compensation is often characterized as strong where these incentives are prominent.
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What We Do
Ryan is a tax services firm providing tax advisory and consulting services on a multi-jurisdictional basis. Ryan, an award-winning global tax services and software provider, is the largest Firm in the world dedicated exclusively to business taxes. With global headquarters in Dallas, Texas, the Firm provides an integrated suite of federal, state, local, and international tax services on a multijurisdictional basis, including tax recovery, consulting, advocacy, compliance, and technology services. Ryan is a seven-time recipient of the International Service Excellence Award from the Customer Service Institute of America (CSIA) for its commitment to world-class client service. Empowered by the dynamic myRyan work environment, which is widely recognized as the most innovative in the tax services industry, Ryan’s multidisciplinary team of more than 2,500 professionals and associates serves over 14,000 clients in more than 50 countries, including many of the world’s most prominent Global 5000 companies.
