Want to be a critical part of our customer service and compliance activities?
Want to use your excellent research and analytical skills?
Want to help to improve taxpayer service and reduce taxpayer burden.?

Our Office of Research may be just the place for you!

The Office of Research provides data support and analysis to the IRS strategic planners. Your work will have a direct impact on customer service strategies and tax compliance initiatives.

Here are some of the careers we hire for:

Operations Research Analysts
Economists
Mathematical Statisticians and Statisticians
Computer Research Analysts
Policy Analysts
Program Analysts
Program Evaluation and Risk Analysts
Artificial Intelligence Specialists

Click here to e-mail an IRS Recruiter about our research careers.

Operations Research Analysts
As an Operations Research Analyst you will integrate IRS procedural and systems knowledge with theoretical operations methodologies to improve managerial and tax administration tools. You will:

• Apply economic, mathematical, and statistical analysis
• Perform a variety of studies focused on IRS operations, related taxpayer behavior, and projected impact upon overall burden, compliance, and service.
  

Specific course requirements:
A bachelor's degree in Operations Research or a similar degree that includes at least 24 semester hours of math and statistics.

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Economists
As an economist you will plan, develop, and monitor studies by using tax and information return data in conjunction with demographic and economic data. You will:

• Make projections, forecast data, and create computer-based models
• Write and review complex research planning and implementation documents.
• Resolve complex data anomalies to ensure acceptable levels of data quality
• Prepare research reports
• Analyze and examine data using statistical software.
  

Specific course requirements:
21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in accounting, statistics or calculus.

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Mathematical Statisticians and Statisticians
As a Statistician, you will design, plan, and implement data samples, research sampling and non-sampling error and review outliers. Statisticians also develop weighting and estimation programs. Research professionals:

• Work with internal and external customers to design research projects.
• Author reports
• Recommend and apply data analysis, tools and statistical software.
• Develop research measures.
• Evaluate research project proposals.

Specific course requirements:
Mathematical Statistician - 24 semester hours in math and statistics of which at least 12 hours must be in math and 6 hours in statistics
Statistician - 15 hours in math and statistics of which at least 6 hours must be in math

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Computer Research Analysts
As a Computer Research Analysts, you will serve as an application specialist in the use of analytical and quantitative software. You will play a critical role in guiding colleagues concerning the optimal design and use of current technology in data acquisition, data base design, and data disposition. You will:

• Work as research project consultant in developing unique computer-based models.
• Serve as classroom instructor and on the job coach during initial training and implementation stages of new research technology.
• Review research analysis and reports.
  

Specific course requirements:
Majors in computer science, information science, information systems management, mathematics, statistics, operations research, and engineering are highly desirable. However, course work and/or job experience in development and /or application of computer programs and systems are accepted.

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Policy Analysts
As a Policy Analyst, you will plan and coordinate research initiatives to review and revise tax administration practices, programs and policies. Tasks include:

• Work with project teams to revise tax administration policy.
• Identify and communicate existing trends.
• Author and present research reports
  

Specific course requirements
Majors in accounting, business, marketing, psychology, public administration, and social sciences are highly desirable or relevant course work and/or appropriate job experience.

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Program Analysts
As a Program Analyst, you will serve as an IRS specialist in operational areas and tax law. You work with internal and external customers to research project objectives. Task include:

• Negotiate research project objectives.
• Gather tax return data and information for projects.
• Edit research reports
  

Specific course requirements
Majors in accounting, business, marketing, psychology, public administration, and social sciences are highly desirable or relevant course work and/or appropriate job experience.

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Program Evaluation and Risk Analysts
As a Program Evaluation and Risk Analyst, you will work on teams to assess programs that contribute to the IRS strategic mission. You will also provide IRS senior executives with policy recommendations.

The position requires graduate level or equivalent work experience and starts at the GS-9 level.

Specific course requirements:
Majors in accounting, business, marketing, psychology, public administration, and social sciences are highly desirable or relevant course work and/or appropriate job experience.

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Artificial Intelligence Specialists
As an Artificial Intelligence Specialist, you will apply artificial intelligence techniques and other advanced computing skills to solve IRS business problems using neural networks, data mining, encryption, agent-based modeling, expert systems, text generation, and natural language, and sophisticated web applications.

Specific course requirements
Majors in computer science, information systems, systems management, mathematics or operations research with knowledge of the principles and techniques of artificial intelligence.

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