Manager, Tax

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Working Model: Hybrid, three days per week onsite

Employment: Full-time

Reports To: Vice President, Tax

The Opportunity

A global, privately held manufacturing and distribution organization is seeking a commercially minded Tax Manager to oversee key aspects of its U.S. and international tax activities.

Reporting directly to the Vice President of Tax, the successful candidate will manage tax compliance and reporting workstreams, support tax planning and audits, coordinate external service providers, and drive process improvements across the tax function.

This highly visible position sits within the global Finance organization and offers direct exposure to local finance teams, business leaders, senior stakeholders, and external advisers. The company generates more than $3 billion in annual revenue and operates across a diverse range of consumer and industrial end markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day relationships with external tax service providers, including timelines, information requests, deliverable reviews, fees, and scope.
• Prepare and review quarterly and annual income tax provision calculations and supporting schedules.
• Coordinate inputs from finance teams and external advisers to support accurate and timely global tax reporting.
• Manage the day-to-day execution of global tax compliance processes and review outsourced deliverables.
• Support OECD Pillar Two and public country-by-country reporting requirements through data collection, review, and stakeholder coordination.
• Coordinate tax audits and notices, including gathering supporting documentation, preparing responses, and monitoring outstanding matters.
• Support U.S. and international tax planning, technical research, due diligence, and post-acquisition integration.
• Identify opportunities to improve tax reporting and compliance through standardization, automation, analytics, and responsible use of technology.

Candidate Profile

Required Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or a related discipline.
• Progressive corporate tax or public accounting experience within a multinational environment.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. corporate income tax, ASC 740, tax compliance, and tax reporting.
• Experience coordinating external advisers and managing multiple complex workstreams and deadlines.
• Strong analytical, technical research, project management, and communication skills.
• Practical, hands-on approach with the ability to take ownership and build relationships across the organization.

Preferred Experience

• Exposure to international tax matters, OECD Pillar Two, and country-by-country reporting.
• Experience supporting tax due diligence, transaction structuring, and post-acquisition integration.
• Experience improving tax processes through automation, analytics, and tax technology.
• Background within a global manufacturing, distribution, packaging, consumer products, or industrial organization.

Skills and Attributes

• Strong technical grounding across tax provision, compliance, and reporting.
• Commercial mindset with the ability to understand broader business objectives.
• Effective project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage external advisers and hold service providers accountable for quality and deadlines.
• Confident communicator who can work effectively with tax and non-tax stakeholders.
• Continuous-improvement mindset with an interest in automation and scalable processes.
• Comfortable operating in an entrepreneurial and ownership-oriented culture.

Why This Role

• Direct reporting line to the Vice President of Tax.
• Broad exposure across U.S. and international tax matters.
• Opportunity to support Pillar Two, transactions, and post-acquisition integration.
• High visibility with senior Finance and business stakeholders.
• Ability to influence tax transformation, process improvement, and automation.
• Join a global business generating more than $3 billion in annual revenue.
• Entrepreneurial culture that encourages ownership, practical problem-solving, and new ideas.

Compensation and Benefits

• Published base salary range of $140,000 to $175,000.
• Eligibility for company incentive and shared-ownership programs.
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing benefits.
• Financial security and work-life balance programs.
• Professional development and career-growth opportunities.

Location and Working Arrangement

• Based in Chicago, Illinois.
• Hybrid schedule requiring three days per week in the office.
• Full-time position.
• Travel requirements to be confirmed.

Equal Opportunity

The hiring organization is committed to providing equal employment opportunities. Employment decisions are made in accordance with applicable law and without unlawful discrimination based on legally protected characteristics.

The SR Group (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.