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Manager, Tax Forecasting & Investor Reporting

Buckingham Search

Chicago, IL

Filed under Energy Technology

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Manager, Tax Forecasting & Investor Reporting

📍 Downtown Chicago | On Site 5 days


A large, privately held national energy and infrastructure company is seeking a Tax Forecasting & Investor Reporting Manager to own a high-visibility and technically complex function within its growing corporate tax organization.


This is a unique in-house opportunity for an experienced tax professional who enjoys building and owning processes, working closely with FP&A and Finance, and serving as the primary tax resource for investor reporting and forward-looking tax analysis in a fast-moving, deal-intensive environment.


What You'll Do:

  • Own and continuously improve the company's tax forecasting process — including taxable income calculations, cash tax projections, estimated payment schedules, and tax distribution and allocation calculations across legal entities
  • Partner closely with FP&A and Finance to align the tax forecast with business plans, budgets, and long-range projections
  • Analyze forecast-to-actual variances and communicate key drivers clearly to internal stakeholders
  • Prepare and review investor tax reporting deliverables including K-1 equivalent packages, investor tax summaries, and supporting schedules
  • Serve as a primary contact for tax-related questions from investors and internal business partners
  • Support scenario modeling and sensitivity analyses related to business planning and contemplated transactions
  • Monitor tax law changes and assess their impact in partnership with the tax planning team
  • Own complex compliance calculations requiring quarterly updates including interest limitation analyses and transaction-level tax assessments
  • Present quarterly tax results to senior leadership
  • Build and maintain processes and workpapers to extract and organize financial data from internal systems to support tax return preparation


What We're Looking For:

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; Master's in Taxation or CPA a plus
  • 7+ years of progressive tax experience
  • Partnership taxation experience strongly preferred
  • Experience with tax forecasting, financial modeling, or tax provision-adjacent processes
  • Prior experience in energy, infrastructure, real estate, or private equity a plus
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-changing environments with evolving tax rules
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills including experience presenting to senior leadership
  • Proficiency in Excel; experience with Oracle or OneStream a plus
  • Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without employer visa sponsorship


Why This Role Stands Out:

✅ Own a high-visibility tax forecasting function at one of the largest privately held infrastructure companies in North America

✅ Direct investor tax reporting exposure across a complex, multi-entity partnership structure

✅ Heavy cross-functional partnership with FP&A, Finance, and Tax Planning

✅ Dynamic, deal-heavy environment with exposure to complex transactions and tax structures

✅ Hybrid flexibility in downtown Chicago with a collaborative, growing tax team

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