To further strengthen our Finance & Tax practice, we are looking for you in our Chicago office.

As (Senior) Manager, Tax Practice, you will play a pivotal leadership role across AURELIUS’s portfolio, serving as both a trusted advisor to executive management and, where needed, interim Head of Tax. This is a high-impact, advisory-focused position where you will be the go-to tax leader for all tax matters, driving both compliance and value optimization across a growing portfolio.

As our portfolio rapidly expands, this role offers a rare opportunity to evolve into a broader leadership position — shaping not only tax outcomes but the maturity of the tax function across a diverse and growing platform. If you’re a senior tax professional eager to take ownership, lead transformation, and operate at the intersection of tax and strategy, we’d love to hear from you.

Key responsibilities

You’ll act as a strategic in-house advisor to AURELIUS’s portfolio companies, helping them manage their tax affairs in a pragmatic, value-focused manner.

Your responsibilities will span the full investment lifecycle — from acquisition to exit — giving you a seat at the table during critical phases of value creation. Specifically, you will:

• Design and build tax functions for newly acquired companies, or assess and enhance existing capabilities to align with best practices and business goals.
• Drive tax efficiency throughout the holding period by implementing practical, scalable solutions tailored to each company’s needs.
• Lead tax readiness for exits, ensuring that companies are optimally positioned from a structuring, documentation, and risk standpoint.

This is an opportunity to shape the tax infrastructure of diverse businesses, apply your expertise with autonomy, and make a measurable contribution to the success of each investment.

Specific tasks will include:

• Acting as contact person for Portfolio Company executive management in regard to advice on tax related topics
• Assist in international tax planning initiatives across Portfolio Companies
• Assisting on the optimisation of Portfolio Company tax processes and procedures
• Guiding the Portfolio Companies to ensure compliance with tax obligations (Tax returns and filings, transfer pricing, sales tax, WHT exemption certificates, CbC reporting etc) and addressing any non-compliance issues and advising accordingly on remediation measures 
• Engaging with the Aurelius Deal Tax Team during the acquisition process to align on deal structure, tax risks, SPA, and other pre-closing topics
• Assisting with M&A tax and deal structuring in regard to the US
• Assisting with Aurelius Fund Tax compliance in the US

Prerequisites

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree, preferably with a major in Accounting/Finance, or any related business is required
• Advanced degree or professional certifications such as MBA, Master’s in Taxation, or CPA preferred
• At least 8 years relevant tax experience; ideally within the tax department of an international enterprise or in a Tax Consulting firm
• In-depth knowledge of US domestic corporate income tax and good knowledge in at least one other tax area (transfer pricing, sales tax, Pillar 2, etc)
• Experience of a broad range of US international tax rules and provisions, including Subpart F, GILTI, FTC, PFICs, WHT, FDII, LoB, FIRPTA, PTI and BEAT
• Analytical / strategical thinking, result-oriented personality, highly developed sense of responsibility and strong teamwork
• Practical, hands-on mentality
• Fluent in English, further language skills welcome

Please apply online including all relevant application documents, stating your earliest possible starting date and salary expectation.