Tax Counsel

Invenergy is North America’s largest privately held developer, owner, and operator of power infrastructure. With 25 years of trusted execution, we deliver reliable, affordable energy through a diverse portfolio that includes natural gas, solar, land-based wind, energy storage, transmission, and domestic manufacturing. Headquartered in Chicago, we develop, own, and operate large scale projects that power communities and support the energy future.

This position will be open for application for at least 3 calendar days from the posting date. This position will remain open for application based on business need, which may be before or after the 3-day posting window.

Based in Chicago, the Tax Counsel will join our expanding tax planning team and play a key role in achieving Company and investor tax objectives. The position offers exposure to a broad range of complex and evolving tax issues at a leading renewable energy developer. The Tax Counsel will support the delivery of high‑value, comprehensive, accurate, and timely tax advice to key stakeholders across multiple business units.

Responsibilities will include U.S. federal income tax matters involving renewable energy tax credits, partnerships, project finance, M&A transactions, tax planning, and related business initiatives.

• Assume primary responsibility for assigned transactions, planning projects, and business initiatives, independently managing day‑to‑day execution and escalating significant technical, judgment, or business issues as appropriate
• Manage multiple concurrent transactions, financings, and tax‑planning work streams with competing and frequently changing deadlines
• Work closely with cross‑functional teams (especially Finance & Capital Markets and Corporate M&A) to evaluate and analyze tax consequences of acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, tax equity financing and debt financing of solar, wind, transmission, energy storage, geothermal, and manufacturing projects in the U.S.
• Review and advise on tax assumptions used in project, financing, and investment models supporting some of the largest energy and infrastructure developments in the United States
• Proactively review business transactions to identify tax implications and provide well‑thought‑out recommendations
• Analyze and provide recommendations regarding tax provisions in transaction documents
• Interact with senior leaders across Capital Markets, Treasury, Corporate Development, Development, Accounting, and Legal
• Respond to time‑sensitive requests from senior leaders and business teams while continuing to advance other assigned matters
• Prepare and present recommendations regarding significant tax issues to senior tax leadership
• Evaluate uncertain tax positions and the need for tax reserves under ASC
  740
• Provide technical tax advice to the tax compliance team regarding the treatment of complex transactions, restructurings, financings, and other non‑routine matters
• Stay current on changes in tax law, advise internal stakeholders regarding potential business impacts, and develop internal guidance, memoranda, templates, processes, and playbooks to support a scalable and efficient tax function
• Support the tax controversy and examination team as needed

• Juris Doctor
• Admission to practice law and in good standing in at least one U.S. state
• 1–4 years of experience as a tax attorney at a leading law firm or international accounting firm (e.g., a Big Four firm); relevant in‑house tax‑law experience at a Fortune
  500 or comparably complex company or major private equity sponsor may be considered as part of the required experience
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to produce careful, accurate work while…