Advisory Services - Mobility - Japanese Business Services - Manager

Location:

Chicago

Other locations:
Anywhere in Region

Date:
Oct 5, 2026

Requisition

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The opportunity

Managing global work forces is increasingly complex. People Advisory Services (PAS) builds and improves organizational and individual performance, delivering a highly complex and challenging mission, especially in anever-changing working environment. As a member of PAS, you’ll be part of a team with a wide variety of experiences and a supportive environment. When you joinus,you will gain unique experiences and valuable knowledge working across capabilities, sectors and geographies andhave the opportunity totake your career in the direction you want.

Our PAS Mobility practice provides services to manage the cost and risks involved in HR plans, programs and systems related to a global workforce. We advise the part of business strategy related to people. As a Tax Manager, you’ll be providing strategic tax planning recommendations to clients. You’ll have the opportunity to work with global clients to address their most complex people challenges, and ultimately improve and drive sustainable business results.

Your key responsibilities

With the Mobility Tax team, you’ll join a talented group of professionals that provide individual tax planning, compliance services and advice on tax implications related to the mobility of employees as well as corporate and employment tax planning. Our key capabilities include:

Mobility Tax Compliance, Income Tax Advisory & calculations, Cross-Border Share based incentive schemes & expatriate compensation and Global and Local Employment Tax Compliance & Advisory.

You will be engaged in complex compliance and advisory work;working with colleagues all over the globe, preparing tax returns, reviewing/signing off, writing correspondence, providing authoritative advice/guidance, and reviewing tax cost estimates. Directly engaging our clients is vital, be ready to question and negotiate to provide results.

Skills and attributes for success

• Generate revenue through identifying follow-on engagement opportunities and developing lasting relationships with clients; identify potential risks and opportunities to improve processes and acquire new business; contribute to business development and client pursuit activities
• Develop understanding expatriate tax issues, trends and tools, and maintaining your reputation as an authoritative professional
• Analytical approach to tax; ability to convert complex data into meaningful strategic insights

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A bachelor’s degree in related field; MST,MAccor JD/LLMpreferred
• 6-8 years’ relevant experience in expatriate tax:
  Big 4, global management consultancy firm, niche consultancy or in-house role with exposure to large-scale projects
• Native level Japanese language skills (speaking and writing)
• If eligible, US Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license or active state bar membership or active progress toward certification. If not eligible, Enrolled Agent status (EA)
• An understanding of automated tax-processing systems, as well as tax laws
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills; ability to confidently influence colleagues and clients
• Successful delivery of Mobility (Expatriate) Tax projects: technical excellence and practical/business driven approach to solving complex client challenges. Native level Japanese language skills are required for this role.
• Provide quality US…