
Senior Direct Tax Specialist
The Senior Direct Tax Specialist role is designed for supporting and delivering activities carried out by the Manage Direct Tax (MDT) team. It provides a very good exposure on Direct Tax Compliance and Group Reporting. The role also involves individual contributor responsibilities, primarily as a preparer of a limited number of high complex/material legal entities in Brazil.
What you will do:
Deliver on time and accurate tax calculation and reporting of Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Direct Tax Provisions and related Advance Tax payments
Deliver on time and accurate tax calculation and reporting of Monthly indirect Tax over revenue and related Tax payments
Understand and operate tax provisioning and compliance tools
Understand Group Accounting and Reporting changes and enable incorporation of changes in the process as may be relevant
Prepare Monthly (or ad hoc) Tax Returns
Support the onshore team in Annual Tax Return Preparation
Ensure timely submission of internal reports for direct tax reconciliation to the controllers
Responsible for various tax accounts reconciliation
Provide Quarterly submission of direct tax key performance indicators
Resolve complex direct tax issues, liaise with counterparties and other departments on variances reconciliations, plausibility checks, dry-run analysis
Support quarterly and annual audit support (internal, external and Tax Authorities)
Develop templates and collate information to respond inquiries from tax authorities and internal stakeholders
Providing strong support to Business Groups in their control of business related tax risks with accuracy and timely
Owning the SOX controls and responsible for their effectiveness
Support and work on transition additional/new scope migrations of Manage Direct Tax (MDT) team activities
Your Skills:
University degree (Law, Economy, Finance, Accounting preferable)
Fluent English and Portuguese
Minimum of 5-6 years of experience in accounting/finance in multinational environment
Minimum of 3-4 years of experience in Direct Tax calculation and Tax Return preparation
Knowledge of international direct tax standards
Experience of using a major ERP system such as SAP, SUN, JDE, Oracle, PeopleSoft will be beneficial
Excellent Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel tool
Very good communication skills
Comfortable working under time pressure situations
Effective stakeholder management
Comfortable working under time pressure
Ability to work with different times zones
Ifyou don't see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on the posting above, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that women and underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We are committed to creating a more equitable, inclusive and diverse company and we strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply!