Tax Specialist | Tax Reform and SAP S/4HANA
Team Overview and Job Responsibilities
The Tax Specialist works within Prysmian’s Tax team in Brazil, with cross-functional involvement across the corporate, operational and system-related fronts of the tax area. The role requires strong seniority in indirect taxation, a solid ability to interpret and implement regulatory changes, and consistent experience in SAP S/4HANA as a tax key user, with close connection to business processes, tax governance and the support of the company’s system flows.
The position will play a central role in preparing, translating, operationalizing and monitoring the impacts of the Brazilian Consumption Tax Reform, with focus on the implementation and coexistence of the new taxes IBS, CBS and the Selective Tax (IS), the transition from the current model to the new regime, the adaptation of electronic fiscal documents, assisted tax assessment, new ancillary obligations, and the alignment of tax and logistics processes supported by SAP.
The role requires strong functional knowledge of the tax flows with the highest impact in MM and SD, including purchasing, tax receiving, billing, returns, transfers, electronic fiscal documents, integrations, and accounting and operational impacts. A structured approach is expected in requirements definition, business rule validation, testing, user acceptance, incident follow-up, solution stabilization, and qualified interaction with internal areas, technology teams, consulting firms and external partners.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Act as the tax technical-functional reference for the impacts of the Brazilian Consumption Tax Reform, ensuring the proper interpretation and operational translation of rules related to IBS, CBS and IS into the company’s processes, systems and controls.
- Lead, from a tax and functional standpoint, the preparation for the transition from the current model to the new regime, including the impacts from the gradual replacement of PIS/COFINS, ICMS and ISS, as well as the effects of the new framework on IPI, fiscal documents, tax assessment, credits and compliance.
- Act as a tax key user in SAP S/4HANA, focusing on the tax compliance of business flows and on the functional support of the processes with the highest tax impact, especially within MM and SD modules.
- Support the definition, review and validation of tax settings, tax codes, tables, calculation rules, classifications, legal texts and related SAP structures, ensuring consistency between legislation, process flows, master data and system processing.
- Lead the assessment of Tax Reform impacts on electronic fiscal documents and their related layouts, including the incorporation of new fields, groups, purposes, validation rules, events and documentary requirements related to NF-e, NFC-e, CT-e, NFS-e and other documents incorporated into the new model.
- Act directly in preparing the company for the assisted assessment of IBS and CBS, including impact assessment on internal processes, fiscal data quality, documentary consistency, adjustment traceability, pre-assessment validation, deviation handling and interaction with the environments and flows defined by the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service and CGIBS.
- Support the structuring and treatment of the new documentary and operational instruments required by the Tax Reform, including debit notes, credit notes, documents with new issuance purposes, events linked to fiscal documents and other mechanisms required to formalize adjustments impacting the assessment of IBS and CBS.
- Monitor the regulatory and operational evolution of regulations, joint acts, technical notes, guidance booklets, technical documentation, manuals, event packages and other sub-legal acts issued by the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service, CGIBS, CONFAZ and committees responsible for electronic fiscal documents, assessing their impacts on the business in a timely manner.
- Monitor the evolution and implementation of ancillary obligations and complementary structures of the new model, including those related to the Declaration of Specific Regimes (DeRE), its events, layouts, validation rules and technical integrations, whenever applicable to the company’s scope or to the future system design.
- Participate in the definition of functional requirements, scenario design, integrated testing, user acceptance and stabilization plans for system changes related to the Tax Reform and to the evolution of the SAP S/4HANA environment.
- Map, prioritize and follow up on incidents, deviations, process weaknesses and improvement needs related to the tax and system topics of the Tax Reform, working closely with business, tax, controlling, procurement, logistics, billing, IT and external partners to support action plans, corrective measures and continuous process improvement, with focus on mitigating operational and tax risks.
- Monitor the implementation of SAP deliverables related to the Tax Reform, including dependencies, prerequisites, notes and adjustments applicable to the company’s tax processes, with focus on environment readiness and the system’s functional compliance.
- Contribute to the preparation and maintenance of procedures, work instructions, support materials, validation criteria and internal governance standards required to sustain tax operations during the transition and maturation period of the new tax model.
Who are we looking for?
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Law or related fields.
- Strong experience in indirect taxation, with solid technical knowledge of complex tax operations and a strong ability to interpret and apply legislative and sub-legal changes.
- Experience with the Brazilian Consumption Tax Reform agenda, including knowledge of IBS, CBS and IS, transition rules, operational impacts, electronic fiscal documents, assisted assessment and new ancillary obligations.
- Experience in SAP S/4HANA as a tax key user, acting on functional requirements, rule validation, testing, user acceptance, incident handling, stabilization and support of tax processes within the ERP.
- Deep functional knowledge of MM and SD modules, with clear understanding of tax impacts on purchasing, tax receiving, sales, billing, returns, transfers and electronic fiscal documents.
- Knowledge of tax tables, tax codes and tax parameter settings in SAP, including structures related to J1BTAX, tax code, tax situation, tax classification, legal texts and integrations of Brazilian tax flows.
- Experience in analyzing the impacts of new technical notes, layouts, events and regulations on internal processes, fiscal documents and corporate systems.
- Ability to work with a high level of technical autonomy, organization, prioritization, cross-functional coordination and clear communication with tax, operational, legal, technology and executive stakeholders.
- Advanced English for interaction with global teams, understanding technical documentation and following SAP-related materials.
- Nice to have: knowledge of integrated tax solutions, such as Synchro.
Prysmian , as an Equal Opportunity Employer, aims to attract and recruit individuals with diverse backgrounds, skills, and abilities. We strongly believe that diversity brings significant value at all levels of the organization, increasing the possibility of capturing market opportunities and maximizing value for our customers and stakeholders. With Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) as part of our Social Ambition 2030 and a strategic pillar of our Company culture, Prysmian is committed to the development of an organization that prioritizes talent, where people feel respected, included, and free to fully express their potential just as they are.
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