Senior Director, Tax Brazil

The Coca-Cola Company and its affiliates do business in over 200 countries and Brazil is an important market for the Company.

The Senior Director, Tax role in Brazil is crucial to the Company. This position is responsible for: all tax matters in Brazil (corporate income tax, indirect tax, controversy, and legislative matters); primary responsibility for day-to day tax matters, proactively coordinating with OU Finance, operations, PACS and legal teams to address local tax matters; communicate regularly with high-level OU executives and work closely with Corporate Tax colleagues in Brazil, across LATAM and in Atlanta on structuring and tax compliance related matters; preparing documentation of tax technical positions taken by the Company and the outcome of those positions; understanding, quantifying, and documenting the impact of new legislation and regulations; reviewing Brazil-related income tax compliance; as well as responding and/or reviewing draft responses to local tax authority audit inquiries and administrative / judicial appeals.

This position requires a candidate who has deep tax technical knowledge (and has applied that knowledge in the multinational setting), strong writing skills with an ability to advocate, quantitative modeling skills, as well as someone that has demonstrated leadership skills, executive presence and the ability to mentor and develop a local tax team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITES

Brazil Tax Law / Policy:

• Proactively monitor, analyze, understand, and communicate the tax cost or benefit associated with proposed or implemented changes to Brazil tax rules and regulations and work across functions to influence legislation
• Working with VP - LATAM Tax, Brazil cluster leadership team, government policymakers, Company government relations teams, outside lobbyists, and coalitions on proposed legislation/regulations.
• Lead / support team tasked with implementing any such changes and ensuring reporting is correctly reflected.

Strategic Tax Planning:

• Identify Brazil tax issues and the potential impact on the Company both locally and globally.
• Proactively design and evaluate tax planning and structuring ideas and determine the impact of such ideas from both a cash tax and ETR perspective.
• Lead the team tasked with implementing any such planning / structuring.
• Provide advice on the effects of ongoing and new business activities and the tax consequences, risks, and opportunities in the context of evolving and complex Brazil and global tax environment. Review documentation of any such items.
• Work with VP - LATAM Tax, M&A, Treasury and Legal on potential M&A activity, including post-acquisition integration planning and execution.
  
  
  • Developing strategies for creating tax efficiencies in structuring such transactions and evolving business models.
  • Assist VP - LATAM Tax with the tax, accounting, and treasury aspects of the implementation stage of the planning strategies, including assistance with creating legal entities and other work to ensure any related legal or operational requirements are followed.
  • Work with other members of the tax management team including, VP - LATAM Tax, VP - International Tax, Senior Director (International Tax), and Senior Director (Income Tax) to ensure that both US and Brazilian considerations are addressed.
  • Assist with review of tax provisions in contracts associated with M&A activity and oversee preparation of documentation of any such transaction.
  • Ensure alignment of the Company's acquisition and operating structures and its litigation and audit positions.

• Monitor the existence of, and any use of, tax attributes and design strategies to optimize their use.
• Reviewing and providing feedback on requests for authorization (RFAs) on material transactions.
• Collaborating proactively with colleagues in the Tax Department, Treasury Department, Controller's Group, and operational finance to ensure that the tax implications of transactions are properly accounted for and described in local financial statements, and tax filings. Support LEC team on discussion and alignment on the treatment of these transactions with financial statement auditor.

Tax Controversy

• Under the direction of the VP - LATAM Tax, the position will have primary responsibility for managing/overseeing the Brazil team with respect to Brazilian tax audits (federal and state, and direct (income) and indirect taxes), negotiating resolutions of complex tax issues with tax authorities, reviewing certain tax compliance matters, and providing analysis on various special projects.
• Collaborating with outside counsel/advisors in Brazil income and indirect tax impact to the Brazilian legal entities of ongoing tax litigation in administrative and judicial appeals.
• Understanding the Company's global tax positions and litigation strategies in order to assess and anticipate the implications for Brazilian disputes.
• Lead resolution negotiations with revenue authorities.
• Either directly or overseeing the drafting responses and identifying appropriate documents and data in responding to tax audit requests.
• Document positions taken on the Brazil tax returns for use in answering future IDRs and discussions with local tax authorities.
• Lead discussions with auditors and other government officials.
• Collaborating with VP - LATAM Tax and Transfer Pricing Team regarding efforts at negotiating Advance Pricing Agreements.
• Work closely with senior management at bottlers in Brazil on their litigation strategies to ensure alignment with the Company's position and strategy and to provide an aligned system perspective.
• Ensure proper documentation of all such positions for the audit firm.

Tax Compliance and Reporting

• Support LEC team and review local direct and indirect tax compliance including local Pillar 2 filing requirements.
• Collaborate with VP - LATAM Tax and Transfer Pricing Team in completion of transfer pricing documentation and appropriate reflection in local tax returns.
• Evaluate any opportunities to develop an enhanced relationship with the local authorities.

EXPERIENCE/DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

• The ideal candidate is someone seen as a thought leader in Brazil tax field, preferably someone with legislative / government engagement experience and a minimum experience of ten years in tax practice in the setting of a law firm, Big 4 Accounting Firm, similar-sized multinational corporation and/or government.
• Must be able to prioritize, work independently and communicate effectively with tax and business colleagues, both domestically and abroad.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both Portuguese and English.
• Advanced degree preferred such as J.D., LL.M., and/or Masters in Tax.
• Languages: English and Portuguese are mandatory;

Compliance, Corporate Tax, Local Taxes, Long Term Planning, organization, Risk Assessments, Tax Accounting, Tax Compliance, Tax Consulting, Taxes, Tax Management, Tax Planning

Location(s):
Brazil

City/Cities:
Rio de Janeiro

Travel Required:
26% - 50%

Relocation Provided:
Yes

Job Posting End Date:
July 2, 2026

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what's possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors - curious, empowered, inclusive and agile - and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.

Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:50
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