- Advise clients (companies or individuals) on tax issues, helping them understand and comply with their tax obligations efficiently.- Develop strategies to minimize the tax burden within legal limits, taking advantage of tax incentives, benefits and other opportunities permitted by legislation.- Ensure that clients' tax activities comply with laws and regulations, avoiding problems with the tax authorities and possible penalties.- Represent clients in tax disputes with tax authorities, both at the administrative and judicial levels, defending their interests and seeking to resolve tax conflicts.- Interpret and analyze laws, decrees, normative instructions and other tax regulations to provide detailed opinions and reports.- Training and workshops for companies and professionals on updates to tax legislation and best practices in tax management.- Advise on mergers, acquisitions and other business restructuring operations, evaluating tax impacts and proposing solutions for tax optimization.

Teacher of taxation concepts O&G Industry.Direct and Indirect taxesTax accounting

Brazil Tax Experts Group

Managed the preparation and submission of all direct and indirect tax obligations for LATAM. Total billing USD 1.5M yearly.Responsible for management of compliance teams LATAMManage and review of corporate in come tax calculations of each country and prepare the translation to US GAAP for US corporate team consolidation; Tax controversy management and law firms coordination (more than USD 20M savings);Tax department reorganized in Compliance, Advisory and planning,Implemented tax saving projects and tax planning (M&A) projects,Responsible for reporting SOX, FIN48; FAS5 and any other tax compliance reporting and management,Implemented cross border transactional taxes with savings higher than USD 5M per yearManaged tax fillings, payments, tax assessments and audits control and report timely;Tax reconciliation implementation and control,Tax audit management,Implemented cash repatriation projects planning and execution;Implemented Transfer pricing improvements – Shared services.Tax advisory for operations, legal, IT / ERPs, new business, etc.Implemented international tax credits oportunities in Brazil;Improved tax account reconciliation;Improved tax provition and ETR.

Implemented and developed NOV Brazil Tax department to attend all divisions in Brazil and Inernational reporting requirements. USD 500k revenue per year.Promoted to Brazil Sr Tax Manager in 2012;Organized the Brazil Tax team in groups of tax compliance and tax planning;Implemented Tax Planning in Brazil; Advised all tax structures for bids (total contracts USD 5Bi);Improved tax controls and tax returns;Developed Tax Strategy to Oil and Gas;Check legal procedures;Managed tax controversy and implemented tax opporunities and bennefits;Implemented and managet ERP's and Tax Systems;Implemented and managet Brazil Compliance Law;Implemented Transfer Pricing;Implemented Corporate Tax Calculation and Report;Implemented FAS 109 Compliance;Implemented SOX Compliance;Implemented international tax credits oportunities;

Responsible Tax consulting for Mercosul Business Unit of PSA Peugeot Citroen. Responsible for update Brazilian tax law to the group and apply at mercosul operations.Developed and update Direct and indirect tax forecast and update.Improve tax payment.Developed Transfer Pricing calculation;Responsible for tax Authorities requests and contacts.Developed and improved reports to PSA in France.

Tax Planning area analyst position basic atributions:- Tax law update and application to the Business Unit;- Developed projects to reduce tax payment compliant with the law;- Tax update to the Head Quarters;- Transfer pricing rules calculation, analysis and application;- Tax planning process;

I joined GE as a intern back in 1993 in accounts receivable area.I've been hired as financial analyst for international accounts reveivable where a lerned about Brazilian international trade rules.Projects implemented: Intercompany CollectionSystem (IBS), electronic Invoice Collection and others;2003 I had a short experience at Financial Planing and Analisys department where I could work with long and short term planning and cost reduction project (Bullet Train GE Project);Later in 2003 Tax department was created and I was invited to join in order to implementthe department. Projects implemented:- Transfer pricing calculation- Tax controversy control;- NOL use; etc