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Job Number #174308 - Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!
Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.
Location: Sao Bernardo do Campo, SP, BRA
Technical and strategic role focused on tax intelligence. The main focus is to ensure the correct interpretation, update, and application of indirect tax legislation across all company operations, ensuring that legal changes are translated into efficient and secure processes for the business.
Tax Legislation Monitoring: Daily monitor and interpret indirect tax legislation (ICMS, IPI, ISS, PIS/COFINS, IBS, and CBS), ensuring communication regarding necessary changes to impacted areas after alignment with management.
Process Validation: Validate that new legal guidelines are correctly applied in billing and purchasing workflows, preventing technical interpretation errors.
Tax Reform Project: Act on the Tax Reform project, assisting in defining how new rules should be implemented systemically and operationally.
Consultative Support: Provide consultative support to Finance, Procurement, Sales, and Marketing areas regarding tax operations.
Technical Documentation & Rulings: Prepare and analyze formal consultations, special regime requests, and technical documents for presentation to competent authorities.
Audit Support: Provide support in handling tax audits and inspections.
Education: Bachelor's degree completed in Law.
Experience: Consolidated experience in indirect taxes (ICMS, IPI, ISS, PIS/COFINS). Proven experience in drafting technical opinions, providing consultative support to business units, and implementing tax projects. Experience in tax compliance, audits, and inspections. Hands-on experience with Artificial Intelligence tools applied to tax consultancy activities (e.g., NotebookLM, ChatGPT, Gemini).
Language: Advanced English proficiency.
Preferred Qualifications (Nice to have): Experience in Big 4 or tax law firms. Post-graduate degree in Tax Law or Tax Management. Knowledge of SAP.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
Our journey begins with our people—developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.
Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please complete this request form should you require accommodation.
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Make More Smiles. We are Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. For over 200 years, we've poured our care into creating a future where everyone has more reasons to smile. CP People develop, produce, distribute and sell essential health & hygiene products and pet nutrition offerings through brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, Tom’s of Maine, hello, Sorriso, Speed Stick, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sanex, Filorga, eltaMD, PCA Skin, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Science Diet and Hill’s Prescription Diet.
The Company is recognized for its leadership and innovation in
promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including its achievements in decreasing
plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources and
improving children’s oral health through the Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures program,
which has reached approximately 1.8 billion children and their families since 1991.