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RAFAEL SILVA ZORZI

Oakville,ON

Summary

15 Years of experience with Indirect Tax, which activities embrace analysis and filing of tax returns and tax planning. Expertise with small, medium, large companies and multinational. Knowledge and performance with litigation, monitoring and tax planning in different states. Requests claiming Special Regimes. Analysis aiming reducing tax burden and planning for new products, markets and operations. Compliance audits of Municipal, State and Federal. Project Management skills

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Tax Manager

Focus Tributos LTDA
12.2021 - 01.2023
  • Managing jobs related to indirect taxes - PIS / COFINS, ICMS / IPI and ISS - "Compliance";
  • Advisory" (finding out benefits, tax reimbursement, tax savings and other jobs);
  • Tax planning and analysis aiming to provide scenarios new companies sites.
  • Prepared and reviewed federal and state income tax returns in accordance with applicable tax laws.
  • Researched and analyzed tax developments and applications to specific business situations.
  • Assisted in managing audits of federal and state income tax and state and local filings.

Tax Manager

Sanofi Medley Farmacêutica LTDA
02.2019 - 12.2021
  • Large company - multinational (, Manager responsible for calculating indirect taxes (ICMS, IPI, PIS and COFINS);
  • Calculation of withholding taxes;
  • Review and delivery of ancillary obligations pertaining to federal, state and withholding taxes
  • Tax project management;
  • Tax planning and analysis aiming to savings;
  • Tax Declaration Framework (TDF) assessment and implementation;
  • Active participation in the automation of the tax area through RPA
  • Business partner providing tax support.

Tax Manager

PwC Brazil
04.2017 - 02.2019
  • Company - multinational (North American) – Auditing and Consulting Company, Managing jobs related to indirect taxes - PIS / COFINS, ICMS / IPI and ISS - "Compliance" (auditing support);
  • Advisory" (finding out benefits, tax reimbursement, tax savings and others jobs);
  • Tax planning and analysis aiming to provide scenarios new companies sites.

Tax Coordinator

Bimbo do Brazil LTDA, Mexican Food Industry
06.2015 - 03.2017
  • Research and tax advice;
  • Developing procedures and tax communications to be applied in the business units;
  • Analysis of tax law and the adherence to those for the Company business;
  • Support to Federal Coordination;
  • Support the State Coordination;
  • Management and Development of Special Regimes;
  • Tax planning - seeking a financial savings for the company, through projects of drawdown of credits, restructuring and expansion of the company;
  • Tax Studies aimed at reducing the tax burden;
  • Tax Intelligence - Analysis of the current tax laws in order to identify improvements in service tax legislation.

Tax Planner Coordinator

JBS S.A
05.2014 - 05.2015
  • Coordinator in the Department of tax planning, acting in the management of the team responsible for:
  • Research and tax advice;
  • Develop procedures and tax communications to be applied in the business units;
  • Analysis of laws and the adherence to those for the Company business;
  • Tax Management Projects (NF-e 3.0, SISCOSERV, MDF-and CT-2.0 and, among others);
  • Support to Federal Coordination;
  • Support the State Coordination;
  • Management and Development of Special Regimes;
  • Tax Studies aimed at reducing the tax burden;
  • Tax Intelligence - Analysis of the current tax laws in order to identify improvements in service tax legislation.

Senior Analyst of Tax Planning

Syngenta Crop Protection LTD
02.2013 - 04.2014
  • Large company - multinational (, Responsible for Department of tax planning, with focus in compliance
  • Analysis in the framework of all the companies Syngenta Group through internal consulting for taxation of goods, answers tax questions directed to the problems encountered in the operating of the company, conducting registration materials in SAP services to Federal, State and Municipal inspections, knowledge of SAP user;
  • Tax planning - seeking a financial savings for the company, through projects of drawdown of credits, restructuring and expansion of the company;
  • Tax Intelligence - Analysis of the current tax laws in order to identify improvements in service tax legislation.

Senior Tax Assistant

Ernst & Young Brazil
10.2008 - 01.2013
  • Large company - multinational (North American) - Auditing and Consulting Company, Tax Advisory - Tax - Indirect;
  • Revision of indirect taxes - PIS / COFINS, ICMS / IPI and ISS - "Compliance" (revisions to audit), "Advisory" (search for benefits, reducing the tax burden, others) feasibility study for installation of new companies
  • As well, as research to answer the queries to customers, "Tax Modeling" (search through tax planning and restructuring of the company tax savings)
  • Other competencies
  • Training of indirect taxes at Ernst & Young corporate University;
  • Training of PMO taught by the Ernst & Young corporate university, certified by PMI;

Education

Baccalaureate - Law Studies

Faculdades Metropolitas Unidas
São Paulo - Brazil
12.2008

Skills

  • Risk Management
  • Tax Accounting
  • Tax Planning
  • Tax Calculations
  • Tax Compliance
  • Tax Analysis
  • Tax Management
  • Tax Forecasting
  • Tax Compliance
  • Tax Analysis
  • Tax Forecasting
  • Tax Avoidance
  • Tax Knowledge
  • Tax Compliance
  • Tax Analysis
  • Tax Management

Timeline

Tax Manager

Focus Tributos LTDA
12.2021 - 01.2023

Tax Manager

Sanofi Medley Farmacêutica LTDA
02.2019 - 12.2021

Tax Manager

PwC Brazil
04.2017 - 02.2019

Tax Coordinator

Bimbo do Brazil LTDA, Mexican Food Industry
06.2015 - 03.2017

Tax Planner Coordinator

JBS S.A
05.2014 - 05.2015

Senior Analyst of Tax Planning

Syngenta Crop Protection LTD
02.2013 - 04.2014

Senior Tax Assistant

Ernst & Young Brazil
10.2008 - 01.2013

Baccalaureate - Law Studies

Faculdades Metropolitas Unidas

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