Head of Tax

Shopee; São Paulo; Hybrid; BRL 520,000 - 840,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental insurance

Gympass Wellhub

Meal allowance

Transportation allowance

Flexible benefits

Zenklub partnership

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Shô in Brazil seeks a Senior Tax Leader to own the tax function end-to-end, driving compliance, planning, and strategic advisory for all local entities. You will steer tax positions, govern processes, and align with Finance, Product, and HQ for CBS/IBS readiness.

The role requires leadership experience, fluency in English, and strong knowledge of Brazilian tax regimes. The position offers a hybrid work model with additional benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Law or Accounting.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with ERP systems, tax compliance tools, and tax automation platforms.
• Python or data analysis skills are a differentiator.
• Experience of relevant tax experience, including in a leadership role managing teams.
• Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Brazilian tax function with full ownership of compliance, planning, and advisory across all local entities.
• Ensure adherence to federal, state, and municipal tax obligations.
• Build and lead a high-performance tax team.
• Represent the tax function in group-level discussions with stakeholders.
• Coordinate with Product and Finance to ensure system readiness for CBS/IBS split invoicing and tax logic.

Skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Python

English

Tax knowledge

Leadership

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Law or Accounting

Tools

ERP systems

Tax automation platforms

Job description

About Shô

Here at Shô, we believe every team member is essential to our success, and that diverse perspectives and experiences are key to moving our business forward and pushing our purpose of changing the world for the better. Being part of our team means growing in a fast-paced culture. If you love taking on big responsibilities and doing what’s never been done before, Shô is the place for you. Here, you’ll face big challenges, work collaboratively with a diverse team, and help shape the future of e-commerce in Brazil, creating a positive impact on millions of people’s lives.

About The Team

Here at Shô, we believe every team member is essential to our success, and that diverse perspectives and experiences are key to moving our business forward and pushing our purpose of changing the world for the better. Being part of our team means growing in a fast-paced culture. If you love taking on big responsibilities and doing what’s never been done before, Shô is the place for you. Here, you’ll face big challenges, work collaboratively with a diverse team, and help shape the future of e-commerce in Brazil, creating a positive impact on millions of people’s lives.

Work Model

We use a hybrid work model, which allows people to adjust their work environment based on their personal needs while still promoting collaboration and interaction in the office.

What will your mission be?

Lead the Brazilian tax function with full ownership of compliance, planning, and strategic advisory across all local entities. Ensure adherence to federal, state, and municipal tax obligations while proactively identifying opportunities to reduce the tax burden and mitigate risks. Drive tax reform readiness, including dual-VAT implementation (IBS/CBS), ensuring the group’s operations are structurally prepared for the transitional period through 2033. Provide authoritative guidance on new business models, marketplace-specific tax treatment, intercompany structures, and product-embedded tax logic. Build and lead a high-performance tax team, managing both individual contributors and people managers. Act as the primary tax liaison to Finance, Product, Treasury, Legal, and HQ stakeholders, representing the Brazilian tax function in group-level discussions and projects.

Job Description

What your day-to-day will loo like:

• Ensure the accurate and timely calculation of all federal (IRPJ, CSLL, PIS, COFINS, IRRF, IOF), state (ICMS), and municipal (ISS, NFS-e) taxes across all BR entities. Define workload allocation and escalation protocols for the compliance team. Review and sign off on ancillary obligations (SPED, EFD, ECF/ECD, DCTF, REINF). Maintain technical ownership of tax positions and ensure defensibility of key interpretations before authorities;
• Ensure the best, most efficient, and correct tax treatment for the operations of the group's companies in Brazil. Seek opportunities to reduce the tax burden and mitigate tax risks;
• Make decisions based on data and numbers, measuring possible impacts;
• Support the tax compliance team in day-to-day queries;
• Work on cross-projects with the compliance team;
• Own the monitoring and internal response to Reforma Tributária (EC 132/2023, LC 214/2025). Maintain an updated impact model covering the dual-VAT transitional schedule (2026–2033), credit regime, special sector rules, and NFS-e national consolidation (~2029). Coordinate with Product and Finance to ensure system readiness for CBS/IBS split invoicing and credit logic. Represent the tax function in technical forums.;
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Commercial teams to ensure new features are launched with correct tax treatment embedded from day one. Lead tax workstreams in cross-functional projects, manage deliverable timelines, and translate regulatory requirements into actionable product specs. Support Finance automation and AI initiatives with tax logic validation;
• Lead, coach, and develop a multi-level tax team comprising managers and analysts. Define team goals aligned to company OKRs, conduct regular performance reviews, and provide structured career development. Resolve escalations effectively and maintain a high-accountability, inclusive team culture. Onboard new team members and manage capability gaps proactively. Represent the team’s priorities to Finance leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Law or Accounting required;
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint;
• Familiarity with ERP systems, tax compliance tools, and tax automation platforms;
• Python or data analysis skills are a differentiator;
• Experience of relevant tax experience, including in a leadership role managing teams.
• Fluency in English;

Differential

• Significant exposure to digital economy / marketplace tax treatment, tax reform advisory (dual-VAT), and intercompany / transfer pricing is strongly preferred. Big Four or equivalent advisory background is a plus.

Benefits

• Health and dental insurance, extended to dependents;
• Partnership with Wellhub (Gympass) and TotalPass;
• Flexible meal/food allowance;
• Transportation or mobility allowance;
• Flexible benefits;
• Partnership with the Zenklub app;
• Discretionary annual bonus linked to performance.

Diversity and Inclusion

We value diverse talent and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other characteristic. We continuously work to foster a welcoming environment through initiatives and affinity groups that strengthen an increasingly inclusive culture.

We want to be a place where you can truly be yourself, grow with autonomy, and help shape the future alongside us. It is through this diversity that we create impact and build the future of e-commerce in Brazil.

AND OUR IMPACT LEAVES A MARK!

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