Tax Compliance Manager

Nubank; Brasil; Hybrid; BRL 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity opportunity

Meal card

Public transportation benefit

Medical plan

Dental plan

Work-from-home allowance

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Nubank in Brazil is seeking a Tax Accounting Oversight leader to supervise tax accounting activities, provisions, reconciliations, and disclosures, ensuring audit readiness. You will act as the primary interface for external audits, tax inspections, and authorities, coordinating ancillary filings and tax reform initiatives.

The role partners with FP&A, Controllership, Product, Legal, and Operations to embed tax requirements into business decisions while building a high-accountability,

Qualifications

• Strong background in tax compliance, tax accounting, and tax reporting in Brazil within complex environments.
• In-depth knowledge of corporate taxes and recurring obligations (IRPJ, CSLL, PIS, COFINS, ISS, IRRF, IOF) and cross-border withholdings.
• Experience managing ancillary obligations (ECF, EFD-Contribuições, EFD-Reinf, DCTFWeb, DIMP).
• Audit experience and interaction with tax authorities and external auditors.

Responsibilities

• Oversee tax accounting activities, including provisions, reconciliations, calculations, and disclosures.
• Serve as primary interface for external audits, tax inspections, and authorities.
• Ensure execution of ancillary filings and calendar management for tax payments.
• Lead the team responsible for recurring compliance and reporting activities.
• Support tax planning and optimization initiatives with technical analysis.
• Lead tax reform initiatives and monitor implementation and processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve tax processes through automation and data use.
• Partner with FP&A, Controllership, Product, Legal, and Operations to embed tax requirements into decisions.

Skills

Tax compliance

Tax accounting

Audit interface

Governance & controls

People management

Project management

Business partnering

English (Advanced)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Law, Business Administration, Economics

Tools

ERP systems

Tax engines

Workflow tools

Data analytics

Job description

About Us

Nu is one of the largest digital financial platforms in the world, with more than 122 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. Guided by our mission to fight complexity and empower people, we are redefining financial services in Latin America and this is still just the beginning of the purple future we're building.
Listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NU), we combine proprietary technology, data intelligence, and an efficient operating model to deliver financial products that are simple, accessible, and human.
Our impact has been recognized by global rankings such as Time 100 Companies, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and Forbes World’s Best Bank. Visit our institutional page https://international.nubank.com.br/careers/
About the role

• Tax Accounting Oversight: Oversee tax accounting activities, including provisions, reconciliations, calculation memories, and financial statement disclosures, ensuring high quality and audit readiness.
• Stakeholder & Audit Interface: Serve as the primary interface for external audits, tax inspections, and interactions with tax authorities, ensuring robust documentation.
• Ancillary Obligations: Guarantee the execution of ancillary obligations (obrigações acessórias), including federal and municipal filings.
• Calendar Management: Manage the tax payment calendar and critical compliance deadlines through strong cross-functional coordination.
• Team Leadership: Lead the team responsible for recurring compliance and reporting activities by setting priorities, allocating resources, developing talent, and raising the bar for quality and ownership.
• Tax Planning Support: Support tax planning and optimization initiatives with technical analysis and quantitative execution on topics such as transfer pricing, incentives, cost-sharing, and corporate reorganizations.
• Tax Reform Spearheading: Lead the tax front for the Consumption Tax Reform in Brazil, including process redesign, system implications, and implementation monitoring.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve tax processes through automation, better data utilization, more robust reconciliations, exception monitoring, and AI-enabled workflows, where applicable.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner closely with FP&A, Controllership, Product, Legal, and Operations to ensure tax requirements are reflected in business decisions, controls, and operational processes.

What we are looking for

• Solid Experience: Strong background in tax compliance, tax accounting, and tax reporting in Brazil within complex and highly rigorous environments.
• Deep Tax Knowledge: In-depth knowledge of corporate taxes and recurring tax obligations, including IRPJ, CSLL, PIS, COFINS, ISS, IRRF, IOF, and cross-border withholdings.
• Ancillary Filings: Proven experience managing ancillary obligations such as ECF, EFD-Contribuições, EFD-Reinf, DCTFWeb, DIMP, and related routines.
• Audit Experience: Proven track record conducting tax audits, discussing with tax authorities, and interacting with external auditors with confidence and technical credibility.
• Governance & Controls: Good understanding of internal controls, governance standards, and documentation discipline in regulated environments or those subject to intense auditing.
• People Management: Experience in people leadership, with the ability to manage team capacity, develop talent, and build a high-accountability operating model.
• Project Management: Strong project management skills, including handling multiple priorities in parallel, managing deadlines, and coordinating complex deliverables with various stakeholders.
• Business Partnering: Experience partnering with cross-functional teams and translating technical tax topics into clear guidance for the business.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Law, Business Administration, Economics, or related fields.
• Language Skills: Advanced English.

Differential

• Experience in financial services, fintechs, banking, or other regulated sectors.
• Experience implementing tax reform or large-scale tax transformation projects.
• Familiarity with ERPs, tax engines, workflow tools, and data analytics environments used to support tax operations.
• Experience with transfer pricing, incentives, or strategic tax planning topics beyond routine compliance.

Benefits

• Chance of earning equity at Nubank
• Food/ Meal Card (Vale-Refeição and/or Vale Alimentação)
• Public Transportation Commuting Benefit (Vale-Transporte)
• NuCare – Psychological, Financial and Legal Assistance Program
• Life Insurance
• Medical Plan
• Dental Plan
• NuLanguage – Language Course Program
• Nucleo - Our learning platform of courses
• Extended Parental Leave
• Daycare Allowance
• Parental Consultancy
• Work-from-home Allowance
• Gym Partnerships
• 30 days of paid vacation
• Relocation Assistance Package, if applicable

Work Model for this Role Hybrid 2-3 times/week: Our hybrid work model brings us to the office at least twice a week, on strategic days designed to maximize team connection and collaboration. For more details, visit https://building.nubank.com/nu-hybrid-work-model/