Overview
The ideal candidate will be responsible for overseeing all tax related decisions and activities in the organization. You will help us stay tax-compliant and up-to-date on new tax laws. And if you can provide accounting expertise to Brazilian small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), it'll be better. So that, they can prepare accurate statutory financial statements under Brazilian GAAP (CPC), meet all federal, state and municipal tax obligations, and remain audit-ready at minimal cost.
Key Responsibilities
- Compute and file monthly IRPJ, CSLL, PIS, COFINS (non-cumulative or cumulative), and ICMS/IPI/ISS as applicable.
- Prepare and transmit SPED Fiscal, SPED Contábil, ECF, DCTF and DACON via government portals.
- Monitor e-invoice (NF-e) issuance, validate tax codes, and reconcile to GL.
- Calculate payroll taxes (INSS, FGTS, IRRF), 13th salary, vacation accruals and severance provisions.
- Ensure eSocial and RAIS filings are complete and on time.
- Represent the company before federal, state and municipal tax authorities; manage small audits and refund claims.
- Provide ad-hoc advice on business restructurings, new product lines or cross-border transactions.
Statutory Accounting & Reporting
- Maintain complete bookkeeping in compliance with Brazilian GAAP (CPC) and prepare monthly trial balances, balance sheets, income statements and cash-flow statements.
- Generate year-end statutory financial statements ready for external auditor review and filing with the Junta Comercial.
- Map IFRS vs. CPC differences and explain impacts to owners/investors in plain language.
- Implement or optimise cloud accounting packages (QuickBooks Online, ContaAzul, Omie, ERPNext, SAP Business One).
- Automate recurring journal entries, bank reconciliations and tax filings.
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Tax; active CRC registration.
- 4+ years preparing full-cycle statutory accounts and tax returns for Brazilian SMEs.
- Deep working knowledge of IRPJ, CSLL, ICMS, IPI, ISS, PIS/COFINS regimes and SPED suites.
- Hands-on experience with at least one local cloud-accounting or ERP system and government tax software (PGDAS, Sicalc, SPED).
- Fluent Portuguese; conversational English preferred.
Details
- Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
- Employment type: Full-time
- Job function: Finance
- Industries: Technology, Information and Media and Information Services