Rafael Dorneles

Tax Specialist @ Edwards Lifesciences

About

📅 +20 years of solid and strong experience in the tax field at multinational companies and Big Four firms; 🎯Top 3 hard skills: Indirect Taxes (VAT), Microsoft Excel, Low Code Automation. 🧘‍♂️Top 3 soft skills: Organization, Problem Solving, Creativity. 🤓 Specialist Knowledge: a) Tax Calculations: ICMS, ICMS-ST, ICMS Partilha, IPI, ISS, PIS, COFINS, withholding taxes (IRRF, ISS, PCC and INSS). b) Tax Returns: GIA, GIA-ST, SPED Fiscal ICMS/IPI, EFD Contribuições, DIRF, REINF, DCTF, DCTF-web, NFTS, PERDCOMP. c) Tax Planning: NCM Classification, tax strategist for tax saving, guardian of tax engine in ERP, support of tax audit. 🔁 Generalist Knowledge: Yellow Belt certification, Lean, Six Sigma, DMAIC Roadmap, A3 problem solving method, process mapping, root cause finder, fishbone diagram, 5 whys method, mistake proofing process, Creator of High-Performing Cross Functional Agile Team, Eisenhower Box, Scrum, home made RPA for Taxes Routine (XML GNRE generator, GIA-ST files generator, etc) using Python, Dataload (PHP) and MS Excel VBA, SQL select for perform reports, Soft skills to support all areas of company. ERP SAP, JDE, Oracle, Mastersaf, Tax One & SAFX Files, GSF, PW Sati, Synchro. 🏆 Main Achievements so far: Management of International projects about invoice typing handover to shared center office, International project about implementation of Coupa (P2P system), I successfully led the digitalization project for the entire P2P process chain, from purchase requisition to payment, across Latin American countries, key user about implementation of SAP ECC, JDE, Mastersaf, Tax One, SPED, e-Invoice, billing system in multinational companies and Big Four clients, I conducted training sessions for new hires while working at a Big4, Digital asset management taxonomy (digital assets). 📚 Education: MBA Tax Management (2013), General English Exchange Program, Vancouver CA (2011) Bachelor of Accountancy (2010).

Country

Brazil

City

São Paulo

Industry

Accounting

Skill

Comunicação, Team Facilitation, Supervisory Skills, Communication, Tax Software, Dataload, VBA Excel, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Coupa, Python, SPED, Capacidade de adaptação, Microsoft Excel, Assessoria tributária, Planejamento tributário para pequenas empresas, Microsoft Office, Conciliação contábil, Tax, SAP, Accounting

Experience

Tax Specialist

Edwards Lifesciences

2015-1 - Present · 11 yrs 9 mos

São Paulo e Região, Brasil

Responsible for tax closing of indirect taxes (ICMS, IPI, ISS, PIS, COFINS, and withholding taxes), updating tax rules in JDE and Tax One systems, reviewing tax operations, and analyzing new tax legislation to ensure compliance. Provide support to Finance, Sales, and back-office teams. Act as tax lead in projects related to the Tax Reform.

Tax Specialist

Dow

2014-3 - 2014-11 · 9 mos

São Paulo e Região, Brasil

Tax project and system. Maintenance of the tax engines in the SAP and interface to fiscal software, key user SAP MM and SD, J1BTAX, handle sql oracle, sabrix rules review and edition, review of tax operations, tester of new business operations, kick off tax implementations, follow up tax legislation.

Senior - Tax Consultant

TIM Brasil

2012-4 - 2014-2 · 1 yr 11 mos

São Paulo e Região, Brasil

Tax consulting, responsible for tax closing head office – indirect tax (brazilian VAT), tax planning, tax accounting, compliance with SOX (The Sarbanes-Oxley introduced major changes to the regulation of corporate governance and financial practice).

Senior - Indirect Tax

Deloitte

2011-8 - 2011-12 · 5 mos

São Paulo e redondezas, Brasil

Preparation of sales tax books, calculation of VATs (ICMS, IPI, ISS), preparation and filling VATs obligations, keep updated on VAT rules changes, manage Customer relationships, orient business regarding fiscal procedures, solve problems regarding sales taxes, interface from SAP to Mastersaf. deployment projects, adequacy of layout, diagnosis, mapping operations. I teach courses targeted for the professional staff within and outside the company.

Mid Tax Analyst - Indirect Taxes

Deloitte

2010-8 - 2011-7 · 1 yr

Junior Tax Analyst - Indirect Taxes

Deloitte

2009-8 - 2010-7 · 1 yr

Tax Assistant - Indirect Taxes

Deloitte

2009-1 - 2009-7 · 7 mos

Intern

Deloitte

2008-4 - 2008-12 · 9 mos

Tax Assistant

Contfisco Empresa de Contabilidade Ltda

2005-6 - 2008-3 · 2 yrs 10 mos

São Paulo e Região, Brasil

Routine of direct and indirect taxes, including consulting to client . Classification and bookkeeping of receipts of inputs, outputs, services and taken, deductions, tax assessment ICMS, IPI, ISS, PIS, COFINS, monthly closing of estimated income, taxable income, filing of statements / ancillary obligations (DCTF, DACON, DNF, DIF, GIA, SINTEGRA, DES). Knowledge system (Prósoft).

Education

Universidade Gama Filho

MBA Tax Management

2011 - 2013 · 2 yrs

MBA in Tax Management is in accordance with current market demand for professional tax specialists, who have the expertise to make appropriate decisions and differentiated within the legislation, analyzing the incidence of taxes and their impacts, and develop an effective and tax planning that generates value for each type of organization.