Lead the direct tax area, carry out tax planning, be responsible for tax compliance, and mitigate tax risks. **Responsibilities:** Develop and implement tax planning strategies related to direct taxes: IRPJ, CSLL, IRPF, Transfer Pricing, and other ancillary obligations; Manage calculation and payment of taxes: ICMS, ICMS-ST, IPI, ISS, PIS/COFINS, and withheld taxes; Ensure compliance across all tax activities, including timely submission of ancillary obligations as required by legislation; Conduct tax planning by developing and implementing legally compliant tax planning strategies to reduce the company’s overall tax burden; Handle audits and tax inspections: Coordinate responses to internal and external audits, compile relevant information, and resolve queries to ensure compliance with requirements; Support executive management: Provide technical, tax-related, and managerial information to senior leadership to assist in strategic decision-making; Process improvement: Evaluate and propose continuous improvements to tax department processes to increase efficiency and ensure record integrity; People management: Responsible for team training and development; Review and structure corporate transactions with a focus on tax efficiency and legal security; Liaise with regulatory authorities and prepare defenses against tax inspections and assessments; Team leadership; Manage para-legal activities focused on corporate legalization, corporate governance, and tax compliance for companies of various sizes and sectors; Manage processes related to the incorporation, amendment, regularization, and dissolution of companies at federal, state, and municipal levels; Manage licenses, permits, and registrations with entities such as Commercial Registries, the Federal Revenue Service, State Tax Authorities (SEFAZ), Municipalities, among others. **Requirements:** Experience in indirect and direct taxes and tax reform is desirable; Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, or related fields; Experience in tax departments of multinational corporations is a plus; ERP knowledge.