Aguinaldo Xavier

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Phone: 11-997**-****

e-mail:adhq1p@r.postjobfree.com

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Main Competencies

Over 20 years' experience in the Tax area, career initiated and consolidated in multinational companies form various segments, including Big Four.

Deep technical knowledge in indirect taxes, and know-how in direct taxes routines.

Analysis of tax feasibility in the idealization of new businesses and structures, studies to adjust taxes on manufacturing and commercial operations, identifying tax-saving opportunities by analyzing production chains and distribution channels.

Indirect taxes validation, conducting projects to limit or eliminate tax risks, enabling, implementing and managing tax benefits, obtaining special tax procedures, relations with tax authorities, M&A process and corporate reorganization.

Implementation of tax compliance procedures.

Member of Tax Committees, tax consulting for internal and external clients. Know-how in demands related to operations in the Manaus Free Zone and Free Trade Areas.

Skill and experience in team management.

Office Package User: SAP, Microsiga, Mastersaf DW, Mastersaf GF and PW Sati. October 2013 to March 2020: Brasalpla Brasil Indústria de Embalagens Ltda. Austrian Multinational Plastic Packaging Manufacturer with sales in Brazil of BRL 1.5 billion/year Tax Manager

Reporting to the CFO Team: 10 professionals

Management of the team and activities related to Tax areas (indirect taxes), Invoicing and Fiscal Receiving, considering demands at 7 industrial plants, 1 DC and a closed storage facility, at 3 legal entities located in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Pernambuco, Mato Grosso do Sul and Amazonas States.

Tax planning, corporate reorganization, tax compliance, relations with tax authorities, management of tax liabilities, working with the other Company areas to enable new businesses and structures.

KPI definition and deployment for area management and, above all, to analyze indirect-tax behavior for business conducted.

Responsible for obtaining, managing and renewing benefits, culminating in an accentuated reduction in the tax burden on operations in Rio de Janeiro, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pernambuco and Amazonas states.

Planning, attaining and implementing special tax procedures with State Treasury Secretariats.

Work with legal consultants in seeking opportunities for deploying tax planning.

Management of activities related to paralegal actions. Highlights:

**Obtaining and renewing state and federal tax benefits, which included actions involving corporate business reorganization and optimization of some tax operations, resulting in effective savings of BRL 55 million over 5 years.

**Responsible for conceptualizing, planning and implementing the project to centralize activities related to fiscal receiving and automating the Company invoicing process throughout Brazil, resulting in expressive headcount optimization in the area as well as increased rapidity and quality in processed information. Objective: Fiscal/Tax Area

Professional Experience

March 2009 – September 2013 - Akzo Nobel Pulp e Performance Química Ltda. Dutch Multinational Chemical Company with sales in Brazil of BRL 2 billion/year Senior Tax Coordinator

Reporting to the CFO Team: 12 professionals

Coordination of the team responsible for executing tax activities and actions linked to billing and fiscal receiving throughout Brazil for businesses distributed over 5 operational sites.

Key user in a project to deploy SAP and its rollout for Latin America.

Management of tax projects dealing with online obligations (Fiscal SPED, Online CIAP, NF-e, EFD PIS/COFINS, FCI), as well as Mastersaf GF/DW tax-manager software.

Enabling tax benefits in Mato Grosso do Sul and Maranhão States and obtaining special tax procedures from treasury authorities.

Work with clients and suppliers to implement tax requirements oriented toward structuring and establishing new businesses and investments.

Highlights:

**Centralizing Company tax collection throughout Brazil, resulting in an important headcount reduction in the area and process optimization.

**Concept, attainment of state tax benefits, resulting in savings of BRL 180 million projected for 15 years’ operation. June 2008 – March 2009 – J.Macedo S/A

Brazilian Food Manufacturer (Dona Benta, Sol, Petybon brands, among others) with sales of BRL 1.6 billion/year in Brazil Regional Tax Planning Supervisor

Coordinating a team of 22 professionals with regionalized demands and distributed at 10 sites throughout southern and southeastern Brazil.

Support in enabling manufacturing and commercial operations.

Coordinating Tax Compliance projects for risk mitigation and compliance in indirect-tax obligations.

Restructuring invoicing and tax receiving areas. Highlight:

**Responsible for rearranging merchandise and material circulation flow in on-demand industrialization operations by analyzing and optimizing the production chain and distribution channels, which resulted in operational savings of BRL 250,000 in transport services. September 2003 – June 2008 - PricewaterhouseCoopers British Multinational Company in the big 4 of financial auditing and consultancy, with revenue of BRL 1.8 billion in Brazil Fiscal Operations Supervisor

Coordination of outsourcing and consultancy projects for tax-credit recovery, notably for approving BRL 2.5 million in ICMS (value added tax) credits for a major retail chain.

Participation in the creation of the “Portal Fiscal” in a WEB environment in order to integrate and control accessory obligations at over 200 establishments for an important retail chain active throughout Brazil.

Coordinating outsourcing projects to legalize companies and cater to other paralegal demands.

Participation in due-diligence and Tax Compliance projects.

MBA – Tax Management – FIPECAFI -2018

Degree in Business Administration – Faculdades Campos Salles –1995

Intermediate English (ongoing intensive improvement course)

Advanced Leader Development Program - 2019

Accounting for Non-Accountants – FIPECAFI -2013

MEP (Management Essentials Program) – People and Team Management (Belbin Method) –2012 Education, Courses and Languages

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