Accounting & Tax Manager Brazil

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At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

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As a global leader in clinical diagnostics, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics has challenged convention to elevate the diagnostic laboratory’s role in improving patient health for more than 90 years. Our diagnostic solutions are used in routine and complex clinical testing and are used in hospitals, reference and research laboratories, and physician offices around the world. Every hour around the world, more than one million tests are run on Beckman Coulter Diagnostics systems, impacting 1.2 billion patients and more than three million clinicians per year. From uncovering the next clinical breakthrough, to rapid and reliable sample analysis, to more rigorous decision making—we are enabling clinicians to deliver the best possible care to their patients with improved efficiency, clinical confidence, adaptive collaboration, and accelerated intelligence.

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The Tax and Accounting Manager Brazil is responsible for leading all accounting and tax operations for the Brazil organization, ensuring compliance with local statutory requirements, tax regulations, corporate accounting policies, and internal control standards. This role will oversee accounting close activities, tax compliance, financial reporting, statutory audits, and governance processes, while driving operational excellence and continuous improvement across finance operations.

This position will support the Controller Brazil in ensuring financial accuracy, compliance, strong internal controls, and execution of all accounting and tax obligations for the Brazil operation.

This position reports to the Controller Brazil and is part of the Finance organization located in São Paulo, Brazil, and will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead all accounting operations for Brazil, including month-end close, reconciliations, statutory reporting, and balance sheet integrity, partnering with regional and global finance teams to support reporting requirements, process standardization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage all direct and indirect tax activities, including tax calculations, tax reporting, tax compliance, and fulfillment of all ancillary tax obligations (obrigações acessórias).
• Ensure compliance with Brazilian accounting standards, IFRS requirements, SOX/internal controls, and Danaher corporate policies.
• Coordinate and lead internal and external audit processes, ensuring timely responses, documentation readiness, and remediation of audit findings when applicable, and develop the local accounting and tax team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Manage relationships with external auditors, tax consultants, regulatory authorities, and shared service teams, with support implementation and monitoring of internal controls, ensuring a strong compliance and governance environment.
• Drive accuracy and compliance across financial reporting, tax filings, and statutory obligations for all Brazil legal entities.
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting and tax processes through automation, standardization, and Danaher Business System (DBS) methodologies.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
• Active CRC certification is mandatory.
• Long-standing experience in accounting, tax, audit, or finance operations roles within multinational organizations.
• Strong knowledge of Brazilian tax legislation, statutory accounting, IFRS reporting, and internal controls/SOX environment.
• Experience managing external and internal audits, including statutory and compliance-related audits.
• Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or similar financial platforms.
• Fluent English communication skills, both written and verbal.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• No travel requirements for this role.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Experience in the healthcare, diagnostics, medical devices, or life sciences industry.
• Previous exposure to Danaher Business System (DBS), Lean, or other continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience working with multinational shared service center environments.

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job.

At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Beckman Coulter Diagnostics can provide.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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