Rodrigo Cruz

About Rodrigo Cruz

Tax professional with almost 25 years of combined International Tax experience specialized in Latin America taxation and business environment. Skilled in tax planning, compliance, risk management, direct and indirect taxes, customs and duties, transfer pricing, governance and defense of Tax positions before government agencies for several industries including Logistics and Supply chain, Insurance and Telecommunications. Experienced Head of Tax being responsible for building and mentor multicultural teams, adaptable to new cultures and locations having three relocations across my career and experience in working and managing remotely. I am interested in working as Director, Head of Tax or Sr. Manager where I can contribute providing solutions with a Global perspective, out of the box thinking, sound judgement and business acumen. Learning and able to provide insights into the latest OECD pillars tax legislation, GIILTI, BEAT, FDII, FTCs, Subpart F, E&P from a US, Latin American and International prespective. I also provide my experience to the table coordinating the implemention of accounting and taxation ERP\'s such as Oracle cloud, SAP and propietary direct and indirect tax control systems. A fully multicultural bilingual fluent communicator in both English and Spanish, constantly learning new things, currently taking Dutch lessons. I have a wonderful wife, a teenage kid and two cats.

Experience

1. International Tax Manager

   FedEx

   Jun 2013 — Present · Miami, FL, US

   Responsible for all day to day indirect & direct Tax & Transfer Pricing processes approvals (payments, returns, refunds, rulings) sent to Tax Authorities, as well as first contact with Government issues regarding Tax Compliance & Litigation.• Responsible for all Transfer Pricing controls and initiatives as well as Transfer Pricing entries review to maintain current reporting model for several entities in LAC.• Maintains records for Tax accounts and any capital and dividend movements subject to cash flow and Tax planning, reorganizations, mergers, acquisitions and Tax consolidation.• Manages NOLs and Tax assets available to the Company.• Extensive internal consulting to Business including Operations, Cash collections, Engineering, Financial Planning, etc; related not only to Tax matters but financial and/or legal support in many cases.• Main contact for the MD & VP of Finance and Tax respectively to ensure communication flows are conducted in a proper manner.• Prime contact with Local Tax managers and teams, acting as PMO for projects related to local tax planning, compliance and automation.• Approval payments of Federal Taxes for LAC Business Units.• Maintenance and preparation of the schedules included in the reporting package sent to Corporate to analyze the Regional Tax Current and Deferred provision.• Contact and collaboration with Local Controllers and other Finance and non-finance organizations towards Tax matters of the LAC Business units. • Prime for identifying opportunities to collaborate with various external advisors to implement different Tax projects controlling costs of professional fees.• Prime point of tax consulting of preemptive and post implementation Tax issues for Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, Central America.

Education

• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

  Bachelor of Science, Accounting

  1996 — 2001