Lessons from Building a Tax Control Tower | Ex Senior Indirect Tax Director at Kraft Heinz

Antonio Erbolato, now Global Indirect Tax Director at Reckitt (note: this role began after the recording of this episode), joins Tax Leaders Unplugged to break down his strategy for building a Tax Control Tower across 27 countries. Drawing from his time as Global Senior Director of Tax at Kraft Heinz, Antonio shares lessons in structuring visibility, governance, and audit readiness at scale.

In this episode, he covers:

• How he launched a global tax data visibility project starting with indirect taxes.

• The phased framework he used to build and scale the Tax Control Tower.

• Lessons learned from working with tax authorities in Brazil, the US, and the Netherlands.

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Where to find Antonio Erbolato: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erbolato/

Where to find Stevi Frooninckx: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevifrooninckx

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In this episode, we cover:

00:00 Introduction and Guest Background

00:43 Cultural Differences in Work Environments

04:50 Tax Perspectives Across Countries

11:50 Building a Tax Control Tower

15:31 Steps to Implementing a Tax Control Tower

16:53 Challenges and Solutions in Data Collection

20:12 Phases of the Tax Control Tower

31:22 Adapting the Tax Control Tower for Mid-Sized Companies

42:00 Final Thoughts and Career Advice