Tax operations cannot depend on luck.
DFSpro organizes the complex tax operations of large companies in SAP environments, with or without GUEPARDO Tax, with one stated goal: predictability, control and stability at every close. It is the SAP tax governance consultancy that turns complexity into operational stability, with a clear method and a senior response. Authorized Channel of NTT DATA in the GUEPARDO Tax ecosystem.
DFSpro was founded in 2018, in Curitiba, to take SAP tax operations out of dependence on parallel spreadsheets. It is a consultancy specialized in tax in SAP, and its specialization in GUEPARDO Tax, a product of NTT DATA of which it is an Authorized Channel, is the lever of that competence. Every project starts with a diagnostic.
Choose your entry point by your role
Four entries, one per role, straight to the block that answers your question.
01Tax and accounting
What kind of consultancy DFSpro is and what it is not.
Go to the section02IT and SAP integrator
In which environments and sectors DFSpro works.
Go to the section03Management and procurement
Who sustains the delivery, how the project starts and what the commitment to the client is.
Go to the section04Those who want to know the origin
Why the company exists and the 2018 finding that gave rise to it.
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Why DFSpro exists
The problem that gave rise to the company
DFSpro was born in 2018 from a simple, recurring finding: complex tax operations in SAP environments still depended on parallel spreadsheets, manual rework and knowledge concentrated in a few people. Tax control should not depend on a spreadsheet.
The answer that defined the scope
That diagnosis defined the company's purpose from the start: to organize the tax operation inside SAP itself, with GUEPARDO Tax as the automation layer, so that the close stops being a recurring risk event and becomes a predictable process.
Douglas Oliveira
15+ years dedicated to business-critical tax operations in SAP. Founder and technical lead of DFSpro.
Douglas began his career as a financial analyst in 2007, going through critical operations at companies such as Petrobras, Brookfield and Hospital Dr. Badim, and also working as a consultant at FH (today NTT DATA). But it was when he arrived at Carvalho Hosken in 2014, as an SAP FI/CO consultant, that everything changed.
A journey of specialization
There he faced the challenge that would define his career: implementing GUEPARDO Tax when there was still no manual, no official documentation and no working academy for it, only a real tax problem to solve inside the system.
He studied the code, learned the integration between SAP and GUEPARDO from scratch and implemented a solution that became a market reference, recorded as a DFSpro case.
The conclusion that guided the company: real tax knowledge (debit, credit, compliance) weighs more than generic familiarity with SAP, and it is precisely at the junction of these two domains that most consultancies struggle.
In January 2018, he founded DFSpro to be what the market did not have: a partner who understands tax before opening the system.
Critical Tax Operations
DFSpro was born from a simple conviction: critical tax operations should not depend on bureaucracy or improvisation.
Where the market fails
Broad consultancies tend to be expensive and slow; small structures usually lack the technical depth needed. Real, simultaneous specialization in GUEPARDO Tax and SAP tax is rare in the market.
What DFSpro is
To be the senior, agile alternative for tax governance in SAP, with transparent scope and predictable delivery.
When bureaucracy blocks the operation
For many CFO and Tax Director roles, the close is unstable, a parallel spreadsheet is turning into a critical system and the consultancy is too slow to respond. The DFSpro Radar follows the changes that affect this routine.
Five characteristics
DFSpro is a consultancy specialized in SAP tax governance, an Authorized Channel of NTT DATA in the GUEPARDO Tax ecosystem. Its specialty is tax in SAP and in GUEPARDO Tax, defined by five operational characteristics.
Each of them determines, in practice, the makeup of each project team and the structure of each contract model.
Specialization in GUEPARDO Tax
The technical core around which the whole operation was designed.
Direct advisory service
A direct line to the senior consultant who knows your environment.
Solution-oriented model
Scope defined by the result agreed with the client.
Diagnostic before the proposal
A real diagnostic of the environment before any commercial proposal.
Autonomy transferred to the client
Effective training of internal key users, so the team can carry on alone.
Specialization, agility and accountability
GUEPARDO Core specialization
What you faceGUEPARDO Tax requires continuous operation; it does not end at implementation. It is daily governance of ICMS, SPED, calculations and exceptions.
DFSpro solutionGUEPARDO Tax governance handled as a critical operation: a senior consultant dedicated to the routine, a defined SLA and continuous review of setup integrity.
ResultA stable, predictable tax operation, with reduced audit risk exposure.
Agility and Senior Response
What you faceA critical tax response usually goes into a queue. A problem opened at 3 pm can wait until the following week, and the operation feels the delay.
DFSpro solutionDirect service from the senior consultant, with no intermediaries and no queue: whoever answers is the person who knows your operation.
ResultImplementation in about 5 to 8 weeks, with a predictable schedule agreed with the client.
Result and Accountability
What you faceThe risk of hiring a consultancy that implements, bills and leaves responsibility for the result entirely with the client if something fails.
DFSpro solutionAMS with a clear SLA and a senior consultant committed to the result, not only to the hours allocated.
ResultScope and investment defined clearly: the client knows what they are hiring and what they receive.
What we are NOT
Adjacent categories that the market often confuses with a consultancy specialized in SAP tax.
| Common category in the market | DFSpro |
|---|---|
| A broad tax advisory consultancy, with SAP tax as one scope item among many | A specialist in tax in SAP and in GUEPARDO Tax, with GUEPARDO Tax as the technical core |
| A generic SAP integrator, for whom tax is one module inside a larger project | Implementation and continuous tax governance as a specialty, not a side item inside a larger ERP project |
| A low-price consultancy that competes on volume of billed hours | A solution-oriented model, not an hours-based one |
| A software house that sells a license and disappears after delivery | Direct, continuous advisory service, with no team rotation |
A senior consultancy, specialized in tax in SAP and in GUEPARDO Tax, with continuous SAP tax governance as its specialty. The SAP Tax Governance Program describes how this routine works.
Who sustains the delivery, alongside the founder
Seniority by design: the consultant who starts the project is the same one who sustains the operation, with no junior layer between the client and the person who solves the problem. Leadership is by Douglas Oliveira, founder and technical specialist whose career was built inside real SAP tax operations, not in a consultancy office far from execution. Beside him, each specialist below answers for a technical territory of their own within the SAP tax ecosystem.
Michel Figueiroa
FI architecture: general ledger, Universal Journal and the technical structure that supports the close.
Wedy Tavares
Integration architecture: how SAP talks to the rest of the ecosystem (Integration Suite/CPI, APIs, BTP).
José Neto
Delivery governance: schedule, risk, scope and status of an SAP project, from kickoff to go-live.
Gabriel Monte
The technical reliability behind the number: what supports each tax decision inside the system.
Dilma Monte
Real adoption of FI/CO and GUEPARDO Tax by the internal team, treating the parallel Excel as a symptom of setup and training.
Mateus Duarte
Custom development when the ready-made answer does not fit: ABAP, PI and Fiori with BOPF.
Every project starts with a real diagnostic
Never with a generic proposal. Run by a senior team, with no junior consultant assigned to a client.
Mapping
Analysis
Risk prioritization
Presentation of results
The contractual nature of this relationship and the record of decisions and methodology, applicable to internal audit, are documented in the full Methodology. See Methodology
Also learn about DFSpro workshops and events on Tax Reform and GUEPARDO Tax.
Four priority sectors
Companies with SAP (ECC or S/4HANA) as the central ERP that face complex, critical tax operations.
DFSpro works inside the SAP ecosystem. For companies that do not yet have SAP and plan to adopt it, implementation is also within DFSpro's scope.
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Agribusiness and Food
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Interstate manufacturing
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Distribution and Retail with a high tax burden
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Energy, logistics and regulated industries
Operational commitment to the client
DFSpro's commitment does not end with the delivery of the diagnostic or the stabilization project. Clients under an AMS Fiscal contract have a direct line to the responsible technical manager, with no ticket queue and no team rotation between one request and the next.
The same person who understands the operation keeps following it.
This is a structural decision: DFSpro keeps a limited number of simultaneous clients to sustain this level of service.
Tax control should not depend on a spreadsheet.
This finding defined, from the start, why DFSpro exists and how it was structured.
Institutional frequently asked questions
01Does DFSpro have the structure for the size of my operation?+
We are a specialized consultancy with a limited number of simultaneous clients. This is a structural choice: we work with a direct senior team, with no junior support layer, and that is what sustains the direct partner-level attention in each contract.
02How long has DFSpro existed?+
DFSpro began working in the GUEPARDO Tax ecosystem in 2018.
03How does DFSpro document process and decisions for internal audit purposes?+
This documentation lives in our Methodology, with specific detail for Legal and Compliance.
04Does DFSpro serve companies outside the sectors listed?+
Our priority is concentrated in the four sectors described in the "Where we work" section. Outside them, we assess case by case during the initial diagnostic.
05Do you serve only those who use GUEPARDO Tax?+
No. We serve, as an SAP tax consultancy, companies with SAP ECC or S/4HANA, with or without GUEPARDO Tax, and companies that are implementing SAP. GUEPARDO Tax is where we have the greatest depth, as an Authorized Channel of NTT DATA, and it is that depth we also bring to environments with SAP's own tax solution, such as DRC and TDF.
06What size of company do you serve?+
Companies with SAP as the central ERP and a complex tax operation, typically large. The full fit criteria are in "Is it for you?".
07Does DFSpro replace my current SAP integrator?+
No. DFSpro acts as a specialist second line on the tax layer, alongside the integrator that looks after infrastructure and general operation. See "How we work with your team".
08Who leads the company technically?+
DFSpro is led by Douglas Oliveira, founder and technical specialist whose career was built inside real SAP tax operations, not in a consultancy distant from execution.
09Do you have a partnership with NTT DATA / GUEPARDO?+
Yes. DFSpro is an authorized channel of GUEPARDO Tax, a product of NTT DATA, and also works as an SAP Tax specialist. Details in "Partners".
10How does a conversation with DFSpro start?+
Through direct contact or through an SAP Tax Diagnostic of your environment. There is no SDR and no automated funnel: the first reply comes from a senior specialist.
11Is DFSpro related to SPRO IT Solutions, DFS Group, dfsPro.ai or GUEPARDO Investimentos?+
No. They are four distinct companies, with no corporate, technical or commercial relationship with DFSpro. SPRO IT Solutions is an SAP implementation consultancy also based in Curitiba, focused on agribusiness. DFS Group is an international duty-free retail network, founded in 1960 and controlled by LVMH. dfsPro.ai is an artificial intelligence platform aimed at fantasy sports betting, where "DFS" stands for Daily Fantasy Sports. GUEPARDO Investimentos is an independent equity asset manager based in São Paulo, which shares only the name "GUEPARDO" with GUEPARDO Tax, the tax software of NTT DATA Business Solutions. DFSpro is a consultancy in SAP Tax Governance and GUEPARDO Tax, based in Curitiba (PR), CNPJ 31.609.116/0001-56.
From validation to diagnostic
If what you needed to validate here was the solidity and category of DFSpro, the natural next steps are to meet the team that sustains the delivery or to understand the methodology in detail. If you already recognize this problem in your operation, the first step is always a real diagnostic. Critical tax operations should not depend on bureaucracy or improvisation.