Indirect Tax Analyst

At Warner Music Group were a global collective of music makers and music lovers tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:

• Curiosity: We do our best work when were immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation and innovation is the key to our future.

• Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea like a great song travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists songwriters partners and fans.

• Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown and were committed to keeping the faith acting with integrity and delivering on our promises.

WMG is home to a wide range of artists musicians and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values appreciates and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.

Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.

A little bit about our team:
Warner Musics EMEA Shared Service Centre is the home to the financial tax and administrative functions that provide critical support and best-in-class services to our European Recorded Music and Publishing businesses. The UK Centre embodies the innovative and creative spirit that stems from the companys deep history in nurturing entrepreneurial thinking and artist-focused innovation enabling our employees to develop a wide range of skills through cross-function collaboration and development opportunities.

The Indirect Tax Team sits within our EMEA Shared Services Centre and provides tax compliance across the region for all business lines. As WMG transitions to SAP S/4HANA the team plays a crucial role in embedding tax processes into new systems and ensuring data integrity and compliance across multiple territories.

Your role:
The Indirect Tax Analyst is responsible for the end-to-end preparation of indirect and withholding tax (WHT)compliance. This role is designed for a detail-professional who thrives in a controlled process-driven environment. You will be responsible for ensuring that all tax filings are accurate fully reconciled to the General Ledger and supported by a comprehensive audit trail before moving to management sign-off.

Here youll get to:

• Deliver High-Quality Compliance: Manage the preparation of VAT WHT and statutory reports (Intrastat EC Sales) for the EMEA region ensuring all submissions meet both local requirements and global tax controls.
• Ensure Data Integrity: Perform mandatory end-to-end reconciliations between ERP data and tax reporting modules identifying and resolving variances at the source.
• Execute Quality Controls: Prepare and maintain comprehensive audit-ready documentation for every filing ensuring all internal checklists and control requirements are satisfied.
• Manage Stakeholder Relationships: Act as the primary point of contact for regional affiliates regarding data queries ensuring any adjustments are supported by clear financial reconciliations.
• Track Global Milestones: Maintain internal compliance trackers to ensure real-time visibility of filing statuses payments and refunds across the region.
• Drive Continuous Improvement: Identify system anomalies and process gaps collaborating with the Process Improvement team to enhance SOPs and system workflows.
• Collaborate Strategically: Work under a unified departmental voice to resolve technical tax queries and participate in cross-functional meetings with Finance and Global Tax leadership.

About you:

• You have a Bachelors Degree in Accounting Business or related field.
• 2 years of experience performing indirect tax compliance VAT accounting preferably within a large multinational or Shared Service environment.
• Good understanding of UK and EU VAT regulations.
• You have a right first time mindset and a commitment to maintaining rigorous documentation standards.
• Strong work-ethic attention to detail problem solving and analytical mindset.
• You have demonstrated an ability to think critically an ability to multi-task and prioritize projects and an ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• You are a professional and clear communicator who understands the importance of following escalation protocols and maintaining departmental alignment.
• Experience working with S/4 HANA OneSource Indirect tax Determination or OneSource Indirect tax Compliance modules is preferred.

Wed love it if you also had:

• Language fluency in English plus proficiency in another regional language would be a plus: Italian French German or Spanish.
• Experience with workflow management tools (such as JIRA) and incident-triage platforms (PEGA).

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As the home to 10K Projects Asylum Atlantic Music Group East West FFRR Fueled by Ramen Nonesuch Parlophone Rhino Roadrunner Sire Warner Records Warner Classics and several other of the worlds premier recording labels Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company Warner Chappell Music represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA which supports the independent community as well as artist services division addition WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.

Together we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.

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