Analyst, Tax

At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we know that each talent makes our collective bolder and brighter. We are guided by four core principles that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:  

• Music is Everything: Music is our passion, and we can never get enough. Tastes, trends, and tech will change, but great artists and songwriters will always be our driving force. 

• Global Growth, Local Expertise: Music is a global language. Through communication and collaboration, our success can come from anywhere and translate everywhere. 

• Innovation and Insight: Pushing the boundaries requires the best information and the boldest imagination. We use both to create the future. 

• Empowered by People: Like the artists we serve and the music they make, our differences make us stronger. This is a place where every talent can belong and build a career. 

In the long term the Indirect Tax Analyst will be responsible for performing activities related to indirect and withholding tax compliance and ensure ongoing tax obligations are met. 

Here you’ll get to: 

• Provide short term support to the Global Finance Transformation program with testing, data clean up and implementation 

• Support the program configuration and testing of ONESOURCE Indirect Compliance across multiple regions in preparation for go-live  

• Support the program processing of sales / use, gross receipts, property, withholding, business licenses and other local tax compliance 

• Support updates to tax localization tools that standardize documents for desktop procedures by participating in workshop interviews, job shadowing, and developing reference guides 

• Analyze transactions for indirect tax implications and risks to be recognized 

• Prepare and process tax forms, including service tax calculation, filing and remittance, processing of 1042 and 1099s forms, VAT / GST calculation and filing 

• Prepare and process tax forms, including VAT calculations and filing payments to tax authorities 

• Assist in developing and maintaining tax compliance calendar to track the timely reporting of all indirect tax returns  

• Prepare other tax reporting schedules, as needed 

• Verify documentation needed to prepare filings for withholding tax, as well as other local tax requirements  

• Ensure applicable GL accounts are reconciled to the appropriate tax reports and payments 

• File and archive original documentation  

• Ensure timely responses to inquiries from tax jurisdictions 

• Assist in internal and external audits, if needed 

• Identify ideas for process improvement utilizing leading industry practices 

• Collaborate with Indirect Tax Managers and Direct Tax colleagues  

About you: 

• You have a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business, or related field 

• You have 2+ years of experience in relevant field: withholding tax and/or property tax and/or sales and use tax return compliance 

• Experience of dealing with indirect tax compliance and processes 

• Strong work-ethic 

• Strong attention to detail 

• Problem solving and analytical mindset 

• Ability to multi-task and prioritize projects. Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines 

• Demonstrated ability to think critically  

We’d love it if you also had: 

• Language proficiency in Portuguese and/or Spanish 

About us:  

As the home to Asylum, Atlantic, East West, Elektra, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world’s 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 catalogue of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Redefining what it means to be a music company in the 21st century, our consumer brands include trend-setters like UPROXX, Songkick, HipHopDX, and EMP. We’re the home to WMX – the next generation services division that connects artists with fans and amplifies brands in creative, immersive, and engaging ways – and Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) – the ground-breaking global distribution company for independent artists and labels.