Manager, Tax

Job Description:

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 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 we’re 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 we’re 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:

This team will provide services to the Americas region for all of WMG’s lines of business, assuring compliance with tax requirements and supporting the accounting and tax teams with informational requests.

Your role:

The Tax Manager will be responsible for performing and overseeing activities related to indirect and withholding tax to ensure compliance. 

Here you’ll get to:

• Prepare and process tax forms, including service tax calculation, filing and remittance, processing of 1042 and 1099s forms, VAT / GST calculation and filing
• Assist in developing and maintaining tax compliance calendar to track the timely reporting of all indirect tax returns
• Work with local finance to resolve tax disputes
• Partner with corporate tax to ensure compliance systems are up to date
• Record journal entries for GAAP to stat or GAAP to tax differences in the appropriate ledger
• Verify documentation and prepare filing for withholding tax, as well any local tax requirements
• Calculate roll forward of deferred income taxes and accrued income taxes payable
• Ensure applicable GL accounts are tied to tax schedules
• Ensure timely responses to inquiries from tax jurisdictions
• Prepare other WMG tax reporting schedules, as needed
• Identify ideas for process improvement utilizing leading industry practices
• Assist in internal and external audits 

About you:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business or related field
• 5+ years of experience in relevant field
• Experience in international tax, including VAT and/or GST
• Strong work-ethic and a self-starter with effective organizational skills
• Keen attention to detail, proactively seeking out new solutions
• Problem solving, decision making, and continuous process improvement skills
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize projects. Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Partnering, influencing, and communication skills to convey key elements in a concise and positive manner
• Ability to work proactively, independently, and as a strategic partner in a team environment
• Demonstrated critical thinking and dedication to deepening understanding of work being done

We’d love it if you also had:

• Proficiency in one or more of the following languages
• Spanish
• Portuguese

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