Indirect Tax Manager (Immediate start)

Warner Music\’s 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 company\’s 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

This role is a key position responsible for helping the Senior Indirect Tax Manager to transform the indirect tax compliance function into a Centre of Excellence. You will help to design and implement best‑in‑class compliance processes for all indirect taxes and withholding tax, integrating closely with other functions in the Shared Services Centre, our labels and affiliates, and the central Tax Team. You\’ll also drive automation, foster cross‑functional collaboration, and ensure tax processes deliver meaningful insight and value to the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership & Team Development
  • Help to support and develop the Tax Analysts working with the Senior Tax Manager to develop a team of indirect tax compliance professionals, building capability, accountability, and engagement.
  • Work with the Senior Tax Manager to cultivate a high‑performing, collaborative, and business‑facing team recognised as the go‑to experts on indirect tax within WMG.
• Process Improvement & Innovation
  • Identify and deliver continuous improvement initiatives across indirect tax operations.
  • Design and test enhancements to tax engines, processes, and controls in partnership with IT and finance operations.
• Tax Governance & Escalation
  • Maintain strong internal controls and documentation standards for all tax processes.
  • Recognise when issues require escalation to Group Tax for specialist advice or resolution of technical controversies.
• Insightful Reporting & Analysis
  • Lead the development of indirect and withholding tax reports that go beyond system‑generated outputs, offering clear insights, identifying risks or anomalies, and supporting strategic business decision‑making.
• Cross‑functional Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
  • Partner with Record to Report, Order to Cash, and Accounts Payable teams to ensure tax processes are integrated and optimised for accurate, timely reporting.
  • Collaborate with local finance teams, record labels, and affiliates to understand business changes affecting tax compliance.
  • Coordinate with the Tax Team on complex advisory and controversy matters.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to non‑tax stakeholders, clearly communicating complex tax issues and promoting tax awareness across the organisation.
• Indirect Tax Compliance & Process Ownership
  • Develop and implement efficient, scalable, and where possible, automated compliance processes for VAT, GST, WHT, and other relevant taxes across EMEA in line with SAP S/4HANA deployment.
  • Responsible for the timely and accurate preparation of all VAT returns prepared by the EMEA Indirect Tax compliance team including review and / or delegation to other team members, in line with agreed seniority and materiality thresholds.

Qualifications

• You have a bachelor\’s degree in accounting, finance, tax, or a related field.
• You bring 5+ years\’ experience in indirect tax, ideally in a tax compliance function, within a multinational organisation or professional services firm.
• You have a strong understanding of indirect and withholding tax regulations in key EMEA territories (e.g., UK, France, Italy, Ireland, Nordics, South Africa, CEE).
• You have experience with SAP S/4HANA and tax engines such as ONESOURCE.
• You’re articulate, with the ability to clearly explain complex tax issues to non‑experts.
• You’re proactive, solutions‑focused, and comfortable operating in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment.
• You have experience in process design, improvement, and testing, and able to think both strategically and operationally.
• You have strong reconciliation and reporting skills, and a detail‑oriented mindset.
• Experience working in a shared service environment or cross‑functional project teams.

Desired Additional Qualifications

• Fluency in English and proficiency in an additional European language (e.g., French, German, Italian, Spanish).
• Experience in creating and managing compliance calendars and documentation of processes for indirect taxes.
• Familiarity with XML log analysis and creating test scripts.
• Knowledge of GAAP‑to‑tax adjustments and journal entries.

Benefits & Culture

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.
• 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. Home to labels such as Asylum, Atlantic, East West, Elektra, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and many more, we champion emerging artists and global superstars alike. Our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre‑spanning songwriters and producers through a catalogue of more than one million copyrights worldwide. We also support the independent community through ADA and the artist services division WMX. WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Music With Vision & Voice.