Financial Accountant, Tax & External Reporting
Location: Weybridge, UK
As a
Tax and External Reporting Accountant
at Sony Europe, you will play a key role in ensuring accurate and timely tax reporting and compliance for the European Electronics and Sports business. You'll take ownership of preparing local country financial statements and tax returns, working closely with Group Reporting, Global Tax, local business teams, and external providers.
You'll be part of a strong performing & collaborative External Reporting team that shares responsibilities, rotates entities, and supports each other to build knowledge and flexibility.
Together, we drive simplification and standardisation across the region while ensuring compliance with local statutory, legal, and tax requirements.
Beyond day-to-day reporting, you'll have the opportunity to dive into various projects that improve processes and systems, helping us achieve greater efficiency and consistency across multiple entities
What will you be responsible for?
1. Lead preparation and submission of statutory accounts, tax packs, and tax returns for designated European entities, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timeliness.
2. Be the go-to expert for tax reporting and compliance across SEU/SEL and Sports business entities, as well as statutory accounting for designated GFA entities. Acting as a trusted advisor to the Finance team, you'll ensure all reporting is accurate, timely, and compliant.
3. Oversee our external partner and all aspects of tax compliance, including reporting,