Finance & Audit Accountant

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From Sony Music’s original posting

This role sits within the Central Finance team and plays an important part in supporting financial reporting, statutory audit and royalty audit activity across the business. You’ll work closely with colleagues across Finance, Tax, Legal and the wider business, as well as our outsourced finance teams in India and Poland and external auditors. It’s a varied role that combines core financial reporting and controls with more investigative audit work, making it a great opportunity for someone who enjoys getting into the detail, understanding the story behind the numbers and working across different teams to solve problems. What you'll do: • Support the preparation of annual statutory accounts under UK GAAP and act as a key contact for statutory auditors. • Assist with quarterly VAT returns, VAT queries and inspections, ensuring appropriate checks and reconciliations are completed. • Coordinate monthly balance sheet reconciliations across the business and maintain the Cadency reconciliation system. • Oversee Withholding Tax processes and support monthly and quarterly joint venture reporting and ONS submissions. • Support royalty audits from fieldwork through to resolution, coordinating…