Digital Reporting Controller (Maternity Leave)

Sony Europe; Weybridge; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Europe is seeking a Digital Reporting Controller to support VAT, tax and digital reporting activities across the region. You will analyze data, perform reconciliations and contribute to digital reporting and e-invoicing initiatives with Finance, Tax and IS teams.

The role is 12-month fixed-term maternity cover, requiring legal right to work in the UK and a strong background in financial reporting and VAT compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience with VAT/tax reporting and compliance.
• Strong data validation and reconciliation skills.
• Proficiency in Excel with large datasets and pivot tables.
• Hands-on experience with SAP data structures and finance reporting.

Responsibilities

• Handle VAT, tax and digital reporting activities across European countries.
• Perform reporting, reconciliations and data analysis to ensure accuracy.
• Support development of digital reporting and e-invoicing processes.
• Collaborate with Finance, Tax, IS teams and external partners.
• Ensure timely submissions to tax authorities and internal governance.

Skills

VAT reporting

Data analysis

Excel advanced

SAP experience

Financial reporting

Cross-country coordination

Regulatory compliance

Education

Degree in Finance/Accounting

Tools

SAP

Job description

As a Digital Reporting Controller, you will support VAT, tax and digital reporting activities across Sony Europe’s branches, helping to ensure accurate, timely and compliant reporting across multiple European countries.

You will work closely with financial and transactional data, performing reporting, reconciliations and data analysis, while supporting VAT and other statutory reporting requirements. Alongside these core controlling activities, you will contribute to the development of digital reporting and e-invoicing processes, working with Finance, Tax, IS teams and external partners.

This role is being offered on a 12-month fixed-term basis to support maternity leave cover. Candidates must have the legal right to work in the country.

You Will

• Handle and support digital reporting, e-invoicing and e-reporting activities and implementation across multiple European countries.
• Monitor regulatory developments and reporting requirements to ensure ongoing compliance with local and EU Tax and VAT legislation.
• Support new-country implementations, including requirements analysis, data mapping, testing and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Validate, reconcile and analyse reporting data, ensuring accuracy and completeness of submissions.
• Coordinate with Finance, Tax, IS teams and external service providers to deliver compliant and efficient reporting processes.
• Ensure timely and accurate submissions to tax authorities and support compliance with statutory and internal governance requirements.
• Identify and resolve data discrepancies, process issues and reporting exceptions.
• Contribute to process improvement, automation and standardisation initiatives to enhance efficiency and data quality.
• Maintain reporting documentation, controls and training materials, supporting audit and compliance activities when required.
• Build effective relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners to support successful digital reporting operations across the region.

You Will Bring

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Tax, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience in financial/reporting controlling, accounting or a similar finance role, with hands-on exposure to VAT and/or tax reporting.
• Practical experience preparing, reviewing and reconciling VAT/tax reporting data and supporting reporting or compliance submissions.
• Strong experience with reconciliations, data validation and financial reporting processes.
• Advanced Excel skills, including working with large datasets, pivot tables and reporting analysis.
• Practical SAP experience and understanding of finance data structures, tax codes and data mapping.
• Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively with stakeholders across different countries and functions.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities and meet critical deadlines in a dynamic environment.
• Experience in a multinational or international business environment is preferred.

Nice To Have

• Experience with digital reporting, e-invoicing, e-reporting, SAF-T, VAT or tax technology solutions.
• Knowledge of Power BI, Excel macros, RPA or automation tools.
• Experience supporting system implementations, testing and process improvement initiatives.
• Understanding of Peppol, XML reporting schemas or related digital reporting frameworks.

Life at Sony

We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture.

We like to celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We also provide access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing. We listen to our people through conversations and surveys, respect their suggestions, then act on them. We also provide allowances for volunteering days so that our staff can support the causes they are most passionate about.

You can build your career around you with our fantastic range of learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills. We also encourage our staff to try exciting new roles, in a wide range of countries, with a supportive mobility team to support you if you take that leap!

Bring your uniqueness to Sony

We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.

We are Sony Europe

Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.

With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.

Bring your passion, creativity and ambitions to Sony Europe.

Equal Opportunity

Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe

Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individuals with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at [e-mail] or by mail to: Sony Europe Limited, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.