VAT Expert

Sony Corporate Technology Center America; Weybridge; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Onsite gym

Canteen onsite

Staff car park with charging points

Shuttle bus

Job summary

Sony Europe, based at the Weybridge office, seeks a senior VAT Expert to lead end-to-end VAT compliance across multiple jurisdictions. You will provide technical VAT guidance to finance teams and outsourced providers while supporting digital tax reporting and real-time obligations.

You will oversee VAT accounting, reconcile returns to financial records, and monitor regulatory changes, shaping governance and controls. Hybrid working and strong stakeholder engagement are valued.

Qualifications

• Requires degree-level education and a recognized accounting qualification
• Extensive VAT and indirect tax regulatory knowledge across jurisdictions
• Experience with BPO providers and Shared Service Centres preferred

Responsibilities

• Act as SME for VAT across multiple jurisdictions providing guidance to finance teams and stakeholders
• Oversee indirect tax compliance including VAT returns and EC Sales Lists
• Review VAT accounting and reconciliations ensuring alignment with financial records
• Support digital tax compliance including e-invoicing and real-time reporting
• Monitor VAT legislation changes and implement compliance improvements
• Coordinate VAT audits and regulatory inquiries with audit-ready records
• Contribute to ERP enhancements and tax technology implementations
• Manage outsourced VAT compliance and digital reporting with governance controls
• Collaborate with Finance, Tax, Treasury, Legal and Shared Service Centres to drive best practices

Skills

VAT compliance

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree (BSc/BA/BS)

Accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Power BI

Excel (Macros)

Job description

The VAT Expert is a senior subject matter expert responsible for end-to-end VAT compliance, ensuring accuracy, and technical excellence across indirect tax (VAT) obligations, while supporting digital tax reporting and e-invoicing requirements. The role provides technical VAT expertise, supports regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions, oversees the quality of outsourced activities, and drives continuous improvement in reporting and compliance processes.

You will

• Act as the subject matter expert for VAT compliance across multiple jurisdictions, providing technical guidance to finance teams, business stakeholders and outsourced providers.
• Oversee indirect tax compliance, reviewing and approve VAT returns, EC Sales Lists, Intrastat declarations and other filings, while advising on domestic and cross-border VAT treatment.
• Oversee VAT accounting and reconciliations, ensuring VAT returns reconcile to underlying financial records and appropriate balance sheet controls are in place.
• Support digital tax compliance, including e-invoicing, CTC, SAF-T, ViDA and real-time reporting requirements, ensuring accurate submissions and data integrity.
• Monitor changes in VAT legislation, digital tax reporting and regulatory requirements, assessing risks and implementing necessary compliance improvements.
• Coordinate VAT audits and regulatory enquiries, maintaining accurate reconciliations, supporting documentation and audit‑ready records.
• Contribute to ERP enhancements, tax technology implementations and finance transformation projects, including system testing, automation and digital reporting solutions.
• Manage outsourced VAT compliance and digital reporting activities, reviewing deliverables, resolving technical issues and maintaining governance, internal controls and process documentation.
• Partner with Group Finance, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Shared Service Centres and external advisors, supporting audits, coaching junior colleagues and driving continuous improvement, standardisation and best practices.

You will bring

• Minimum education to degree level, holding either BSC/BS/BA and either qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or equivalent relevant experience.
• Strong experience in VAT, indirect tax and regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions.
• Good understanding of domestic and cross-border VAT requirements.
• Experience working with BPO providers and Shared Service Centres.
• Good understanding of internal controls, financial governance and tax compliance controls, with experience operating or reviewing control frameworks.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA and tax reporting solutions.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills are essential, particularly use of Excel including pivot tables, Power Bi and macros.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Desirable

• Experience with digital tax reporting (DIG), including e-invoicing, SAF‑T, CTC regimes, ViDA and real‑time reporting requirements.

Based at the Weybridge office

Based at the Weybridge office, you will enjoy a vibrant and friendly working environment. We have an onsite canteen with a wide range of options available, and a barista‑style coffee shop. There is a well‑provisioned onsite gym run by our Sony Wellbeing Coordinator, with classes on set days in the mornings, at lunch and after work hours. We have a staff car park which includes electric charging points, an undercover and secure bike rack, and a shuttle bus service that regularly runs between the train station and the office at peak times.Take a look at our video tour of the Weybridge site here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lwbMOzjoVA

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 celebrate colleagues who make a real difference through our recognition platform. We provide access to services and platforms for wellbeing, listen to our people through conversations and surveys, and offer volunteering days so staff can support causes they care about.You can build your career around you with our learning and personal development programmes, and explore opportunities in a wide range of countries with support from our mobility team.

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 who stimulate innovation and contribute to Sony's purpose: "to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology". 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 embr