Tax Sr Analyst

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The Tax Senior, based in Mexico City, will support all aspects of tax compliance and reporting related to WBD’s LATAM operations.  The Tax Senior will serve as a strong liaison between the Controllership and financial systems team and Tax.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for supporting the LATAM Tax reporting function including assisting in the preparation of quarterly tax packages/deliverables due to the Corporate Tax department (AR/BR/CH/MX).  This will include working with LATAM Tax Reporting team in improving quarterly reporting process across the region, standardizing reports and processes where possible.
• Support in the tax account reconciliation process. Support in creating standardized processes for reconciliations across LATAM.
• Serve as a strong liaison between the transitioning GBS/Controllership teams and financial systems team in ensuring tax needs are met.
• Support with information gathering in support of local tax inspections and fiscal benefits. Assist in preparation of relevant information to present in local governmental offices (Eg: BCRA, INDEC, SII, and others).  Also, provide support with the annual statutory audits, primarily in Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Colombia.
• Provide support with the calculation of fixed assets amortization, inflation adjustment and annual tax deferral for Argentina/Chile entities.
• Support in gathering data for transfer pricing documentation and calculations for operations.
• Provide support preparing the quarterly and annual forecast (income, cashflow and another forecast requested by treasury or AP.
• Responsible for managing system localization updates, new developments, and implementations of systems interfaces.
• Identify and implement process improvements, including generating new management reports to identify potential risks, differences & anomalies or explain monthly.
• Responsible for copying accounting and tax books and safeguarding them for tax documentation purposes.
• Preparation of national and municipal magnetic media for Colombia entities.
• Preparing and filling VAT Returns of D2C segment for Latam countries.
• Implementation of SOX controls for the Tax cycle.
• Supporting the definition WHT Certificates collection for foreign entities.
• PO Generation

Qualifications

• Degree in Tax or Accounting
• 3 - 5 years of advanced local tax experience managing tax compliance and other local tax matters
• Hands-on experience with local income tax and US GAAP
• Extensive knowledge of SAP, Excel, and AFIP interfaces as well as PowerPoint
• Ability to interact with other teams clearly and effectively, including accounting & finance teams, legal, and corporate tax partners, as well as with outsourced accountants in the local countries.

The Nice to Haves

• Bilingual: Spanish & English
• Media/entertainment industry background helpful

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