Financial Accounting Specialist

7 days ago

Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom Informa Group PLC Full time
Job Overview

Informa Group PLC is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Tax & Financial Accounting professional to join our team. As a Senior Tax Accountant, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring high standards of service delivery within agreed timelines.

You will be responsible for providing accurate and timely financial information to key business partners, external stakeholders, and Group functions. This will involve building strong relationships with business partners to understand their individual requirements and managing a small team of 2 or 3 Accountants to ensure performance metrics are hit.

This role is hybrid, based out of our office, and requires a strong understanding of tax laws and regulations, as well as excellent communication and leadership skills.

Key Responsibilities
  • Preparation and review of allocated VAT returns (UK and overseas)
  • Review of EC Sales lists and intrastate declarations
  • Review of balance sheet tax-related reconciliations by set deadline
  • Assist with the review of the annual PSA returns
  • Monitor postings made to VAT accounts and ensure all journals are supported by appropriate documentation and correctly posted
  • Provide advice and guidance to other teams within the shared services and within the divisions in terms of offering guidance on new products, invoice complexities and ad hoc queries
  • Assist with setting up new VAT registrations across the world
  • Complete system testing for new VAT rules and new products
  • Ensure systems are up to date for VAT rate changes, liaising with the system teams as appropriate
  • Prepare and provide VAT training to other SSC teams and the business as required
Requirements
  • Qualified accountant or tax professional (CTA, ACA or ACCA preferred)
  • 4 years relevant Tax & Financial Accounting experience
  • Knowledge of SAP and Oracle systems
  • Excellent communication skills at all levels including a wide range of stakeholders within the business
  • Be pro-active and take initiative and encourage teams to do the same
  • Knowledge and ability to use relevant internal systems
  • Highly organized, diligent with attention to detail and the ability to maintain these skills whilst working under pressure
  • Experience of people management preferable
What We Offer
  • Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks.
  • Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning.
  • Time out: 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after two years, plus a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost) anywhere.
  • Strong wellbeing support: EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, a healthy living subsidy, access to health apps and more.

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