Job Description

The Tax & Financial Accounting team is a global entity tasked with the preparation and filing of indirect and direct tax returns, statutory account filings, and treasury back office functions. This role is pivotal in ensuring high standards of service delivery within agreed timelines.

You will be and effective communicator who is agile and flexible in building business relationships, and quickly establish strong connections will be key for this role. Additionally, understanding the structure of the organization and its operations is essential. You will be responsible for the provision of accurate and timely financial information to key business partners, external stakeholders and Group functions and work closely with the business partners to understand their individual requirements.

You must ensure that all company policies are adhered to. You must also ensure that duties are carried out within set time limits whilst providing an excellent level of service to all Informa customers and colleagues.

Informa takes the security and privacy of company, colleague and customer data seriously and you are responsible for working securely and supporting this within your duties.

You will manage the workload of a small team of 2 or 3 Accountant's and be responsible for motivating the team to ensure performance metrics are hit.

This role is hybrid, based out of our Colchester office twice a week.

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 ensuring 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 adhoc 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
• Maintain accurate working papers and documentation in accordance with department policy
• Liaise with tax advisors, both overseas and UK, as required
• Assist in addressing Tax authority queries in a timely and efficient manner
• Assist with relevant project work (eg. acquisitions, disposals, restructuring etc.)
• Assist with the provision of information for audit queries
• Assist with non-routine ad hoc VAT matters as required
• Assist and train T&FA Accountants where required