COMPANY DESCRIPTION

At Informa, no two days and no two people are the same, and you’ll find the freedom, opportunity and support of a fantastic community to make a real impact.
We’re an international business that connects specialists with knowledge, helping them to learn more, know more and do more through live and on demand events, digital and data-driven services and academic research.
We are home to over 10,000 colleagues across 30 countries and are a member of the UK’s FTSE 100 group of leading public companies.
In Global Support, we provide expert guidance and hands-on support to the Informa Group and Informa’s many business teams. Across tech, finance, legal, corporate development, HR, communications, operations and many other areas, we work collaboratively and flexibly to help our brands serve their customers and help the company succeed.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Qualified accountant or tax professional (CTA or ATT 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
• Improves processes & systems
• 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
• Strong presentation skills
• Experience of people management preferable

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

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 business 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 as the VAT landscape grows
• 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 divisions as required
• Lead and take part in different VAT projects that benefit the long-term growth of the VAT team for continuous improvement