Company Description

Informa is a leading international events, intelligence and scholarly research group.

We’re the specialist’s specialist. Through hundreds of powerful brands, we work with businesses and professionals in specialist markets, providing the connections, intelligence and opportunities that help customers grow, do business, make breakthroughs and take better informed decisions.

Informa is listed on London Stock Exchange and a member of FTSE 100, with over 11,000 colleagues working in more than 30 countries.

Informa’s divisions include:

Informa Connect, a specialist in content-driven events and digital communities that allow professionals to meet, connect, learn and share knowledge.

Informa Markets, creating platforms for international markets to trade, innovate and grow. Through over 500 leading brands, our exhibitions, specialist digital content and data solutions allow customers operating in specialist markets to meet and trade, and for their businesses and markets to thrive.

Informa Tech, a division bringing specialism in technology. We aim to inspire the global technology community to design, build and run a better digital world through research, media, training and events that inform, educate and connect businesses and professionals working in technology.

Taylor & Francis, specialist in scholarly research and in helping academic and research communities make new breakthroughs. We commission, curate, produce and publish scholarly research and reference-led content in specialist subject areas, helping to advance research and enabling knowledge to be discovered and shared.

Global Support is Informa's fifth division, with major hubs in the United Kingdom, United States, Hong Kong and Singapore as well as several smaller locations. As the team behind the teams, Global Support colleagues provide shared, efficient business services and function-specific expertise to each of Informa's operating divisions, enabling our commercial teams to focus on their markets and customers.

Job Description

This is a Direct Tax role within the EMEA Tax & Financial Accounting team. The Tax & Financial Accounting team is responsible for the preparation and filing of indirect and direct tax filings, statutory account filings and treasury back-office functions. Our mission is to uphold the reputation of Informa through technical excellence, quality and collaboration.

This role is expected to assume some of the following key responsibilities:

• Preparation and review of allocated Corporation Tax returns (UK and overseas).
• Ensure overseas Corporate Tax compliance obligations are met, such as meeting filing and payment deadlines.
• Review of balance sheet tax related reconciliations by set deadlines.
• Assist in the tax provisioning process and provide support to accounting teams in the completion of year-end, interim and month end tax accounting and reporting, including work for Group Tax.
• Assist with the preparation & finalisation of draft tax disclosures in UK statutory financial statements.
• Monitor postings made to tax accounts and ensuring all journals are supported by appropriate documentation and correctly posted.
• Providing WHT guidance including approvals of write offs.
• 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.
• Provision of accurate and timely financial information to key business partners, external stakeholders and Group functions.
• Assist with non-routine ad hoc tax matters as required.
• Assist and train T&FA Accountants where required.

People management

• Team workload management
• Motivate team to ensure performance metrics are hit.
• Support communication structures across the team to ensure all key messages are communicated.
• Support Managers within the T&FA team to develop a plan for cross-training, working shadowing and rotation of responsibilities within team.
• Provides coaching on both soft and technical skills within the team.
• Act as a role model to others
• Team admin duties such as absence management, holiday authorisations, timesheet approvals, appraisals etc

The role will be responsible for ensuring a high standard of service delivery in line with agreed timelines whilst ensuring that all company policies are adhered to. The ability to communicate well and build relationships will be key for this role, as well as being able to grasp the structure of the organization and how we operate. You will work closely with the business partners to understand their individual requirements.

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.

Qualifications

• Qualified (CTA, ACA, or ACCA preferred).
• At least 4 years of relevant Tax experience.
• Excellent communication skills at all levels, including a wide range of stakeholders within the business.
• Ability to work in, embrace, and adapt to a fast-paced changing environment.
• Desire to improve processes & systems.
• Proven ability to work to stringent deadlines and problem-solve within tight timelines.
• Pro-active with the ability to take initiative and encourage teams to do the same.
• Ability to be self-sufficient as well as work in a team environment.
• Act with integrity by taking ownership and responsibility.
• Highly organized, diligent with attention to detail.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Advanced skills in Excel, Word, and Outlook are essential.
• Knowledge of Alphatax, SAP, and Oracle system preferable but not essential as training will be provided.
• Experience in people management preferable

Additional Information

Why work at Informa?

Employee experience is very important to us at Informa. On top of joining a supportive, diverse and ambitious team that welcomes all types of candidates. We are also flexible with different working patterns and prioritize promotions internally. Our benefits include:

· Learning and development plan to assist with your career development

· 25 days annual leave, 4 days for volunteering and a day off for your birthday!

· Competitive Benefits

· Work with high quality specialist products

· Bright and friendly staff who are all “expert’s experts” and additional training and development for helping you achieve your career aspiration

· Share-Match options - become a shareholder

· Regular social events and networking opportunities

We know that sometimes the 'perfect candidate' doesn't exist, and that people can be put off applying for a job if they don't fit all the requirements. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need! We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. 

As such, Informa is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics under federal, state or local law.

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