At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage financial reporting, reconciliations, and analysis while collaborating with diverse teams.
- Company: Join Informa, a global leader connecting specialists through innovative services.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working, 25 days leave, and comprehensive wellbeing support.
- Other info: Experience a vibrant culture with social events and strong diversity initiatives.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a supportive community while advancing your career.
- Qualifications: Must be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
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. 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.
This role is based in our Colchester office and will require you to work in the office 3 days a week/2 days from home. The Accountant is expected to assume the following key responsibilities plus any other reasonable duties as required:
- Reconciliations, accruals, allocations, revenue downloads, pre-payments, variance analysis, commentary
- Financial Analysis
- Perform Balance sheet reconciliations
- Financial Reporting and Analysis including budget/forecasting, working capital, Group Finance reporting, supplementary packs and ad-hoc requests
- Publish financial results in SAP FC
- Ensure communications are handled between the SSC, Group finance and the Business Teams
- To be involved with any acquisition integration/due diligence
- Working on projects within the SSC and department including key process testing & systems
- Assist in the accounting integration of new products into the SSC accounting structure and systems
- Perform WIP analysis, product costing, provisions (i.e. stock), Treasury postings and reconciliations
- Tax & Compliance duties as required by your SSC
Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
Freedom & flexibility: colleagues rate us highly for the flexibility and trust they receive and most of us balance time in the office with time working remotely.
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!) a flexible range of personal benefits to choose from, plus company funded private medical cover.
Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, a healthy living subsidy, access to health apps and more.
We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up, join in and help make things happen. As part of this approach and our diversity and inclusion commitments, we are also formally an Equal Opportunities Employer.
