Tax Analyst Junior

Company Description

Informa is a leading business intelligence, academic publishing, knowledge and events business. We serve commercial, professional and academic communities by helping them connect and learn, and by creating and providing access to content and intelligence that helps people and businesses work smarter and make better decisions faster.

The Global Exhibitions Division connects groups seeking to develop commercial relationships and expand their business. It organizes around 170 transaction-oriented Exhibitions each year, including Arab Health, World of Concrete and Vitafoods Europe, that enable specialist communities to meet face to face and conduct business. Global Exhibitions is a global business, running events in all major regions, with a growing presence in the world's largest Exhibitions market, the US.

Global Support is Informa's fifth Division. It is the team behind the teams, comprising a central group of experts from different specialist functions that provide business services to the Group's four Operating Division and to Informa Group. Global Support comprises functions including Group Finance, Tax & Treasury, Talent and Technology, Strategy and Business Planning. Legal, Communications, Intellectual Property and Shared Services. The three largest locations for Global Support are the UK, the US and Singapore.

Informa is a FTSE 100 company with offices in more than 20 countries and 6,500 colleagues around the world.

Job Description

The Tax Analyst Junior role is an operational position responsible for supporting the day-to-day tax activities. The role involves processing tax documentation, preparing and filing tax returns, and contributing to compliance with Brazil's and Informa's tax framework, meeting all statutory tax obligations. The Junior Tax Analyst will provide technical skills to your team and contribute to the success of the organisation.

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

Key responsibilities

Reporting into the Local Tax and Compliance Lead, the Tax Analyst Junior is expected to assume the following key responsibilities plus any other reasonable duties as required:

Management / General

• Gather data, prepare and file government tax returns for multiple entities.
• Preparation of Tax filings obligation.
• Tax invoice entry.
• Preparation of federal and municipal indirect tax returns.
• Calculate and process monthly indirect tax payments.
• Preparation of property tax filings and business registrations.
• Prepare tax account reconciliations.
• Review of exemption certificates.
• Monitor the validity of tax certificates and ensure their renewal within the deadline.
• Assisting with tax audits and inquiries from tax authorities or internal customers.
• Maintaining organized digital and physical tax documentation archives.
• Preparing and analyzing tax reports for management review.
• Assisting with tax refund applications and follow-up processes.
• Helping and following up with tax calendar management to ensure timely compliance.
• Participating in tax technology implementation and improvement projects.
• Supporting tax provision calculations for financial reporting.
• Researching tax legislation updates and their potential impact.
• General administration duties.

Skills & Abilities

• Good communication skills at all levels including a wide range of stakeholders within the business
• Demonstrates problem-solving skills
• Languages: Intermediate/Advanced English
• Pro-active and take initiative and encourage teams to do the same
• Act with integrity, tact and diplomacy
• Organised, diligent with attention to detail and the ability to maintain these skills whilst working under pressure
• Good skills in Excel, Word, Outlook and Teams are essential

Qualifications

Knowledge & Qualifications

• Good knowledge and understanding of all Tax processes including best practices, processes and technology.
• Knowledge of ORACLE system, desirable
• Recognised qualification
• more than 2 years of relevant experience in Finance Services or Tax roles