Job Description

Company Description
Informa is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge, and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers worldwide. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.
Taylor & Francis is one of the world's largest publishers of high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarly journals, books, e-books, and reference works. We empower learners, thinkers and doers with trusted knowledge that advances research and enriches lives. We bring together diverse people, ideas, and opinions to validate and publish the experts, theories and truths that matter. And we've been doing this in an unbroken arc since 1798.
Our purpose is to foster human progress through knowledge. We strongly believe that this requires us to encourage and examine different ideas and voices so that any work that meets our exacting levels of quality deserves to be included in our publications. This requires open minds, the opportunity for robust debate, and the courage to defend perspectives that stand up to scrutiny, even if they conflict with our personal beliefs or values. Because that's the only way to find the best obtainable version of the truth and, ultimately, foster human progress. If you agree, then we'd love to hear from you.

This Accountant role offers you the opportunity to be at the heart of our Global Accounting Team, where your expertise will drive timely, accurate financial reporting and maintain the highest standards of balance sheet integrity.
You'll help deliver exceptional value to key business partners and group finance through strategic collaboration, build meaningful relationships with team members and business counterparts and take ownership of critical financial processes that directly impact our success.
We're looking for a detail-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment, committed to excellence in customer service and colleague support. You'll ensure seamless adherence to company policies while consistently meeting deadlines and exceeding service expectations for our valued Taylor and Francis customers and team members.
We believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face. That's why we work in-person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. When you're not spending time together in one of our offices or other workplaces - like at conference - you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely.
The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance of our offices to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office locations to collaborate as required. There is an expectation for a minimum of 3 days per week in-person time in our office in Colchester.
Closing date for applications: 31st October 2025.
What you will be doing:

• Prepare, reconcile and analyse where appropriate aspects of the monthly Management Accounts for specific product areas ensuring high quality on time deliverables
• Understand and apply within working practices the key drivers that impact the monthly Management Accounting reports
• Carry out a preliminary review of assigned areas, providing commentary on variances to budget, forecast and prior year by working closely with the FP&A and wider teams.
• Assist in the production of financial analysis
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations in accordance with Balance Sheet Integrity guidelines within the set timeframes
• Publish financial results in the relevant finance system
• Carry out mid-month duties with the team on a rota system
• Analyse and solve ad hoc problems using your knowledge of the business and the systems
• Assist internal and external auditors
• Help to coach and assist more junior members of the team
• Seek to improve process and automate where possible
• Assist with ad hoc duties as needed, including covering workload in other teams and providing support and cover in times of team absence

Qualifications

• Part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Be able to manage competing priorities and achieving deadlines, whilst delivering a high standard of work and supporting the team as and when needed.
• Solid at building relationships with stakeholders within and outside of the organisation.
• Good presentation skills
• Excellent excel skills
• SAP knowledge preferred

Additional Information
What we offer in return:

• An excellent work/life balance with a fantastic, flexible working culture
• Hybrid working arrangements with 2 days per week from home
• 25 days annual leave per year plus an extra day off for your birthday
• 3 additional discretionary days off during the holiday season at the end of the year
• 4 paid volunteering days each year
• Company funded single cover private medical insurance
• Employee assistance programme - offering 24/7 well-being support
• Share Match - Plan that matches every share purchased with two free shares.
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance, plus optical and medical care

At Taylor & Francis we care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about.
We want all our candidates to shine in our recruitment process. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to ensure you are able to show us your best self. This could include having the application form in a different format, more time for questions, or anything else - please ask us, we are happy to be flexible! Please contact
If you're excited about working with Taylor & Francis to foster human progress through knowledge, we invite you to apply even if your existing skills and experience don't fit every item listed above. At Taylor & Francis, we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and contribute regardless of their identity or background. As a colleague, you will have the opportunity to further innovate and develop in areas that you are passionate about. Our goal is to empower you with the resources, incentives, and flexibility you need to enjoy success at work and to live a healthy, balanced life.
Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits, develops, and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non-merit-based factor.
If you have a disability, or face another barrier, and would like to request an adjustment to assist your participation in the hiring process and/or in the advertised position, please contact . Your request will be reviewed and considered in the strictest confidence.
Training And Professional Development:
We're passionate about ensuring you have all the tools and resources at your fingertips to reach your short and long-term career goals. We'll support you in your journey by working together on your own bespoke Taylor & Francis Development Plan, ensuring you have the resources, tools, support and coaching that will get you where you want to be.
Interview process:
Once you have submitted your application, we may get in touch with you for an initial screening conversation or ask you to complete a short video interview to enable us to better understand your skills, experience, and motivation. Following this, you will be invited to attend a competency-based interview, either virtually or in person. Typically, we'd then finish the interview process with a final, 2nd stage interview before extending an offer to the successful applicant.
We genuinely care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing, and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about. To find out more about our business and the great career opportunities please go to our Careers Site:
Or better yet check out our LinkedIn 'Life' Page, highlighting our accomplishments, employees, and company culture. It's also a good way of meeting our recruitment team, who will be happy to advise you on your journey here at T&F.

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