Management Accountant

Informa Festivals marks an exciting new chapter in B2B events, bringing some of the world's most influential creative, technology and business festivals together. We’re combining prestigious brands like Cannes Lions, Black Hat, Money20/20 and London Tech Week with cutting-edge marketing intelligence platforms and advisory services to deliver unmissable experiences and insights.

Our festival-led approach reimagines traditional B2B events, creating powerful, immersive experiences that drive innovation and industry advancement. Building on decades of expertise and powered by Informa's international reach, we're shaping the next generation of business festivals.

We’re part of Informa, a global business with a network of trusted brands in specialist markets across more than 30 countries, and a member of the FTSE 100 who are #3 in Glassdoor's Best Places to Work 2025 UK list. 

We're looking for a Management Accountant to join our team in London (High Holborn/ Victoria office) as part of our Finance function.

Your Role:   Reporting to the Senior Management Accountant, you will bring the ability to self-review with a thorough attention to detail, have intermediate excel skills and a solid understanding of debits and credits, experience of both using/posting journals and analysing + manipulating data. Experience within a fast paced environment is a plus, bringing the right mindset to learn and grow with the role.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the internal team and external outsourced team in India to meet tight month end deadlines
• Business partnering with all Event budget holders and assist with cost control, forecasting and annual budgets
• Analysis and reporting on costs, depreciation, expenses and analysis on accounts
• Balance sheet reconciliations and cashflow responsibility
• Preparation of management commentary, including Board Reporting packs
• Preparation of monthly sales commission and business partnering with Commercial Lead to help improve incentive scheme and reporting
• Capex project reporting
• Assisting with annual reporting and liaising with auditors
• Support preparation of cash flow reporting
• Support to Divisions Risk & Controls framework.  Analyse and report on key risks & mitigations and develop / implement the organization's compliance and control framework
• Ensure completion of control attestations on behalf of Marketing
• Complete Marketing monthly balance sheet reporting with specific focus on working capital performance, ensuring identification of risks and opportunities.

• Newly Qualified Accountant
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience in fast paced business environment, working to tight deadlines
• Intermediate Excel skills
• Knowledge of Oracle, Salesforce, HFM and Hyperion an advantage
• Analytical thinking – ability to manage, simplify, interpret and analyse large amount of data
• Proven ability to perform self-review with a thorough attention to detail

Additional Information (UK)

We work hard to make sure Life at Informa is rewarding, supportive and enjoyable for everyone. Here’s some of what you can expect when you join us. But don’t just take our word for it – see what our colleagues have to say at LifeAt.Informa.com

Our benefits include:

• 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
• Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too
• 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. When it’s time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves
• 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!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
• A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from, plus company funded private medical cover
• A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares
• Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, a healthy living subsidy, access to health apps and more
• Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programmes
• As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world

We’re not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up, join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most – although not all – of the skills and experience listed, we welcome your application.

At Informa, you'll find inclusive experiences and environments where all perspectives and backgrounds are welcomed. As part of this approach and our diversity and inclusion commitments, we are also formally an Equal Opportunities Employer. This means we base decisions on relevant qualifications and merit and do not discriminate on the basis of key characteristics and statuses, including all of those protected by law. Ask us or see our website for full information.

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