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Welcome to IHG Hotels and Resorts Finance. We are one of the worlds leading hotel groups. We pride ourselves in making our guests and colleagues feel welcome, cared for, recognised and respected – wherever they are in the world. We look for people who are keen to make a difference and create exceptional experiences every single day. By considering IHG, you are considering joining a growing team of 370,000 colleagues across 100 countries.
We’re proud to be supporting University students by offering the chance to join us for a 12-month placement. You will have the opportunity to choose between Financial Reporting and Tax, whilst also gaining exposure in other areas of finance. Our roles are based in our specialist finance and technology hub in Branston, Burton on Trent.
Your day to day
Financial Reporting
This role will primarily be assisting the various Regional Financial Reporting teams, with the opportunity to also work with the Group Financial Reporting and Treasury teams.
- Prepare various monthly accounting reviews for the Americas and EMEA regions for management review and control compliance
- Assist with monthly and quarterly reporting through inputting journal entries and running reports
- Assist in the production of UK statutory accounts and applying iXBRL tagging information for filing with HMRC
- Complete user access reviews on various systems
- Assist the Treasury team in various treasury tasks such as bank reconciliations, banking access reviews and exposure reports
- Assistance in ad-hoc global projects work
Tax
This role will be spent within the Tax department.
- Assistance in global projects driven by business needs, for example, hotel openings in new tax jurisdictions, entity eliminations, responding to tax authority enquiries etc
- Production of profit forecasts to help produce tax forecasts and disclosures for inclusion within the group’s interim results
- Assistance in the review and preparation of UK corporation tax returns
- Assist the Tax team in preparing tax sections of the IHG Annual Report and Form 20-F accounts
- Preparation of tax disclosures to be incorporated within UK statutory accounts
- Assistance with Transfer Pricing documentation, including research and analysis of company transactions, macroeconomic and industry trends.
- Assistance with withholding tax compliance and documentation
- Assistance with various aspects of VAT and employment tax
We’ll also provide you with full training in our financial software and databases.
Experience financial thinking on a global scale, as you support work that informs our biggest decisions.
What’s next?
Its time to send us your application! Be sure to add a Cover Letter when submitting your CV. At IHG we celebrate difference, and we’re keen to learn about what makes you - you. You will then be contacted by one of our Talent Acquisition partners to discuss how we can start helping to shape your future and what our assessment process looks like.
The financial reporting role will start on the 27th August 2024, whilst the tax role will start on the 19th August 2024. Both roles will run for 54 weeks, which includes a 2-week handover period with the current placement student, allowing you to learn directly from a fellow student.
At IHG we give our colleagues greater flexibility and balance – working in a hybrid way, blending remote and office working. Although we thrive on collaborating in person, we expect that you’re likely to spend time working remotely. Every role is different, and colleagues work with their team and their leader to determine how and when they collaborate in person. We like to believe we offer a unique culture where you have room to be yourself. IHG gives every member of the team the room they need to belong, grow, and make a difference in a collaborative environment.
So, join us and you’ll become part of our ever-growing global family.
