Associate Manager/Manager, Outsourcing - 12 month FTC

We’re Gravita: the accountants fuelling ambitious businesses. We’re a top 35 accounting firm working with entrepreneurs and businesses to help them achieve their goals and make an impact in the world.

We’re growing fast and are bringing like-minded advisors together to form a full-service tech-enabled accounting partner for thousands of SMEs. Our team uses their incredible expertise alongside intuitive technology to help businesses and entrepreneurs plan better and grow faster.

Our mission is to become the UK’s leading tech-enabled accounting firm for SMEs. We have ambitious goals and our high-calibre team works hard to achieve them. We are one team with one agenda, working collaboratively in a respectful environment to deliver a great service to our clients. So if you join us, you’ll not only be working on exciting client challenges, you’ll also be helping us shape the future of accounting.

The Role

As an Assistant Manager/Manager in the Outsourced Finance team, you will play a pivotal role in driving financial excellence for our clients in an award-winning team. From managing the preparation and review of management accounts to providing expert guidance on VAT returns, you will ensure accuracy, compliance, and strategic financial insights.

With a focus on client satisfaction, you will build and maintain strong relationships, addressing issues and offering innovative solutions. From overseeing key monthly/quarterly deliverables to providing business insights, you will be at the forefront of delivering impactful financial services and adding value to the clients we service.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure key client deliverables are managed and serviced in line with expectations.
• Manage the preparation, review, and analysis of management accounts, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Oversee VAT returns review and provide expert advice on VAT-related matters.
• Lead and manage a team, some of whom work remotely, allocating tasks, and providing guidance and support including offshore partners.
• Cultivate strong client relationships, addressing issues, and providing strategic solutions and support.
• Coordinate onboarding of new clients, ensuring new processes and ways of working are adhered to.

Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience:

• Professional accountancy qualification (e.g. ICAEW, ACCA or equivalent) with at least 3 years post-qualification experience preferred or have at least 3 years’ experience working in a similar role.
• Previous experience of working in a similar position in an accountancy practice preferred.
• Good communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships to deliver an exceptional client experience.
• Previous experience working with offshore partners desirable but not essential.
• Good knowledge and understanding of cloud accounting solutions and the wider app eco-system.

Your Career with Gravita

When you join Gravita, we’ll support you on your own growth journey. We want to be the place you learn, grow and unlock your true potential.

We’ll work with you to build a progression plan to outline how you’ll grow at our company and everything we’ll do to help you get there. We’re also passionate about learning and development, to help you focus on your future.

The Nitty Gritty

• Our standard working week is a 37.5-hour week on a hybrid basis (with up to 50% of your time across the month home-based and the other 50% office-based).
• Core working hours are 10am - 4pm Monday to Friday.
• Flexible working and happy employees are at the top of our list here at Gravita and we have been working hard to support our teams through the fast-paced changes.
• Your development won’t be forgotten, our development support is extraordinary for a firm of our size.