Senior Associate, Accounts

Gravita; Ilford; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000

Job description

We’re Gravita: the accountants fuelling ambitious businesses. We’re a top 30 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 use 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 work 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.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Preparation of small and medium sized limited company and LLP accounts primarily from a trial balance as well as manual client records.
2. Preparation of industry specific accounts including: solicitors accounts and charities.
3. Providing detailed discussion notes for client meetings on accounting and tax related aspects.
4. Direct client involvement – working with the client to solve queries and provide recommendations.
5. Management accounts preparation and cash flow projections.

Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience:

1. ACA/ACCA-qualified or part-qualified.
2. Knowledge of IRIS accounts production would be advantageous.
3. Good knowledge of bookkeeping packages including Sage and Xero.
4. Advanced knowledge of Excel and data analysis techniques.
5. Comfortable with complex reconciliations such as CIS and VAT.
6. Some previous audit exposure would be beneficial.
7. Superb written and spoken English.
8. Must be highly enthusiastic and self-motivated.
9. Can work as part of a team or independently.
10. The ability to drive would be useful.

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

1. Our standard working week is a 37.5-hour week on a hybrid basis (with up to 2 days a week working from home).
2. Core working hours are 10am - 4pm Monday to Friday.
3. 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.
4. Your development won’t be forgotten, our development support is extraordinary for a firm of our size.
5. It's a busy, fast-paced environment here at Gravita. Feel free to check out our social media channels (Instagram, X, LinkedIn and Glassdoor).