Associate Manager, VAT Advisory

We’re Gravita: the accountants fuelling ambitious businesses. We’re a full service 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 .

The Role

Join us in our VAT team and become an instrumental force in shaping our clients' financial success. Your role will encompass not only navigating client through the nuances of VAT with a view to also providing strategic advice across various VAT facets. This is your chance to shine and lead in a dynamic environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing and delivering high-quality VAT advisory services to clients, ensuring timely and accurate responses to their VAT queries
• Providing technical VAT support to senior management and partners on complex VAT issues
• Acting as a key contact for clients, building and maintaining strong client relationships
• Reviewing and supervising work carried out by junior members of the VAT team
• Providing tailored VAT advice to clients on areas such as VAT planning, and VAT risk management
• Staying updated on developments in VAT legislation and identifying potential opportunities or risks for clients
• Supporting business development initiatives by identifying potential opportunities to cross-sell VAT services

Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience

• ACA/ACCA/CTA qualification or equivalent (or currently working towards this)
• Extensive experience working within VAT advisory in a professional services firm
• Strong technical knowledge of UK VAT legislation, rules, and regulations
• Experience managing VAT advisory projects and working with complex VAT issues across various sectors
• Proven track record of delivering VAT services to clients, including managing a portfolio of clients
• Experience working with large corporate clients, SMEs, or within specialist industries (e.g., financial services, real estate)
• High level of IT literacy, including Excel, Word, and VAT reporting software
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-specialists
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines

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.
• It's a busy, fast-paced environment here at Gravita. Feel free to check out our social media channels (Instagram, X, LinkedIn and Glassdoor).