Associate Director, FP&A

Gravita; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Gravita, a leading tech-enabled accounting firm, seeks an Associate Director of FP&A. In this pivotal role, you will shape financial strategy and lead vital financial planning processes. This position offers the opportunity to work closely with senior leaders and influence decision-making in a dynamic environment, ensuring the company meets its ambitious growth goals.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Learning and development support

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience in FP&A.
• Proven track record of delivering impactful financial insights.
• Experience managing high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Define vision and standards for FP&A processes.
• Lead monthly forecasting and reporting cycles.
• Build and maintain a robust budget model.

Skills

Financial analysis

Team leadership

Financial planning

Data-driven decision-making

KPI management

Forecasting

Education

Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Job description

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We’re Gravita: the accountants fuelling ambitious businesses. We’re a full service, tech-enabled 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.

We’re Gravita: the accountants fuelling ambitious businesses. We’re a full service, tech-enabled 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

As Associate Director of FP&A, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the financial strategy and performance of our business. This is a high-impact position, responsible for delivering insightful analysis, driving financial planning processes, and partnering with senior stakeholders to influence decision-making. You’ll lead a team to build robust forecasting models, and ensure the business is equipped with the financial insights needed to grow and thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic FP&A Leadership

• Define and uphold a clear vision of “what good looks like” in FP&A, setting high standards for financial insight, accuracy, and business impact.
• Act as a strategic partner to senior leadership, providing forward-looking analysis and recommendations that drive business performance.

Reporting & Performance Management

• Develop and implement a structured cadence of financial reporting, forecasting, and performance reviews.
• Lead monthly reporting cycles, ensuring timely and insightful updates to key stakeholders.
• Drive accountability by following up on variances and action plans to influence in-month results.

Team Leadership & Business Support

• Lead and mentor a team of FP&A professionals, fostering a high-performance culture.
• Ensure consistent and proactive financial support is provided to business units, enabling data-driven decision-making.
• Promote collaboration across finance and operational teams to align financial planning with business strategy.

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Build, maintain, and continuously improve a robust budget model.
• Lead the annual budgeting process and periodic reforecasting exercises, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
• Translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for non-financial stakeholders.

KPI Management & Industry Insight

• Identify, track, and influence key performance indicators (KPIs) relevant to the professional services/accountancy industry.
• Provide deep analysis of trends and drivers behind financial performance, offering recommendations for improvement.

Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience:

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• Fully qualified accountant (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in FP&A, with a proven track record of delivering impactful financial insights.
• At least 2 years of experience managing and developing high-performing teams.
• Strong understanding of the accountancy or professional services industry.
• Familiarity with CCH and other practice management systems.
• Proficiency in Power BI and financial data modelling.
• Experience working in a private equity-backed, buy-and-build environment.
• Exposure to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a plus.

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
• 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).