Associate Manager/Manager, VAT Advisory

Gravita; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Gravita in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced VAT specialist to join our growing VAT team. You will deliver high-quality VAT advisory services to clients and guide them through complex VAT queries with strategic insights.

You will lead cross-border VAT planning, risk management, and provide technical support to partners. You’ll also mentor junior members, help develop client relationships, and contribute to business development in a fast-paced, hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA/CTA qualification or equivalent with significant VAT advisory experience within a professional services firm.
• Expertise in UK VAT legislation, including cross-border and sector-specific issues.
• Proven track record in managing VAT advisory projects for large corporates and SMEs.
• 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).
• Strong client relationship management and business development experience.
• Demonstrated leadership and team management skills.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Managing and delivering high-quality VAT advisory services to clients, ensuring timely and accurate responses to their VAT queries.
• Providing strategic VAT advice on complex issues, including cross-border planning, VAT planning, and VAT risk management.
• Providing technical VAT support to senior management and partners on complex VAT issues.
• Acting as a key contact and primary point of contact for clients, building, maintaining, and managing strong client relationships.
• Along with the Partners, helping to lead the VAT advisory team and ensuring the delivery of high-quality client services.
• Reviewing, supervising, developing, and mentoring junior members of the VAT team, supporting their career growth.
• Overseeing financial performance and driving business development initiatives, including identifying opportunities to cross-sell VAT services.
• Staying updated on developments in VAT legislation and VAT law, identifying potential opportunities or risks for clients, and providing internal training on relevant developments.

Skills

VAT advisory

Client relationship management

Leadership & mentoring

Excel

VAT reporting software

Communication skills

Cross-border VAT

Organisational skills

Education

ACA/ACCA/CTA qualification or equivalent

Job description

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 clients through the nuances of VAT Compliance with a view to also providing strategic advice across various VAT facets. This is your chance to shine and lead in a dynamic environment.

• Managing and delivering high-quality VAT advisory services to clients, ensuring timely and accurate responses to their VAT queries.
• Providing strategic VAT advice on complex issues, including cross-border planning, VAT planning, and VAT risk management.
• Providing technical VAT support to senior management and partners on complex VAT issues.

Acting as a key contact and primary point of contact for clients, building, maintaining, and managing strong client relationships.

• Along with the Partners, helping to lead the VAT advisory team and ensuring the delivery of high-quality client services.
• Reviewing, supervising, developing, and mentoring junior members of the VAT team, supporting their career growth.
• Overseeing financial performance and driving business development initiatives, including identifying opportunities to cross-sell VAT services.
• Staying updated on developments in VAT legislation and VAT law, identifying potential opportunities or risks for clients, and providing internal training on relevant developments.

Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience

• ACA/ACCA/CTA qualification or equivalent with significant VAT advisory experience within a professional services firm.
• Expertise in UK VAT legislation, including cross-border and sector-specific issues.
• Proven track record in managing VAT advisory projects for large corporates and SMEs.
• 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).
• Strong client relationship management and business development experience.
• Demonstrated leadership and team management skills.
• 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.
• 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, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Glassdoor).