Associate/Senior Associate, Audit

Gravita; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Gravita is a growing, tech-enabled accounting partner delivering audits for a diverse range of SMEs. The associate role involves working with audit managers and directors, both on and off-site, and developing leadership skills.

You’ll supervise junior team members, plan audits and financial statements, and contribute to a collaborative, high‑calibre team environment in a hybrid working setup.

Qualifications

• ACA or ACCA qualified or studying towards these qualifications.
• Outstanding communication and influencing skills.
• Be comfortable working with multiple stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Deliver audits for a large variety of client portfolios, working with audit managers and directors.
• Regularly work on and off-site client premises as part of an audit team.
• Supervise and train junior team members, ensuring objectives and fit within client work.
• Plan audit assignments and financial statements.

Skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Project management

Relationship building

Feedback culture

Hybrid working

Education

ACA or ACCA qualified

Job description

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.

Our focus on SME and small‑cap listed clients means variety and learning for our team. We offer early exposure to CFOs and CEOs where you can be involved in interesting conversations and complex issues; you're not just a small cog in an enormous machine. You’ll have the opportunity to work across audits from start to finish, and make a real impact on clients whilst building strong technical knowledge across all areas and developing project and client leadership skills. All in a positive, supportive and diverse team.

The role

As an Associate/Senior Associate in Audit, you’ll be on the ground, delivering audits for a large variety of companies.

• You’ll complete a range of audit assignments across client portfolios, working with audit managers and directors.
• You’ll regularly work both on and off‑site client premises as part of an audit team
• Working with managers and a partner, you’ll supervise and train more junior team members, ensuring that they understand the objectives of the work set, and how it fits into the overall client work
• You’ll plan audit assignments and financial statements

Who You Are

On top of being ACA or ACCA qualified, or studying towards these qualifications, you’ll…

• Have outstanding communication and influencing skills
• Be comfortable working with multiple stakeholders at all levels
• Have excellent project management skills and be able to ensure that multiple projects are successfully delivered
• Be able to build excellent relationships with people, often resulting in engaged teams and additional client work
• Value feedback and enjoy creating an environment where people are always learning and improving
• Be happy in a hybrid‑working environment, and work effectively both remotely and in the office

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 Key Details

• 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).