Audit Associate

Gravita; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Audit Associate to join their dynamic team in Bristol. This role offers a unique opportunity to engage with diverse clients, from SMEs to small-cap listed companies, while delivering audits and developing strong technical skills. You'll work collaboratively in a supportive environment, helping to shape the future of accounting. With a focus on learning and growth, the firm is committed to your professional development, providing early exposure to senior stakeholders and a chance to make a real impact. If you're ready to take your career to the next level, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible Working

Learning and Development Support

Hybrid Working Environment

Supportive Team Culture

Qualifications

• Studying for ACA/ACCA with strong communication and project management skills.
• Ability to build relationships and work with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver audits for a variety of companies, working with audit managers.
• Train junior team members and ensure understanding of objectives.

Skills

Communication Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Team Leadership

Education

ACA/ACCA

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 in Audit, you'll be on the ground, delivering audits for a large variety of companies.

1. You'll complete a range of audit assignments across client portfolios, working with audit managers and directors.
2. You'll regularly work both on and off-site client premises as part of an audit team.
3. Working with managers and a partner, you'll help to train more junior team members, ensuring that they understand the objectives of the work set, and how it fits into the overall client work.

Who you are

On top of studying for your ACA/ACCA, you'll...

1. Have outstanding communication and influencing skills.
2. Be comfortable working with multiple stakeholders at all levels.
3. Have good project management skills and be able to ensure that multiple projects are successfully delivered.
4. Be able to build excellent relationships with people, often resulting in engaged teams and additional client work.
5. Value feedback and enjoy creating an environment where people are always learning and improving.
6. 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 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).

Department: Audit & Assurance
Locations: Bristol
Remote status: Hybrid