Commercial Director

TN United Kingdom; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Gravita, a fast-growing tech-enabled accounting firm in the UK, is seeking a Commercial Director to drive their commercial strategies. This pivotal role involves leading initiatives on pricing, contracts, and operational improvements, working closely with senior leadership while ensuring compliance and risk management. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of experience in a senior commercial or legal role and be comfortable making strategic decisions in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Development support

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• At least 7 years’ experience in commercial or legal leadership.
• Strong understanding of contracts and business operations.
• Experience in M&A, compliance, and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Leading commercial strategy across contracts and pricing.
• Driving improvements in working capital and charging structures.
• Overseeing compliance, risk, and data protection frameworks.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Risk management

Team leadership

Contract negotiation

Compliance oversight

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 Commercial Director, you’ll be at the centre of Gravita’s commercial engine. Leading initiatives that improve pricing, optimise contracts, and enhance operational efficiency. You’ll work closely with senior leadership and service line heads to ensure our commercial frameworks are robust, scalable, and aligned with our growth ambitions.

You’ll also oversee compliance and risk management, ensuring we operate with integrity and confidence. While legal expertise is valuable, this role is about using that knowledge to enable smart, strategic business decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading commercial strategy across contracts, pricing, and supplier relationships
• Driving improvements in working capital and charging structures
• Supporting M&A activity and business transformation projects
• Overseeing compliance, risk, and data protection frameworks
• Advising senior stakeholders on commercial and operational matters
• Managing external advisors and ensuring we’re protected and positioned for growth

Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience:

You’re commercially minded, confident in front of senior leaders, and comfortable navigating complex business environments. You’ve likely spent time in a senior commercial or legal role within a professional services, consultancy, or regulated business, and you know how to balance risk with opportunity.

You’ll have:

• At least 7 years’ experience in commercial or legal leadership
• A strong understanding of contracts, pricing, and business operations
• Experience in M&A, compliance, and risk management
• The ability to influence, lead, and deliver results across teams

You’ll need to be confident, proactive, and strategic, with the ability to lead a function and influence at board level, withexcellentethical standards and integrity. A background in a private equity-backed business would be a bonus.

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).