VAT Associate
We’re Gravita: the accountants fuelling ambitious businesses. We’re a top 30 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.
Why us?
- Work with a large number of clients from a wide range of industries to help you gain maximum experience and accelerate your learning
- Get exposure to our Partners to help you learn from the best and see key decision-makers in action
- Liaise directly with CEOs, CFOs, Financial Directors and entrepreneurs from some of the country’s most ambitious startups and growing businesses
- Discover our premium brand dedicated to producing a Top 6 firm’s quality of work, including our listed client base
- Learn from our tax experts with years of experience dedicated to SME businesses
- See how our team uses intuitive technology alongside their incredible expertise to provide the best client experience and streamline workloads
- Enjoy regular activities with your fellow trainees and the wider company
What’s on offer?
The firm will provide sponsorship to study towards a professional qualification in tax: the ATT CTA tax pathway.
You’ll get paid study leave and we’ll even cover the cost of your exams. You’ll get regular check-ins and guidance to ensure you’re continuing to grow – with the aim for you to join us permanently upon completion.
The Role
In this position, you’ll be responsible for:
- Contributing to the delivery of good quality VAT advice to our clients
- Completing VAT documentation and other written work as required
- Staying up to date with national and international VAT legislation developments
- Conducting research to stay up to date on current commercial and economic developments related to your clients’ interests
- Developing an understanding of a wide range of sectors, and any related technical issues or VAT risks
- Building and maintaining strong relationships internally with colleagues and supporting them on client projects as needed – working closely with VAT Partner and wider team as required
- Correspond with HM Revenue & Customs on relevant matters such as enquiries into a client’s VAT affairs, and work closely with clients to keep them updated
Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience:
To be successful in this position, you’ll need the following skills:
- A client-service focus; you’ll need to be responsive to the needs of clients and colleagues
- The ability to build and maintain professional relationships effectively
- Strong communication skills; both verbal and written
- A natural curiosity coupled with strong research skills to support your understanding of the issues impacting your clients
- Strong attention to detail, prioritisation and organisational skills
- A collaborative, proactive and can do attitude
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 (with up to 50% of your time across the month home based and the other 50% office-based)
- 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).
- Department
- Tax
- Role
- VAT
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
About Gravita
We’re Gravita: the accountants fuelling ambitious businesses. We’re a top 30 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.
VAT Associate
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