Associate Manager, VAT Advisory

Join us in our VAT team and become an instrumental force in shaping our clients' financial success. Your role will encompass not only navigating client 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 technical VAT support to senior management and partners on complex VAT issues

Acting as a key contact for clients, building and maintaining strong client relationships

Reviewing and supervising work carried out by junior members of the VAT team

Providing tailored VAT advice to clients on areas such as VAT planning, and VAT risk management

Staying updated on developments in VAT legislation and identifying potential opportunities or risks for clients

Supporting business development initiatives by identifying potential opportunities to cross-sell VAT services

ACA/ACCA/CTA qualification or equivalent (or currently working towards this)

Extensive experience working within VAT advisory in a professional services firm

Strong technical knowledge of UK VAT legislation, rules, and regulations

Experience managing VAT advisory projects and working with complex VAT issues across various sectors

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)

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

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.