At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead corporate and share valuations, manage complex engagements, and develop client relationships.
- Company: Gravita, a tech-enabled accounting firm supporting ambitious businesses.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career progression to Director or Partner, and a collaborative work environment.
- Other info: Join a fast-growing team with a mission to lead in tech-enabled accounting for SMEs.
- Why this job: Shape the future of accounting while tackling exciting client challenges.
- Qualifications: Experience in valuations and strong technical judgement required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
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. 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.
The Role
Gravita is building out a dedicated advisory service line and is seeking a senior technical specialist to act as its principal lead for share and business valuations. The role carries a strong emphasis on contentious and semi-contentious work, including shareholder disputes, Single Joint Expert (SJE) appointments, and lawyer-instructed valuations. Working closely with the Partners, the post holder will take ownership of complex engagements, manage existing team resource, and play an active role in business development, particularly within the legal community.
This is a genuine opportunity to help shape and grow a service line, not inherit a finished product, with a clear pathway to Director or Partner for the right individual.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead delivery of corporate and share valuations across a range of scenarios, from lower-volume, high-volume matters through to complex, court-adjacent assignments.
- Act as the senior technical authority on contentious valuations, including shareholder disputes, Single Joint Expert (SJE) appointments, and instructions received from solicitors and barristers.
- Deliver corporate, asset, business and IP valuations, applying appropriate methodology and exercising sound technical judgement across varying levels of complexity.
- Manage and review the work of junior and peer-level colleagues, maintaining quality and consistency across all engagements.
- Draft clear, well-reasoned valuation reports suitable for a range of audiences, including legal professionals and the courts where required.
- Assist with substantiating auditors’ work on valuations of assets on the balance sheet of audited entities, in accordance with FRS 102 and IFRS.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with professional intermediaries, particularly lawyers, to generate and sustain a pipeline of referral work.
- Contribute to firm-led business development activity, including attending introducer meetings, supporting Partners on pitches, and representing the valuations offering at external events.
- Take ownership of engagements from inception through to completion, operating with commercial awareness and autonomy throughout.
People / Team Management
- Line Manage employees where relevant, managing performance reviews and quarterly check-ins.
- Promote high performance, collaboration and continuous learning.
- Be approachable, inclusive and actively listen to team members' suggestions.
- Be an Ambassador for Gravita values.
