Valuations Specialist – Manager/Associate Director

Role Overview

• Lead delivery of corporate and share valuations across a range of scenarios, from lower-value, 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, including an existing Advisory Manager and fractional audit resource, 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
• Line Manage employees where relevant, managing performance reviews and quarterly check in’s
• Promote high performance, collaboration and continuous learning.

Requirements

• ACA, ACCA or equivalent professional qualification
• Minimum of three years’ experience in a dedicated valuations or transactions team, with meaningful exposure to contentious valuation work
• Proven ability to operate with ownership and autonomy on engagements, rather than as one contributor within a large, heavily resourced team
• Experience of reporting directly to a Director or Partner, with demonstrable readiness to step into a senior leadership position
• Track record of, or strong appetite for, building and maintaining relationships with professional introducers, particularly within the legal community
• London-based, or able to commit to a high and consistent level of in-person presence in London to support Partner activity, business development and client meetings
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, to clearly articulate complex valuation analysis to clients, legal professionals, and other audiences
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• A background in audit or forensic audit is desirable, as some engagements will include investigatory project work alongside transactional activity.

Benefits

• Flexible working and happy employees are at the top of our list here at Gravita
• Our development support is extraordinary for a firm of our size.