Gro Profit First Accountants

You're already good at this. You're just doing it somewhere that's stopped noticing. We're looking for someone to lead our entire bookkeeping service - running a small bookkeeping team, keeping your own portfolio, and ultimately raising the standard of everything we do. Here, the deadline is the floor, not the target. You close the books cleanly. You spot the messy reconciliation before it becomes a problem. You've trained more clients on Xero than you can count, and you quietly fix processes nobody else thought to question. The work is solid - but the role around it has gone flat. No room to lead. No one really watching the standard. No path that points anywhere new. This is that path. You want to see where your potential can go, and you don't want to limit what's possible in the next chapter of your life. You feel like you've got so much more to give - and you're excited by what comes next. Who you'd be joining We're Gro - and we think like ambitious business owners. Because we are ones ourselves. You get all the rigour and experience you'd expect from a chartered-certified accountancy practice - but with a modern approach that goes well beyond what traditional accountants do. We don't stop at compliance. We add real value, build long term relationships, and genuinely set out to change the lives of the people we work with - the owners, their teams, and the customers they serve. And that includes our own team. If we're helping clients build better businesses and better lives, we should be doing exactly the same for the people who make Gro what it is. The role Lead our entire bookkeeping service. This is your time to shine. Around 80 regular monthly clients, a team of two or three bookkeepers - two in the Philippines, one local AAT technician - and the standard everything's held to. You'll keep your own portfolio and step in on the complex, trickier work where it counts. But the real job is bigger than clean ledgers. Bookkeeping done properly is the foundation a business stands on - it's how an owner finally gets the clarity, the tools and the real numbers to make confident decisions instead of guessing. And that ripples outward. When an owner can see their business clearly, their life changes - which changes life for their team, and for every customer those teams look after. You'd be the person making sure that foundation is rock solid: the right work, done to the right standard, comfortably ahead of every deadline. 80 Regular monthly clients in your function 2-3 Bookkeepers you'll lead, UK & Philippines 28th VAT filed by - a week clear of HMRC Day to day What that actually looks like Less reconciling and moving on. More owning the standard, the workflow and the people. Own the workflow in Karbon Plan the jobs, prioritise the team, and spot what's drifting before it slips. Treat the deadline as the floor Every VAT return filed by month end - ideally the 28th - giving clients a week to ten days' breathing room. Review & quality control Sense check the P&L, review balance sheets, and take things through to draft trial balance where needed. Make life easy downstream Hand the accounts team clean, sense checked work - not just reconciled and moved on. Talk to clients like a human Pick up the phone, run a bit of Xero training, keep the relationship warm. Ask the question we love How could this be automated, streamlined, made better? Then go make it so. You'll keep everyone in sync through our weekly production meeting and the daily 10am huddle - fifteen minutes, no drama, just everyone on the same page. The toolkit The stack you will run A modern, automated practice - we tool up to do great work, not tick boxes. Xero The books Apron Receipts Karbon Practice management TaxCalc Year end Xenon Connect Quality Syft Client reporting Payroll experience (BrightPay) is a lovely to have for emergency cover - we've a dedicated payroll manager, so it's a bonus, not a requirement. What we stand for Our core values Four things we genuinely live by - not a poster on the wall, but how we hire, how we work, and how we show up for each other and our clients every day. Bring the energy Batteries included We show up with genuine enthusiasm. Being around us should lift you - energising and real, never fake positive or flat. Above the line Ownership & accountability No blame, no excuses, no denial. When something goes wrong we look at ourselves first and focus on what we can actually do about it. Kaizen Continuous improvement Always learning, always 1% better. We never stand still - for our clients, our team, or ourselves. Bring the magic The extra bit of wow We go above and beyond. There's always a little extra wow we can add for the people we're lucky enough to serve. Who this is for You, if this rings true At least four years in practice. AAT qualified ideally - but qualified by experience is absolutely fine. We care more about what you can do than what's framed on the wall. A natural organiser who genuinely enjoys untangling problems and bringing order to a workload. Independent and self motivated, but a real communicator - confident managing a remote team and talking to clients like a human being. Curious about technology and AI in this industry. We don't think it replaces good people - we think it makes good people brilliant. Who this isn't for Probably not your move if You want to keep your head down, do exactly your job description and nothing more. You treat "above the line" as jargon rather than how you actually work. You reach for excuses before ownership when something goes wrong. We look for ownership, not excuses. We look at ourselves first when something goes wrong. And we look for the small chance to bring a bit of magic to a client - the unexpected bit of wow. A day in the role What a typical day could look like 7:30 Up, maybe a walk, breakfast. 9:00 Laptop on. Check Slack, glance at your week, clear the inbox. 10:00 The huddle - quick catch up, share your focus, pick someone's brains if you're stuck. 10:15 Coffee, then a proper 60 minute blast on your priority jobs. 13:00 Gym at lunch if that's your thing, back for a bite. 14:00 Back at your desk - review bookkeeping progress on Gro and check what the team are working on. 15:00 You might pick up the phone and call a client to talk through some bookkeeping questions they've got. Afternoon Slack cleared, one more focus block, and done. Though that's just one version. Prefer to start at 5am or 10am? Completely up to you. As long as you do a great job and put your hours in, the shape of your day is yours. What you get A practice that builds careers around people not people around roles. We scope and shape jobs over time to suit what you're actually good at - and love doing. A modern, tech driven practice Feels more like a marketing company than a suited and booted firm - but chartered certified, and serious about clients' money. Generous holiday & pension Proper time off to switch off, and a pension that's looked after. Work lunches on us Regularly - because the best chats happen over food. Genuine flexibility Hours and shape that work around your life, not the other way round. A career that's future proof We tool up accountants to build relationships and add real value - not tick boxes. A team that lifts each other Bring the real energy - the version of you that turns up as your best self. We're flexible on hours and shape for the right person - so if it's nearly-but-not-quite right, reach out anyway.