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Do you want to be recognised for your efforts right from day one. We are big enough to provide you with first class training having a broad spectrum of clients that will provide you with varied practical work but small enough for you to make an impact.
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A passion for maths is certainly helpful but is definitely not a pre-requisite for being a top accountant and neither necessarily is a degree.

Today’s accountants are looked upon to assist their clients achieve their goals, both business and personal. They are required to be more IT literate than ever before, as well as being effective communicators delivering complex information to clients in a timely, accessible way.

Whilst having A level Maths or an accountancy and finance degree is certainly helpful, we also look for other qualities and value other qualifications and degrees too.

We support our trainees to achieve all of the skills to become accomplished professionals.

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We pride ourselves on providing exceptional and high-quality training. The key to our success has been in moulding trainees into young professionals that are fully equipped to handle the complex and exciting work that they are exposed to. This is evident by the fact that that the majority of our managers and partners have all been homegrown success stories of the Grunberg way.

Gedalia Waldman

Audit Partner

Our trainees are an investment for our future and our team are our greatest assets, that’s why we take team development and progression seriously.

We make sure our trainees receive the training they need to be successful in their chosen career path, that means not only do we ensure trainees have a dedicated buddy to guide them through their chosen professional qualification, they also receive mentoring from one of our partners, chosen by them, to help with any aspect of their progression, training and soft skills.

We ensure all team receive bespoke inhouse personal development training through the lifecycle of their career which will supports their growth with the firm. This coupled with the first class in-house technical training provided ensures our trainees receive the all-round skills required to be the best they can.

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Actively engaging with our trainees is key- it gives them the comfort that they have our full backing as they tackle some of the most difficult qualifications out there. Exams are only part of it, my job is to nurture each individual ensuring they get well rounded exposure in their chosen field.

Alexander Kossoff

Partner

Are you ready to jump into an amazing career with a chartered qualification that will provide you with security in the years to come?

We want you to qualify first time and at the earliest opportunity but there may be times when you falter and times that you may fail but learning from your mistake makes you stronger next time, that’s why we don’t have an exam policy and instead support our trainees to pick themselves up and try again.

Stefan Carter

Stefan Carter
  • 2013 Joined Graduate Trainee Scheme began ACA Qualification
  • 2016 Part-Qualified Chartered Accountant
  • 2016 Promoted to Audit & Accounts Semi-Senior
  • 2018 Qualified Chartered Accountant
  • 2018 Promoted to Audit & Accounts Senior
  • 2020 Promoted to Audit & Accounts Assistant Manager
  • 2021 Promoted to Audit & Account Manager

Charlotte Lishman

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  • 2012 Joined as AAT Trainee (School Leaver Scheme)
  • 2014 Promoted to Audit & Account Semi-Senior
    Began ACA qualification
  • 2016 Promoted to Audit & Accounts Senior
  • 2017 Qualified Accountant
  • 2018 Promoted to Assistant Manager
  • 2019 Promoted to Audit & Account Manager

Ellie joined us as a school leaver and is now an Audit & Accounts Senior. Take a look at her story to learn more about her experience training with us.

Stefan’s journey joining as a graduate trainee »
Charlotte’s joined as a school leaver read her story here »
Apprentices are offered fantastic opportunities for career progression within the firm. In fact, several of our managers and Partners have trained with us.
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Happy team make a happy company

Happiness and work life balance are important to us so we know they must be important to our team too.

That’s why we offer our team fantastic benefits, the ability to work where you want and a comprehensive employee assistance program to make sure you stay mentally well too. Happy team are productive team and that’s important to you and to us.

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Current School Leaver and Graduate Vacancies

We are currently not accepting applications for our school leaver or graduate training scheme for our August 2024 intake. Please check back in February 2025 when applications will reopen.

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Parmeender Sookun

Audit & Accounts Manager
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Before joining Grunberg & Co I had worked at a small firm of accountants, where I had begun my training and gained lots of experience working on charity accounts. However I felt I needed broader exposure to different clients and once I joined Grunberg & Co. it soon became clear that they had much more to teach me. The firm was quick to bring me up to speed on limited company accounting and has pushed me throughout my career to work with more complex businesses, including large listed companies.

Looking back now, this gave me a fantastic chance to prove myself. While I had some technical knowledge and a degree in accounting, this exposure has widened my horizons and expertise considerably since I joined.

Although I am still studying for my final ACCA qualifications, the firm has been willing to focus on my skills and passion, rather than my accreditations, allowing me to continue to progress, something which other firms may not have done. I am always being offered the opportunity to try new challenges and work in new areas, which has helped widen my knowledge and has been integral to my rapid advancement.

The key to my success, and many others within the firm, is the company culture. I have a really good relationship with the Partners and they are always giving me good ideas on how I can progress and turn my interests into new areas of work. One of the benefits of this has been working closely with our Audit Partner, Gedalia, who has really helped me to see things from a different perspective.

It feels like the firm has always been invested in what I do and has driven me to work hard to achieve great things for our clients.

I have been given exposure to lots of different people and sectors, allowing me to work from the top to the bottom within client’s organisations; from assisting Chief Finance Directors to working with a company’s internal bookkeepers, I have done it all and learned a lot from it.

There has never been a case where I have been stopped from interacting and building relationships with clients, which helps me to gain a greater understanding of the businesses that we support.

The opportunity to progress and grow has always been there in each role that I have held and I now take great pleasure in offering the same opportunities to our latest trainees, by offering advice and support whenever it is needed via our mentor system.

Benjamin Grunberg

Partner
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My original career aspirations were to go into the property market but I left university in the middle of the 2008 financial crisis, where finding graduate positions was tough.

There was a family interest in accountancy and so I started looking for positions and applied for many jobs. Eventually, when a role came up within the family firm I decided to apply. Not wanting to be singled out, I made it clear that I wanted to be treated like any other candidate and went through a rigorous interview.

I was one of the firm’s first true trainees (at the time the practice only had three teams and 25 members of staff). I worked under each of the partners honing my skills and undertaking my studies.

Then one of the existing managers left and I took the opportunity to progress, becoming the firm’s first Assistant Manager so that I could build my expertise and experience whilst assisting the Partners with their growing portfolios.

I learned a lot during this period and was given lots of opportunities to challenge myself and try new things.

The firm has always been willing to let me have a go at different tasks and trusted me to develop my unique areas of expertise.

I was made Partner in 2016 and have since gone on to build a portfolio worth more than £1 million.

Using the knowledge I gained in those early days and the freedom I was given to progress, I now specialise in fast-growing businesses that I help with finance, growth and exit strategies.

My role has moved away from compliance and I am now focused on providing advice, helping with a wide range of issues, from accounting systems through to recruitment for my clients.

This has all been possible thanks to the exposure that I have been given to different businesses and roles during my time at Grunberg & Co.

It has allowed me to be very hands-on with my clients, allowing me to build stronger relationships that continue to add value to our clients’ businesses.

At every stage of my career, there has always been someone there to support me, from my early days where my mentor, Norbert, answered every question that I had, to today, where I still call upon the expertise of my fellow Partners to deliver advice and support to the growing number of clients in my portfolio.

Grunberg & Co do things differently. Trainees at much larger firms or within many mid-sized firms simply do not get the same level of close support or the open-door policy that we offer. It is something we are very proud of.

I continue to play a role in supporting trainees and many see my progress through the firm as a pathway for their own progression.

Charlotte Lishman

Associate Director
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I joined Grunberg & Co straight from college, where I had studied for a BTEC and was the first AAT apprentice that the firm had taken on at the time.

I had always had an interest in accountancy and so I applied initially for a bookkeeping job but was offered this fantastic new opportunity.

I like how the firm was so much like a family, rather than a traditional firm of accountants.

The culture the practice has created meant that I have always been able to go to anyone for help, from my Manager up to the Partners.

I have always been up to a challenge and trying new things that test me and the firm has always been supportive and willing to let me take on new work – they have never stifled my progress or passion for the job.

Throughout my career my Managers and many of the Partners, have been cheerleaders for me, always encouraging me to push myself.

I have always liked that you can build strong relationships throughout the practice and have upfront and honest conversations.

This creates a great feeling of collaboration between different teams and departments and is one of the key reasons why clients receive such a great service and why our staff feel so tied to the firm.

From the very beginning, there has always been a clear career progression for me and the Partners have made it very clear that anything is possible as long as I am driven and passionate.

Having said that, I would never shy away from saying that it has been hard work and challenging, but it has also been very rewarding.

As the first AAT trainee, I have gone on to help mentor those who have followed me and always try to set the best possible example so that they can progress by learning from me.

It’s great that the firm continues to invest in its people, letting people find their place and encouraging a focus on personality and the soft skills that clients truly value – we are, after all, so much more than just number crunchers.

Stefan Carter

Audit & Accounts Manager
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I joined Grunberg & Co as a graduate after leaving London Metropolitan University with a degree in accounting and finance.
Everyone was really friendly and welcoming and there were people who had been through the same process here to help me every step of the way.

The support throughout my career has been really good. Whenever I have struggled or faced a new challenge there was always someone there to help me.

What stands out though, is the relationship that all staff have with the Partners. I know from speaking with friends training at other firms that there can sometimes be barriers to seeing and working with top-level Partners but this has never been the case at Grunberg & Co.

Although I started as a graduate I have quickly progressed through the firm, going from an Assistant Manager to a fully-fledged Manager in just a year.

We regularly hold performance reviews and meet one to one with partners to discuss our goals. This allows us to bring up any issues we are facing or to discuss the work we want to undertake.

Grunberg & Co has always done its best to align the firm’s goals with my own. If there is something that I want to learn or try, they are willing to help me.

While many firms may focus on hard, technical skills, the firm also places value in soft skills, which has helped me become more organised and confident so I can deliver the best possible service to my clients.

I am now looking forward to helping others as they progress through their career by offering the same level of mentoring and support that I have enjoyed throughout my time at Grunberg & Co.