Make a difference and invest in your future

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.
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.

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 staff are our greatest assets, that’s why we take staff 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 staff 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.

Are you ready to become the next
accounting or tax superstar?

Pathway to a successful career in accountancy

Pathway to a successful career in tax

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.

Apprentices are offered fantastic opportunities for career progression within the firm. In fact, several of our managers and Partners have trained with us.

Happy staff make a happy company

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

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

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.

Download our school leaver and graduate programme brochure.

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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.

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 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.

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.