Finance Assistant

Are you ready to take the next step in your finance career? Looking for a role where you can build strong commercial finance experience within a growing Defence business? Want to develop your skills while working with engaged stakeholders in a forward-thinking organisation?

Here at GXO, we’re looking for a Finance Assistant to join our Defence Finance Team based in Chippenham. As a Finance Assistant, you’ll play a key role in supporting the strategic growth of the Defence Business Unit. This is a varied and demanding position, ideal for someone who enjoys working with detail, collaborating with stakeholders, and contributing to robust financial control in a complex operational environment.

This is a full-time, permanent position. You will work Monday to Friday, 09:00 till 17:00.

Please note that this is predominantly a remote role, however, you will be required to attend the Chippenham site semi-regularly.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £30,000 per annum, and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, life assurance and access to our benefits platform, including retail discounts

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Support the Finance Manager in ensuring revenues and costs are accurately captured and allocated
• Manage Subcontractor Purchase Orders, including resolving invoice queries
• Undertake nominal ledger tasks such as journal processing, cross-charges, and period-end reconciliations
• Support the preparation of Monthly Management Accounts
• Monitor and report KPIs and non-financial data to support service delivery and contractual commitments
• Perform regular large-scale operational and transactional reconciliations

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Currently studying towards AAT, CIMA, or ACCA qualification
• Experience using a finance system or ERP package
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build relationships at all levels
• High attention to detail and a strong focus on financial controls
• The ability to work under pressure while maintaining high standards

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.