Assistant Finance Manager

Do you thrive in a fast‑paced finance environment where accuracy and organisation really matter? Are you looking for a role where you’ll take ownership of central costs, controls and month‑end delivery? Do you want to play a key role in improving processes and strengthening financial control across a central function?

Here at GXO, we’re looking for an Assistant Finance Manager to support cost management, balance sheet reconciliation, month-end close and reporting across our Central Business Unit.

Working closely with FP&A and stakeholders across multiple sites, you’ll deliver high-quality financial control while helping keep our accounting operations running smoothly. This is a varied, hands-on role in a fast-paced environment with plenty of scope to grow.

This is a full-time permanent position. You’ll be working Monday to Friday, 09:00 till 17:00 based on site in our Northampton office. However, some flexibility is required, this is logistics after all!

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary between the range of £35,000 to £38,000, depending on experience and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme and private medical cover.

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Manage P&L activity for multiple Central Departments, ensuring accuracy, control and clear variance understanding
• Work toward month-end close, including accruals, prepayments, cost allocations and supporting recharging activity across sites
• Collaborate with FP&A to produce insightful monthly variance analysis against forecast
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations (including BlackLine requirements), maintaining strong control and documentation
• Support SOX compliance, audit preparation and ad-hoc tasks across a wide range of accounting activities

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Strong understanding of double-entry accounting with at least 3 years’ experience in a similar accounting/finance role
• Ability to manage large data sets, reconcile complex balances and work across multiple systems (Oracle Fusion experience desirable)
• Excellent organisational, analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to prioritise effectively in a high-pressure, deadline-driven environment
• Strong Excel and MS Office skills, plus a keen eye for detail and a methodical approach to transactional accuracy
• Confident communicator with great interpersonal skills, able to build relationships across finance, FP&A and wider business teams

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.

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