Finance Assistant

Is number crunching your thing? Would you like to be part of a busy finance team? This could be your next step in your career!

Here at GXO, we’re looking for a Finance Assistant on a 12mth FTC to cover maternity leave to join us at our busy Costa Coffee site in Wellingborough. You’ll be supporting with the raising of purchase orders, sales invoices including monthly Backhaul and assisting the Management Accountants and Senior Finance manager with the completion of weekly cost reporting.  Other responsibilities will include assisting with supplier queries in a time efficient and consistent manner.

This is a full-time, 12mth FTC role working 5 days at the site, Monday till Friday 9:00-17:00 (with some flexibility on start and end time).

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £27,000. Your benefits package includes flexible dental insurance plans, a company-sponsored pension scheme, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more! 

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Raise purchase orders as and when required and support the site operational teams with any queries
• Ensure all Backhaul collections are recorded and invoiced monthly
• Assist Management Accountants with the preparation of Weekly Financial reporting
• Assist with monitoring controls associated with debt ledger and creditors ledger
• Build effective professional relations with internal and external stakeholders

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Previous experience in a similar role

• Excellent knowledge of Excel (including pivot tables, vlookups, etc.)

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to work effectively to tight time constraints
• Demonstrates a ‘can-do’ attitude with excellent communication skills

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.