Assistant Accountant

Are you looking to take the next step in your finance career? Do you have experience in supporting management account, forecasting and operational finance within a fast-paced environment? If you’re passionate about driving financial performance and want to grow within a dynamic, logistics environment, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Here at GXO, we are currently recruiting for an Assistant Accountant to join our Transport team, supporting multiple customers at our Nottingham site. You will be instrumental in providing financial insights, analysis and support across a number of contracts. The role involves preparing weekly reporting revenue submission files, variance and trend analysis of both revenue and subcontractor costs to ensure trading results are understood. Monthly SOX compliant balance sheet reconciliations will be prepared to a high standard, demonstrating full understanding, governance & visibility. Priorities may vary as business dictates and the expectation is that you will also regularly support the payroll and / or fleet reporting teams as work demands dictate.

This is a full-time, permanent position, working Monday to Friday and 08:00 to 16:00 or 09:00 to 17:00. This role is hybrid and there is a requirement to be onsite 1 to 2 days per week.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £36,000 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:

• Take ownership of weekly P&L reporting, including revenue recognition and subcontracted delivery costs across Group Transport contracts
• Maintain SOX‑compliant balance sheet controls, including accrued revenue and GRNI, with accurate monthly reconciliations in Blackline
• Prepare weekly revenue and subcontractor cost submissions, ensuring correct treatment based on individual customer contract terms
• Analyse operational data (deliveries, loads, tonnage) and work confidently across Ortec (TMS) and Oracle finance systems
• Deliver month‑end journals to strict deadlines, support internal/external audits, and provide timely billing information to central teams
• Support forecasting, budgeting, new contract onboarding, and collaborate flexibly with payroll and fleet reporting teams as required

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Proactive and inquisitive, with the confidence to challenge teams, drive accuracy and cost control, and handle sensitive revenue data responsibly
• Able to work under pressure while maintaining high standards, accuracy and attention to detail
• Flexible and customer‑focused, responding positively to internal and external requests and building strong working relationships at all levels
• Advanced Excel skills, with the ability to maintain, improve and create new working files and tools
• Beneficial experience includes balance sheet control or compliance (practice, UK audit or SOX), plus knowledge of management accounting, logistics or heavy industry

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.