Management Accountant

Are you qualified or studying towards a CIMA or ACCA qualification and looking to develop your finance career within a fast-paced logistics environment? Do you enjoy turning financial data into meaningful insights that help operational teams make better business decisions? Are you highly organised, detail focused and able to deliver accurate reporting to tight deadlines?

Here at GXO, we are looking for a Management Accountant to join our Coop team in Wellingborough. Working closely with operational leaders, you'll help provide clear financial reporting, meaningful performance insights and accurate management accounts that support day-to-day decision making. You will ensure the commercial, profit, retention and contractual objectives are met and exceeded and importantly help drive high standards. A customer facing role providing insight to enhance customer support and understanding through the presentation and interpretation of information produced to identify opportunities and challenge the operations.  

This is a full time, permanent position, working Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 16:00, we have some flexibility on start and end times, and we ask for a bit of flexibility too, this is logistics after all!

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £45,000 per annum, and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, 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:

• Prepare weekly cost reports, monthly management accounts and KPI reporting to support business performance
• Complete month-end activities, including journals, balance sheet reconciliations in line with internal financial controls and audit requirements
• Analyse financial results and provide commentary to help operational teams understand performance
• Build strong relationships with operational managers and support them with financial insight and reporting
• Provide ad-hoc analysis and support to the Finance Business Partner and wider finance team
• Responsibility for both the P&L and balance sheet, ensuring adherence to policy and procedure
• Prepare the annual budgets and customer forecasts to strict timelines and standards
• Validate potential CI savings and continually track performance against forecasts
• Develop strong relationships with the customer - both operationally and within the finance function

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• A Fully or Part qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA, ACCA)
• Strong excel skills, with the ability to analyse data and produce financial reports
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to work accurately to tight deadlines
• A positive, can-do approach with strong communication skills and the confidence to build relationships across the operation
• Transport/Logistics Industry experience would be advantageous but not essential

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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