Assistant Finance Manager

GXO; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A logistics company in Barnsley is seeking an Assistant Finance Manager to support financial operations for a major client. You'll lead a team, manage financial reporting, and provide insights to stakeholders. This full-time position offers a salary up to £45,000 per annum and an attractive benefits package including health insurance and a pension scheme.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Company sponsored pension scheme

Private medical & dental insurance

24/7 online GP service

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

High street discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Cashback cards

Saving scheme

Qualifications

• Strong demonstrable experience in a finance role.
• Experience with open book accounting and account preparation.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Part-qualified CIMA qualification is preferred.
• Proven experience in managing a team.
• Excellent communication and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team to deliver financial reporting.
• Support the Finance Manager in preparing for meetings.
• Own and reconcile payroll and operational trackers.
• Provide proactive financial insights for decision-making.
• Support budgeting and forecasting for projects.
• Drive continuous improvement in financial processes.

Skills

Strong demonstratable experience in a similar finance role

Experience with open book accounting and account preparation

Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills

Part-qualified CIMA

Experience in managing a team

Excellent communication and time management skills

Job description

Overview

Do you thrive in a fast-paces, high-volume environment? Can you lead a team to deliver accurate financial reporting and insights? Are you ready to step up and represent finance at a senior level?

If you answered yes, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Here at GXO, we’re seeking an Assistant Finance Manager to join our ASOS contract based at our Barnsley site. As an Assistant Finance Manager, you’ll play a key role in supporting the Finance Manager with the smooth running of all financial, commercial, and administrative functions across site operations and projects. You’ll lead a small team, ensuring accurate and timely reporting, and providing valuable insights to both internal stakeholders and the client.

This is a full-time permanent position. You’ll be working Monday to Friday, covering the hours of 08:30 till 17:00.

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:

• Lead and manage a team to deliver daily, weekly, and monthly financial reporting
• Support the Finance Manager in preparing information for customer meetings and JMRs
• Own and reconcile payroll, agency, and operational trackers
• Provide proactive financial insights to support decision-making
• Support budgeting and forecasting for GXO and customer projects
• Drive continuous improvement across the financial process

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Strong demonstratable experience in a similar finance role
• Experience with open book accounting and account preparation
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Part-qualified CIMA
• Experience in managing a team
• Excellent communication and time management 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.

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.