Assistant Finance Manager

GXO Logistics, Inc.; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Cycle to work

Retail discounts

Training & development

Wellbeing programmes

Job summary

GXO Logistics, Inc. at Trentham is seeking an Assistant Finance Manager to support the finance team in site financial control, management accounts, and timely reporting. Hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm, with some flexibility.

You will produce weekly flash accounts, manage prepayments and accruals, and perform P&L analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and balance sheet reconciliations. AAT qualification and strong MS Excel are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in finance or accounting within a logistics/operations environment.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Produce weekly flash accounts for the site.
• Manage prepayments and accrual journals for period ends.
• Explain variances to forecast with insights on underlying trends.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations with supporting evidence.
• Assist in budgeting and forecasts; model resource costs and variances.
• Provide cover for Finance Manager and ensure timely reporting to stakeholders.

Skills

Budgeting

Variance analysis

Forecasting

P&L analysis

Education

AAT qualification

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Are you looking for that next step in Finance to grow your career? Are you an ambitious finance professional looking to broaden your experience within a dynamic logistics business? Do you thrive on analysing data, improving processes, and supporting business decisions that make a real impact? If so, this may be the role for you!

We are currently recruiting for an Assistant Finance Manager to support our Finance Team at our site in Trentham. This is a chance to be part of a fast paced and challenging area of work supporting the operational and financial running of the business, ensuring management accounts processes are adhered to.

This is a full time, permanent position, predominately working Monday – Friday, covering the hours of 8am to 4pm. However, we do ask for some flexibility, this is logistics after all.

Pay, benefits and more:

You’ll be paid a salary between £30,000 and £35,000 depending on experience and receive 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays . Your benefits package includes a company pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, e xtensive retail discounts across all the big retailers including supermarkets, fashion, technology, travel, days out, hair & beauty, sports and much more, continuous training and development opportunities and extensive wellbeing programmes and initiatives accessible to all employees.

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Produce weekly flash accounts for the site
• Responsible for both Wincanton/ GXO and Customer period ends which involves prepayment and accrual journals
• Be a subject matter expert for your area understanding and explaining variances to forecast, along with P&L analysis offering insight on underlying trends
• Balance Sheet reconciliation with supporting evidence for any accruals, provisions or deferrals including payroll reconciliations and produce weekly flash accounts for site
• Assisting in the production of annual budget and forecasts, modelling of the costs of resources and explanation of variances to previous forecasts or actuals
• Providing cover for the site Finance Manager, assisting them in controlling all aspects of the Finance function ensuring accurate and timely reporting both to Screwfix and Wincanton/ GXO

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• The successful candidate will have positive personality, a can-do attitude and a questioning mindset, with the confidence to challenge operational costs and investigate variances to reach the right outcome
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic and able to work accurately under pressure, plus flexible to the needs of the business during key reporting periods
• Ability to work under his/her own initiative as well as part of the team
• Demonstrate and possess an excellent & diverse range of PC skills, in particular MS excel
• Experience within a logistics or operational business environment currently working in finance/ accounting and holding, as minimum, an AAT qualification

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.