Finance Manager

GXO Logistics; Bristol; On-site; GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Finance Manager to lead financial operations at their Avonmouth site. This full-time role involves overseeing financial reporting, ensuring accuracy in balance sheets, and collaborating with operational teams to drive cost efficiencies. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in delivering best-in-class financial insights and managing relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. With a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, this opportunity offers a chance to thrive in a fast-paced environment where innovation and efficiency are paramount.

Benefits

Company Sponsored Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

24/7 Online GP Service

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

High Street Discounts

Cycle to Work Scheme

Cashback Cards

Saving Scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in finance management roles with a focus on transport and warehouse contracts.
• Strong understanding of cost efficiencies and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Ensure robustness of accounting and visibility of results through reporting.
• Lead financial controls and analyze financial impacts of projects.

Skills

Finance Management

Cost Efficiency Analysis

Reporting

Business Relationship Management

Education

CIMA Qualification

ACCA Qualification

Job description

Are you a Finance Manager looking for the next step in your career? Are you accustomed to working closely with operational teams to produce reports and commercial KPI’s? Do you enjoying engaging in customer meetings to help identify commercial efficiencies?

We’re currently on the search for a Finance Manager on a full-time, permanent basis for our site in Avonmouth (fully site-based)to support our new business win. Heading up the GXO Finance teams across multiple sites with strong thought leadership, you will deliver “best-in-class” clear, credible reporting on well-understood results to both GXO and our customers. This covers weekly flashes, period reporting, forecasting and budgeting exercises.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £60,000.00 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!

You will be working for an accredited employer of CIMA and ACCA.

The working hours for this role will be Monday to Friday working hours and will be based on-site.

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Ensuring robustness of accounting within GXO and visibility of results to the customer through weekly and period reporting
• Confirm clarity of balance sheets across each area of the contract to present to customer and to satisfy internal SOX requirements
• Weekly and monthly customer reviews and production of periodic/monthly review packs
• Lead financial controls regarding Gainshare and Gainshare elements of the contract. Work with the operational team to ensure that maximum is delivered in line with contract
• Be part of change team by analysing any financial impacts of projects for inclusion into business cases to the business

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Proven experience in a fast-paced finance management role with an u nderstanding of both Transport & Warehouse contracts
• Experienced in finding cost efficiencies and potential savings
• Strong understanding of open & closed book contracts (where applicable)
• Illustrates previous professional experience within reporting role
• Exposure to building strong business relationships with both internal and external customers
• Ideally fully CIMA or ACCA qualified, or actively studying towards

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.

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