Finance Manager

GXO Logistics, Inc.; Wigan; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Life assurance

Retail discounts

Job summary

GXO Logistics, Inc. is seeking a Finance Manager at our Wigan site to support Heinz and drive commercial, profit, retention and contractual objectives.

The role leads the finance team, owning the P&L and balance sheet while ensuring policy adherence and timely reporting. You will prepare budgets and forecasts, provide financial insight for business cases, and influence operational decisions with a performance-driven mindset.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading a finance team in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong ownership of P&L and balance sheet.
• Deliver timely financial reporting and insights for operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate, and develop the finance team to build capability and drive high performance.
• Responsible for P&L and balance sheet, ensuring adherence to policy and procedure.
• Deliver accurate and timely financial reporting and interpretation of operations on a weekly/periodic basis.
• Prepare annual budgets and customer forecasts to strict timelines and standards.
• Provide financial support to operational teams when building business cases.

Skills

Leadership

Financial reporting

Budgeting

P&L management

Forecasting

Education

ACCA or CIMA

Job description

Here at GXO, we are currently recruiting for a Finance Manager to join our Wigan site, supporting our customer, Heinz. This role will ensure the commercial, profit, retention and contractual objectives are met and exceeded and importantly help drive high standards.,

• Lead, motivate, and develop the finance team to build capability and drive high performance
• Responsibility for both the P&L and balance sheet, ensuring adherence to policy and procedure.
• Delivery of accurate and timely financial reporting and interpretation of the operations on a weekly and periodic basis.
• Prepare the annual budgets and customer forecasts to strict timelines and standards.
• Provide Financial assistance to the operational teams when building business cases.
  Do you enjoy owning the numbers and being the trusted finance voice for operations? Are you confident in leading teams while keeping tight control of site financial reporting? Do you want a finance role where accuracy, insight, and integrity truly matter?, Previous experience within a fast-paced Senior Finance role, ideally within logistics or similar industry
• Proactively challenge and influence teams, bringing curiosity and a performance-focused mindset
• Build strong relationships at all levels, with proven experience in team development and using systems to support operational success
• Fully ACCA or CIMA qualified
  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.
  This is a full-time, permanent position, working Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:00. This role is hybrid with the requirement to be onsite 4 days per week. We are happy to consider the hours 08:00 to 16:00 or 08:30 to 16:30.
• Pay, benefits and more: We're looking to offer a salary of up to £60,000, 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.