Job Description

Overview

GXO are currently looking for a Finance Manager to join our Premier Foods contract, based at our Tamworth site, with travel as required. This is a 15-month fixed-term, full-time contract with core hours Monday to Friday 09:00–17:00. Some flexibility is required in a logistics environment.

Pay, benefits and more

You’ll be paid a salary of up to £50,000 per annum. You’ll also receive 25 days of annual leave (plus bank holidays) with the option to buy additional days to support a positive work-life balance. You’ll have access to private healthcare, a dental plan, a workplace pension and GXO University, which provides opportunities to learn new skills and gain qualifications at a pace that you’re comfortable with. Plus, many other perks such as a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme and our continued focus on internal promotions, over 60% last year!

GXO are also proud to be an accredited employer of CIMA and ACCA - Let’s make your career go further.

What you’ll do on a typical day

• Oversee the production of both financial and operational management reporting, to include P&L statements and balance sheet reconciliations ensuring all accruals and prepayments are justified and are in line with the accounting standards


• Preparation of data and reports to be presented to the business and customer, also assisting with analysis for future business proposals


• Use initiative and judgement to support the senior leadership team in delivering operational excellence, challenging the status quo and delivering maximum benefit to the business


• Be responsible for the wellbeing, performance and motivation of your finance team through regular performance dialogues, objective setting and coaching


• This is a customer facing role and there will be a strong emphasis on relationship building and collaboration

What you need to succeed at GXO

• Proven experience in a similar finance management role, ideally within a transport or logistics function


• Fully qualified CIMA, ACCA or equivalent


• Experience in building strong business relationships with internal and external stakeholders


• Familiarity with the principles of open book accounting would be beneficial

About GXO

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains. GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the world’s most successful companies. Our greatest strength is our global team—energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. We are 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 statements above describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills. 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.