Are you a Finance Manager who senses the odds may be in their favour? Maybe you are fed up with breaking even and want to develop you career? 

Here at GXO Logistics, we’re currently recruiting for a Finance Manager to join us on a full-time basis at our state-of-the-art site in Northampton to Support the leadership team in driving operational excellence. Supporting our Toolstation contact, you will be accountable for managing the finance function for the customer’s distribution center based in Northampton, ensuring the customer operation runs efficiently and effectively whilst building long-lasting and effective business relationships..

This is a permanent role working Monday – Friday, 08:30 – 17:00, however some flexibility may be required.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £56,000 per annum and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes flexible dental insurance plans, a company sponsored pension scheme, 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:

• Continuous review and improvement of all processes to meet operational and financial requirements

• Preparation of Forecast and Budgets, ad hoc variance analysis and integrity of invoicing and P&L entries

• Production of both financial and operational management reporting as required for the site, business, and customer.  To include P&L statements and Balance Sheet reconciliations, ensuring all accruals and prepayments are justified and are in line with the Accounting Standards

• Effective control of the finance function - recruit, train, and coach members of the team

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Proven experience in a finance management role, ideally with exposure to an open book contract environment

• Experience in finding cost efficiencies and potential savings

• Exposure to building strong business relationships with both internal and external customers

• Fully CIMA or ACCA qualified accountant

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.