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Assistant Finance Manager
GXO Logistics
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Source date: 11/5/2026
About this role
Are you looking for a finance role where your insights directly influence operational decisions across one of the UK's largest transport contracts, giving you real exposure to both commercial and operational stakeholders? Join us as our Assistant Finance Manager! If you’re an ambitious Assistant Accountant, looking to grow your career join us as our Assistant Finance Manager for our customer Sainsburys, based in our Northampton site. You’ll play a pivotal role in supporting our financial and operational performance of the Sainsbury's Transport contract. Working closely with operational leaders, customers and central finance teams, you will deliver accurate management accounts, forecasting, budgeting and balance sheet reporting, while providing valuable financial insight to drive business decisions. This is a full time, permanent position. Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 16.30 (with flexibility required for business needs). This opportunity is hybrid, based on site 3 days per week. Pay, benefits and more: We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £39,000 per annum , 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. What you’ll do on a typical day: • Produce weekly cost walk reports, providing clear analysis and commentary to support operational and financial decision-making • Prepare and deliver accurate internal and customer period-end accounts, ensuring compliance with financial processes and the integrity of profit and loss reporting • Maintain and reconcile internal and customer balance sheets • Support the Finance Manager with the production of forecasts, latest view submissions, and annual budgeting activities for both customer and internal stakeholders • Act as the finance subject matter expert for assigned sites, partnering with operational management teams to provide guidance on financial reporting, performance, and processes What you need to succeed at GXO: • Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, formulas and data analysis, with the ability to turn data into meaningful insights • Previous experience within a finance or accounting environment • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to partner effectively with operational teams and customers • A proactive, customer-focused mindset with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities and a positive "can-do" attitude • Ideally experienced within a fast-paced logistics, transport or supply chain environment and actively studying towards an accountancy qualification (AAT, ACCA, CIMA or ACA) 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.