Assistant Finance Manager Job at Leeds, West Yorkshire Full Time

Are you looking to take the next step in your finance career? Do you enjoy working with data, reporting, and supporting operational decision-making? If you’re passionate about driving financial performance and want to grow within a dynamic, fast-paced logistics environment, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

We’re looking for an Assistant Finance Manager to join our Nutmeg site in Leeds. In this role, you’ll help keep our financial and commercial operations running smoothly, supporting the multi-site Finance Manager with key financial, commercial, and administrative duties. You’ll ensure colleagues, clients, and site teams receive accurate and timely information to support day-to-day operations.

You’ll also take responsibility for producing weekly and monthly management accounts, building strong relationships with operational teams and customer contacts to support effective decision-making and performance reporting.

This is a full-time, permanent position, working Monday to Friday, 08:00 till 16:00. This role is based onsite 5 days a week, with the potential to work 1 of those days remotely.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £42,000 per annum and 33 days annual leave (including 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:

• Assist with accurate daily, weekly, and monthly reporting and support Finance Manager with all submissions
• Maintain reconciliations across payroll, agency, trackers, and balance sheet accounts
• Support customer meeting prep, variance analysis, and provide cover for the Finance Manager when required
• Ensure accounting standards are met and accurate information is shared across departments
• Manage the Purchase Order process, including coding, authorisation, and clear commentary
• Drive continuous improvement and provide proactive insights to support decision-making

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• AAT qualified (or equivalent or QBE) and ideally progressing toward CIMA/ACCA/ACA, with experience in distribution, logistics, or similarly fast-paced environments
• Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail, advanced Excel capability, and solid FP&A/reporting experience
• Confident communicator with strong relationship-building skills, able to work accurately under pressure, manage priorities, and represent the Finance Manager when needed
• Commercially aware and customer-focused, with good Microsoft knowledge; experience in open-book/3PL environments and ERP/General Ledger systems (e.g., Oracle) is an advantage

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains. #LI-SH1

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