Assistant Accountant

• Own the end-to-end capital project setup process, ensuring accurate project creation, maintenance, and governance
• Coordinate and manage approval workflows, acting as the key liaison between Operational teams and Finance stakeholders to ensure timely project approvals
• Process fixed asset transactions including disposals, transfers, and impairments, maintaining robust audit trails and compliance documentation
• Manage the full asset capitalisation lifecycle, from PO approval through to final capitalisation, ensuring adherence to approved business cases and company policies
• Support financial control activities through account management, month-end journals, reporting, balance sheet reconciliations, and wider Finance Controllership support

• Finance background gained through academic study (e.g., degree) and/or practical finance experience, with a commitment to pursuing an accounting qualification
• Strong Excel skills with the ability to analyse financial information accurately and efficiently
• Excellent analytical and attention-to-detail skills, ensuring high levels of accuracy and compliance
• Confident communicator who can build effective working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
Highly organised and proactive, with strong time management skills and the ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

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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.

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