Are you a commercially minded finance accountant who can take ownership of a customer contract, driving strong financial control, leading P&L accountability, and add real value through insight, challenge and robust reporting?

  Do you thrive on building trusted relationships while guiding operational teams, finance budgets and forecasts, and leading a high‑performing finance team to deliver excellence, integrity and continuous improvement? If so, we at GXO have an FTC opportunity for you! Join us as our Contract Accountant on a 12 Month FTC contract, supporting our South Killingholme depot for our customer Phillips 66.This is a full time, fixed term opportunity, working Monday to Friday (hours between 08:00 to 17:00) and can be offered on a hybrid contract.   Pay, benefits and more:   We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £45,000 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:  

Lead day‑to‑day financial and commercial management of our customer contract, working closely with the Commercial Finance Manager to monitor, challenge and report on all contractual obligations, with full weekly P&L accountability Provide strategic finance business partnering to operational teams, delivering insights, supporting decision‑making, and identifying opportunities to improve financial and operational performance Maintain robust financial governance by ensuring strong reporting standards, balance‑sheet controls, timely audits, and full compliance with GXO policies and financial regulations Oversee core financial processes including budgeting, forecasting, period/year‑end activities and debtor management, ensuring all financial tasks are completed accurately, efficiently and within required timelines Build strong internal and external relationships while leading, developing and supporting the finance team

  What you need to succeed at GXO:  

Professionally qualified or studying toward ACCA, ACMA or ACA, with solid budgeting, ledger knowledge and strong commercial understanding Highly proficient in Excel, with the analytical capability to interpret financial data and support decision‑making Strong organisational, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively across stakeholders and contract environments Understands open and closed‑book contract models, bringing a positive, enthusiastic attitude that inspires confidence and drives team performance

  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.