Company description: GXO Logistics Supply Chain Inc. Job description: Do you thrive in fast-paced, high-volume finance environments? Are you an expert in lease accounting, fixed assets, and payroll controls? Looking to lead a capable team while driving best-practice and process improvement? Here at GXO, were looking for a technically strong, solutions-focused Asset & Payroll Manager on an 18 month fixed term contract to take full ownership of lease accounting, fixed assets and payroll activities within our Chippenham Shared Service Centre. This is a pivotal leadership role responsible for ensuring accuracy, integrity and compliance across key financial accounting processes. Youll be the primary point of contact for audits, senior finance stakeholders and cross-functional teams, helping to drive efficiency, embed best practice and strengthen controls across the finance landscape. This is a 18 month FTC. Youll be working Monday to Friday, 09:00 till 17:00 with a requirement to be in our Chippenham office Tuesday & Wednesday each week. However, some flexibility is required, this is logistics after all! Pay, benefits and more: Were looking to offer a salary up to £75,000, depending on experience plus a car allowance of £6000 per annum and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme and private medical cover. What youll do on a typical day: Own the full end-to-end process for fixed assets, lease accounting (IFRS 16), and payroll, ensuring accurate and timely delivery aligned to Group requirements Lead, coach and motivate a specialist R2R team (2 direct reports, 4 indirect) to embed continuous improvement and documented best practice Maintain and control all related balance sheet reconciliations, internal reporting, and support statutory accounting and budget processes ?Strengthen internal controls, support SOX compliance, lead operational risk reviews and manage audit interaction Build strong, proactive relationships across senior management, FP&A, operations and finance teams to influence decisions and drive improvements What you need to succeed at GXO: Qualified Accountant with strong technical expertise in lease accounting (IFRS 16), US GAAP, and high-volume R2R environments Demonstrable experience across fixed assets, complex lease assessments, and payroll accounting Proven ability to operate in fast-paced, high-volume shared service environments, ideally with logistics exposure Strong controls mindset with experience in SOX, process improvement, documentation, and standardisation Confident team leader with the ability to coach and uplift capability across direct and indirect reports We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.