Payroll Accountant (Part time)

Looking for a flexible part-time opportunity where you can make a real impact? Join GXO as a Payroll Accountant and play a pivotal role at the heart of a fast-paced, high-volume operation.

In this dynamic and complex environment, you'll be instrumental in ensuring the accuracy, integrity and control of payroll financials across multiple entities, subsidiaries and delivery models. Working closely with Payroll Operations, Finance and HR, you'll help bring clarity and confidence to payroll reporting, ensuring every cost, liability and balance sheet position is fully reconciled, compliant and audit-ready.

Based in our Central Offices in Northampton and working 17.5 hours per week across five days, this permanent part-time position offers the flexibility to agree a working pattern that suits both you and the business, making it ideal for professionals seeking a better work-life balance without compromising on the opportunity to work in a challenging and rewarding role.

Reporting to the Senior Payroll Accountant, you'll take ownership of payroll journals, balance sheet reconciliations and the resolution of financial discrepancies, while strengthening controls and supporting processes that stand up to internal, external and SOX audits. If you thrive in a detail-driven, collaborative environment where your expertise truly makes an impact, this is an excellent opportunity to develop your career with a leading global logistics organisation.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £19,600 per annum. In addition, we offer and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) prorated. Your benefits package includes, 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:

• Prepare and post payroll journals, ensuring accurate recording of payroll costs and liabilities across all entities
• Maintain and reconcile balance sheet accounts (e.g. PAYE, NIC, pensions), resolving discrepancies in a timely manner
• Support period-end, year-end and audit processes, ensuring documentation is complete, compliant and audit-ready
• Collaborate with Payroll, Finance and HR to align payroll outputs with financial reporting and resolve issues
• Apply strong controls, monitor for errors, and contribute to continuous improvement while ensuring GDPR compliance

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Payroll accounting experience with strong understanding of journals, reconciliations, and financial controls
• Skilled in balance sheet reconciliations, identifying and resolving discrepancies in a timely manner
• Knowledge of payroll elements (PAYE, NIC, pensions, deductions) and how payroll links to financial reporting
• Highly detail-oriented and analytical, with the ability to follow processes, meet deadlines, and support audits
• Collaborative, reliable and proactive professional with strong communication skills and a focus on ownership, accuracy, and continuous improvement
• similar is a plus but not essential)

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.