FP&A Analyst

Location: Cricklewood, North London (3 days per week in the office)
Salary: Up to £65,000 + excellent benefits

Cedar is partnering with a well-established, large-scale transport business to recruit a Qualified FP&A Analyst. This is an excellent opportunity to join a commercially focused finance team within a business that operates across multiple UK sites and is backed by a strong international parent company.

This is a highly visible role where you’ll partner with senior stakeholders across the business, providing financial insight to support strategic decision-making. You’ll play a key role in budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, performance analysis and board reporting, making a real impact on business performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support the annual budgeting, forecasting and reforecasting processes.
• Produce detailed financial models to support business decisions and investment cases.
• Deliver insightful variance analysis and provide clear commentary on financial performance.
• Produce and monitor financial and operational KPIs for senior management.
• Partner with finance and operational teams to identify opportunities to improve performance.
• Support month-end reporting, board packs and executive-level analysis.
• Develop and enhance reporting through improved use of Excel, data and analytics.

About You

• Fully qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) – essential.
• Previous experience in FP&A, Commercial Finance or Financial Analysis within industry.
• Strong experience of budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and management reporting.
• Advanced Excel skills are essential, including financial modelling, handling large datasets and building robust reporting models.
• Confident analysing financial data and turning insights into commercial recommendations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders.
• Commercially minded, proactive and naturally analytical.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a market-leading transport business in a broad and commercially focused FP&A role, offering excellent exposure to senior stakeholders, genuine career progression and the chance to make a visible impact within a growing finance function.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.