FP&A Analyst

Cedar; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Cedar, partnered with a large transport business, is seeking an ACA/ACCA/CIMA FP&A Analyst in Cricklewood, North London. The role offers 3 days per week in the office and a clear path to senior finance exposure.

The successful candidate will lead budgeting and forecasting, develop financial models, and partner with senior stakeholders across a multi-site operation to drive profitability and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified ACA/ACCA or CIMA accountant is essential.
• Proven FP&A, commercial finance or financial analysis experience in an industry environment.
• Strong budgeting and forecasting experience is essential.
• Confident across financial planning, reforecasting, variance analysis and management reporting.
• Advanced Excel skills for building models and robust reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support annual budgeting, forecasting and reforecasting with finance and ops stakeholders.
• Build and maintain detailed financial models to support planning and commercial initiatives.
• Analyse performance, identify variances and provide commercially focused commentary.
• Produce and monitor KPIs, offering insight into trends and improvement areas.
• Partner with operational teams, challenging performance to improve profitability and efficiency.
• Support month-end reporting, management accounts, and board packs.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Financial analysis

Analytical thinking

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification

Tools

Excel

Job description

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

Cedar is partnering with a large, established transport business to appoint a Qualified FP&A Analyst into a commercially focused finance team.

This is a high-profile opportunity for a fully qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA accountant with strong budgeting and forecasting experience who wants to take on a broad FP&A role with genuine exposure to senior stakeholders and the wider business.

The Role

• Lead and support the annual budgeting, forecasting and reforecasting processes, working closely with finance and operational stakeholders.
• Build and maintain detailed financial models to support business planning, investment decisions and commercial initiatives.
• Analyse financial performance, identify key variances and provide clear, commercially focused commentary.
• Produce and monitor financial and operational KPIs, providing insight into trends and areas for improvement.
• Business partner with operational teams, challenging performance and identifying opportunities to improve profitability and efficiency.
• Support month-end reporting, management accounts, board packs and senior-level financial analysis.
• Provide financial insight to support strategic decision-making across a complex, multi-site operation.
• Develop and improve reporting, modelling and analytical tools using advanced Excel and data analysis.

About You

• Fully qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA accountant - essential.
• Proven experience within FP&A, Commercial Finance or Financial Analysis in an industry environment.
• Strong hands-on experience of budgeting and forecasting - essential.
• Confident working across financial planning, reforecasting, variance analysis and management reporting.
• Advanced Excel skills, with the ability to build financial models, analyse large datasets and develop robust reporting tools.
• Commercially minded, with the ability to look beyond the numbers and identify what is driving business performance.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to work with senior finance and operational leaders.
• Analytical, proactive and comfortable working in a fast-paced, commercially focused environment.