FP&A Analyst

Culina Group Limited; Skelmersdale; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days holiday

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Eye Care Vouchers

Employee recognition

Employee discounts

Job summary

Culina Group Limited is seeking a commercially minded FP&A Analyst to join the Finance team. The role is ideal for a junior analyst ready to advance and engage with senior stakeholders across the business.

You will produce high-quality financial analysis, reports on performance, and support budgeting and forecasting. Strong Excel, data handling, and communication skills are essential for delivering actionable insights.

Qualifications

• Experience in FP&A, financial reporting, commercial finance, or analyst role.
• Advanced Excel skills, including Power Query and complex formulas.
• Strong data manipulation, validation, and reconciliation skills.
• Understanding of financial reporting and profit and loss structures.
• Ability to translate complex data into meaningful business information.
• Confidence engaging with senior stakeholders and presenting findings clearly.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Produce accurate and timely financial reporting outputs using structured datasets.
• Develop and maintain weekly, monthly, and ad hoc management reports.
• Perform variance analysis across revenue, costs, and key business drivers.
• Ensure consistency and accuracy across reporting outputs and financial views.
• Validate and reconcile financial data to identify and resolve discrepancies.
• Work closely with finance and systems teams to understand reporting structures and data flows.
• Build and enhance reporting models, templates, and dashboards using Excel and other reporting tools.
• Support budgeting and forecasting processes through data preparation and consolidation.
• Respond to ad hoc analysis requests from finance leadership and operational stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to automate and standardise reporting processes to improve efficiency.
• Deliver clear, concise outputs that support decision-making at a senior level.

Skills

Data manipulation

Validation

Reconciliation

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Excel

Power Query

Power BI

SQL

SAP

Job description

Company Description

Culina Group is a leading UK 3rd party food & drinks logistics provider offering dedicated and shared user warehousing and distribution solutions.

At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive… A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired!

Job Description

We are looking for a commercially minded FP&A Analyst to join our Finance team. This is an excellent opportunity for a junior analyst who is ready to take the next step in their career and gain exposure to senior stakeholders across the business.

You will play a key role in producing high-quality financial analysis, reporting on business performance, and supporting budgeting and forecasting activities. The successful candidate will be comfortable working with large and complex datasets, responding to ad hoc business requests, and translating data into clear, actionable insights for senior finance leaders.

This role is focused on business performance analysis, decision support, and financial insight generation. It is ideally suited to candidates with strong analytical and commercial finance experience. The role does not have responsibility for month-end accounting processes, journal preparation, balance sheet reconciliations, or statutory reporting.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys combining technical reporting skills with stakeholder engagement and continuous process improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce accurate and timely financial reporting outputs using structured datasets.
• Develop and maintain weekly, monthly, and ad hoc management reports.
• Perform variance analysis across revenue, costs, and key business drivers.
• Ensure consistency and accuracy across reporting outputs and financial views.
• Validate and reconcile financial data to identify and resolve discrepancies.
• Work closely with finance and systems teams to understand reporting structures and data flows.
• Build and enhance reporting models, templates, and dashboards using Excel and other reporting tools.
• Support budgeting and forecasting processes through data preparation and consolidation.
• Respond to ad hoc analysis requests from finance leadership and operational stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to automate and standardise reporting processes to improve efficiency.
• Deliver clear, concise outputs that support decision-making at a senior level.

Qualifications

• Experience in an FP&A, financial reporting, commercial finance, or analyst role.
• Advanced Excel skills, including Power Query and complex formulas.
• Strong data manipulation, validation, and reconciliation skills.
• An understanding of financial reporting and profit and loss structures.
• The ability to translate complex data into meaningful business information.
• Confidence engaging with senior stakeholders and presenting findings clearly.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Desirable Experience

• Power BI or similar reporting and visualisation tools.
• SQL or experience querying and analysing large datasets.
• ERP system experience such as SAP or similar platforms.
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, and planning processes.

Additional Information

As part of our drive to make Culina Group a great place to work. We are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

• Annual Leave – Competitive holiday entitlement of 24 days + 8 Bank Holidays
• Pension scheme – we want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirements so we offer a great contribution of 4% employee and 4% employer
• Life Assurance - x2 your annual salary
• Wellness – Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year
• Eye Care Vouchers – We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses
• Reward & Recognition – We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the month and year, special recognition and long service awards.
• Everyday discounts - via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!