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!

We have a brand new opportunity to join our team as a Group Projects Controller. This role supports the Group functions, operational and commercial teams by providing clear analysis and insights on group wide projects and initiatives, developing business cases for projects where required. The successful candidate will partner with the Group and BU finance teams to ensure that relevant information from group wide projects and initiatives is shared and understood, supporting the BUs to embed initiatives into budgets and forecasts, where required.

Key responsibilities of the Group Projects Controller:

• Works with Group operational stakeholders to build portfolio of information
• Produce business cases and ad-hoc analysis as required
• Understand stakeholder objectives and priorities to builds their objectives accordingly
• Build standard reports for key areas to provide transparency of performance to the Exec and senior teams
• Supports the commercial decision-making process by developing guidelines and templates
• Supports BUs to deliver group wide projects
• Supports the strategic financial planning process by bringing transparency of the financial impacts of group wide initiatives
• Ensures that short term budgets and forecasts are aligned with financial targets defined by group wide projects and initiatives
• Communicates expectations from BUs clearly and on a timely basis to ensure alignment on group-wide initiatives and projects
• Gathers information from a wide range of sources to support stakeholder decision making

Behaviours:

• Strong and proactive communication with senior colleagues
• Builds strong relationships and rapport with stakeholder groups by understanding the functional objectives, ways of working and different personalities
• Is curious about how the business works and proactively builds knowledge which in turn enhances their credibility as a finance business partner
• Well organised and able to manage many stakeholders, competing priorities and tight deadlines
• Gets into the required level of detail to provide clarity and assurance that business cases and analysis is accurate and reliable
• Able to step back and explain the bigger picture to senior stakeholders
• Comfortable working in a matrixed environment where group decisions impact BU P&Ls

Technical Skills;

• Qualified Accountant (ACCA/ACMA) with 3 years PQE
• Experience utilising data analysis skills
• Experience of business case and scenario analysis
• Strong Excel skills
• Good presentation skills

Relevant Experience;

• Evidence of industry working with senior members of the Executive team.
• Experience of commercial projects an advantage
• Experience of finance business partnering essential

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 25 days plus 8 Bank Holidays
• Company Bonus We do our best work to succeed together. When we achieve our goals you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme
• Private Medical Cover This gives you peace of mind, you have choice, flexibility and speed of access to the most clinically appropriate care via Bupa
• Pension scheme we want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer agreat contribution of 5% employee and 8% employer
• Life Assurance - x4 your annual salary
• Wellness Via our Employee Assistance Programmewe 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! xbpsjku

If you meet the requirements for the above role and are looking for your next career opportunity please apply now and become a part of our #WinningTeam!