{"podcast":{"title":"FP&A Today","slug":"fp-a-today-5699991","podcast_index_feed_id":5699991,"rss_url":"https://fpatoday.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.datarails.com/","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/13839472/FPA_Today_3000_compressed8z1fa.jpg","author":"Sarah Schlott","episode_count":100,"summary":"FP&A Today is the podcast for Financial Planning and Analysis. The weekly show dives into the challenges and opportunities within the world of FP&A, interviewing FP&A leaders, CFOs and other finance pros in order to give you the freshest insights and takeaways. Each week our top guests provide actionable advice about financial planning and analysis – from career goals to navigating challenges, and powerful Excel tips. Our weekly show provides unrivalled insights for navigating FP&A. FP&A Today is brought to you by Datarails. Datarails is the financial planning and analysis platform that automates data consolidation, reporting and planning, while enabling finance teams to continue using their own Excel spreadsheets and financial models. Get in touch at www.datarails.com","last_synced_at":"2026-09-09T00:18:20.924605+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fp-a-today-5699991"},"episode":{"title":"From Ports to the Deal Table: How FP&A Earned a Seat at Peel Ports","slug":"from-ports-to-the-deal-table-how-fp-a-earned-a-seat-at-peel-ports","published_at":"2026-06-23T07:55:10+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fp-a-today-5699991/from-ports-to-the-deal-table-how-fp-a-earned-a-seat-at-peel-ports","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fp-a-today-5699991","url":"https://FPAtoday.podbean.com/e/from-ports-to-the-deal-table-how-fpa-earned-a-seat-at-peel-ports/","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ymxn82uha4m3usri/260616_FPAT_Alex_Roche_16VI26_Mr2_SAS_Jimmy_1739.mp3","summary":"In our first FP&A Today episode to cover the shipping, ports and haulage sector, we look at the FP&A powering Peel Ports Group, the second largest port operator in the UK, which manages the vital gateways powering the UK. Alex Roche has built the FP&A team at Peels Ports, based in Liverpool, England, which generates £800M spread across 10 divisions. The group has invested over £1.5 billion over the past decade in advanced logistics, cranes, warehouses, and terminal upgrades. Highlights of his nearly decade time at Peel Ports include Co-building the Group's FP&A function for a £400m-EBITDA multi-site, and developing formal evaluation models for two major commercial deals totalling £100m+, enabling better-informed investment decisions and a £7.5m increase in realised deal value In this episode: The importance of volume in ports and how KPIs revolve around the metric M&A at Peels Port and setting up the FP&A team and building models FP&A recommendations around vertical integration with a new haulage business The power of teaching others coming up in finance and accounting Why Simon Sinek was right and FP&A should start with why Board on Peace Brigades International UK as a finance trustee Two favorite Excel functions","meta_description":"In our first FP&A Today episode to cover the shipping, ports and haulage sector, we look at the FP&A powering Peel Ports Group, the second largest…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2753,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fp-a-today-5699991/episodes/from-ports-to-the-deal-table-how-fp-a-earned-a-seat-at-peel-ports/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fp-a-today-5699991/from-ports-to-the-deal-table-how-fp-a-earned-a-seat-at-peel-ports.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}