Finance Business Partner - (12 months FTC)

Dunelm; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading homewares company based in Leicester is seeking a Finance Business Partner. The successful candidate will provide support and challenge to business partners, ensuring timely delivery of financial reporting and insights. Excellent communication skills and a finance qualification are required. This role offers an inclusive culture that promotes diversity, well-being, and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Wellbeing support

Flexible working arrangements

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in line management or coaching.
• Ability to condense complex information into clear messages.
• Proven skills in extracting trends and uncertainties from data.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders on specific projects.
• Produce weekly and monthly reports.
• Ensure timely month-end closures in line with financial policies.
• Provide decision support from tactical to strategic levels.
• Challenge and support business functions.

Skills

Commercially minded

Good verbal and written communication

Strong relationship builder

Finance qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Strong Excel skills

Job description

Overview

Home. There's no place like it. And there's no feeling like helping people create the joy of feeling truly at home. At Dunelm, that's what we do. We're the UK's number one choice for homewares because we make home life lovelier for our customers. And we've crafted a workplace that feels just as welcoming - where you can bring your ideas, be yourself, and feel right at home.

The Business Finance Team is a team of roughly forty finance professionals, who deliver key outcomes that support Dunelm's operations, to:

• Produce timely and accurate weekly and monthly reports and insight to inform trading and operational control and decision making
• Set targets (in conjunction with business) and provide independent view of forecasts and trends
• Support and challenge tactical and strategic decision making, including financial appraisal (and post investment appraisal)
• Agitate for optimising profitability and return on investment, and for best use of our resources
• Use our unique viewpoint to join things up, 'unblock' issues and put simple structure around priorities and actions

There are many opportunities for development in the team, both:

• Progression through Analyst, Business Partner, Finance Manager, Senior Finance Manager and Head of; and
• Partnering with the varied parts of Dunelm's business, including Stores, Supply Chain, Digital, Marketing, Tech, Commercial and many more!

What you'll be doing

As Finance Business Partner for the business functions you partner, you are responsible for providing support and challenge to your business partners in line with the Business Finance purpose, whilst also ensuring that all requirements for the Dunelm Finance function are delivered.

You will directly partner business stakeholders on specific projects, initiatives and focus areas, as well as supporting in all 'business as usual' activities.

What the role requires

• Line management or coaching and development of Analysts, including those not directly reporting to you

Primary outcomes you are responsible for include:

• Production of weekly and monthly reporting
• Forecasting and budgeting
• Ensure the month-end is closed accurately, timely and in accordance with policies as set by Financial Reporting (P&L and balance sheet)
• Decision support, from tactical decisions up to investment appraisal
• Insight and analysis to better inform decision making
• Challenge and support to business functions and, where relevant, to third party suppliers

• Partner the Leadership teams in the functions you support - acting as 'critical friend'
• Direct ownership and presentation of regular or ad hoc outputs and meetings. E.g. Weekly Trade

What we'll look for in you

• Commercially minded, with a genuine drive to make a difference and support Dunelm to achieve its growth and profitability targets
• Good verbal and written communication skills, able to condense complex information into clear messages
• A good relationship builder, building trust with key stakeholders
• Finance qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Strong Excel skills, able to use various sources of information to draw trends and highlight risks or areas of focus.

Behaviours we look for:

Communicating - Presenting reliable information and providing clear, simple and succinct messages that engage others

Curiosity - A desire to truly understand the business operations and to question why things are done the way they are. Exploring other areas of the business and joining the dots

Adapting - Respond and commit positively to changing needs; encourage others to have a go and be prepared to fail fast and learn from successes and mistakes

Thinking Big - Having a balance between delivering business as usual and focusing on future growth; using data and insight to help forward planning

Challenging - Being a leading voice in your area of expertise. Being bold and confident to provide constructive challenge.

Making It Happen - Controlling what can be controlled and escalating rapidly issues outside of your control. Recognising when something is 'good enough

Dunelm is committed to becoming a fully inclusive business that is representative of our customers and locations. We recognise the value in diversity and welcome applications from all candidates regardless of sex, age, race, religion, ability, gender or sexual identity, socio-economic background or education. We are committed to making Dunelm a place where everyone can enjoy a successful career and have systems in place to support all our colleagues. We are seeking applications from candidates who share our values and celebrate diversity in all its forms.

We want our colleagues to feel at home wherever they work, so that they are comfortable and can be their best selves. In addition, we want everyone to feel connected to the business, our strategy and the teams they work with.

Where hybrid working is applicable, colleagues need to strike the right balance to fulfil both of these important factors. You will find the right mix of being at home, in the office & out in the business, bearing in mind business needs, job role and level of responsibility.

Wellbeing is more than just a buzzword here

From our Wellbeing Buddies and Mental Health First Aid training to our progressive parental leave, menopause policies and Colleague Support Fund, we're committed to supporting our colleagues in every area - and at every stage - of their lives. Through our partnership with the Retail Trust, everyone at Dunelm has free access to a 24/7 Virtual GP, as well as therapy and counselling, plus information, guidance and advice in all areas of financial, emotional and physical wellbeing.

At Dunelm, we love every aspect of the design process. We're continually researching new developments in packaging, materials and production methods, tapping into new data insights and keeping track of changing lifestyle trends. We're hugely collaborative in the way we work. Together, the teams here have a direct impact on our success, creating amazing products that drive sales and delight our customers, as well as providing direction for our wide and varied range of brands.

Where you'll be working

Here is where you'll be based, whether that's an office, or store or one of our sites.

Watermead Business Park, Pontylue Way, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE7 1AD