Commercial Finance Business Partner

1 week ago

Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom Dunelm Full time

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 the caring and supportive culture we've created makes this a place you'll feel right at home too.


We are the UK's Number One homewares retailer offering over 70,000 products building a consumer-focused total retail business that delights customers through our multichannel operation.


We are ambitious in our plans to drive further expansion of the business to more customers, shopping more frequently, with more choice, enhanced digital and physical services, and new capabilities to innovate and operate at pace in a fast-changing landscape.

In developing the business for the long-term benefit of our customers, we are investing in our supply chain, stores and technology to improve the customer proposition as we move forward.


Department Overview
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
  • Hold business to account to deliver to targets and manage risks and opportunities
  • 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

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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.


Role Responsibilities

  • Identifying opportunities for improving gross margin and profitability at category/vendor level and work with the Commercial team to drive these through to delivery stage
  • Support and challenge the Commercial team with investment cases considering both financial and commercial factors
  • Owning the budgeting/forecasting process for gross margin & admin cost centres. Working with the commercial teams ensuring numbers are jointly owned
  • Ensure targets are communicated, understood and reviewed frequently
  • Ensure the monthend is closed accurately, timely and in accordance with policies as set by Financial Reporting (P&L and balance sheet)
  • Interpreting monthly performance, highlighting and understanding issues and opportunities with appropriate recommendations
  • Operate broadly and influence/challenge with wider impacts in mind such as supply chain, digital trading, financial accounting
  • Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across multiple functions, and improving processes that add value to these stakeholders.

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
  • Strong Excel skills, able to use various sources of information to draw trends and highlight risks or areas of focus

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