Finance Manager - New Stores & Refits

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.

At Dunelm, our Finance team isn't just about numbers, we're the powerhouse behind smart decisions, smooth operations, and spotting golden opportunities for growth. We balance the books and manage procurement like pros, but we also dive deep into financial data to uncover patterns, trends, and hidden gems that help steer our business forward.

With an approximately 85-strong team, we're just the right size - agile enough that no one gets lost in the crowd (or stuck doing the same thing every day), but big enough to offer real opportunities to grow explore new areas and really challenge yourself. If you think finance is all grey suits and spreadsheets - think again. Here, we're making numbers exciting, decisions smarter, and opportunities bigger.

Work your way, together

We're a hybrid business, which means you'll have flexibility alongside time together with your team. In this role, you can expect 3 days a week in the office or on-site, helping you stay connected, collaborate and do your best work for our customers.

The Business Finance Team is a team of roughly thirty finance professionals, who partner with the functions across Dunelm, 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-implementation review)

• 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

• In addition to leading your team, you will directly partner with your Executive and Dunelm Leadership Team partners on specific projects, initiatives and focus areas, acting as a key member of their leadership teams. You will work closely with your colleagues partnering other areas of the business to support join up of opportunities and issues across the end-to[1]end operation.

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!

You'll be the finance business partner for Dunelm's New Store Expansion and Store Estate Refits workstreams, driving profitable growth through sharp commercial insight and constructive challenge.

You'll:

• Appraise investments - test assumptions and assess costs, benefits, risks, payback and returns.

• Track performance - follow spend and benefits from business case to post-implementation review, challenging underperformance and agreeing actions.

• Raise the bar - strengthen the models, methodologies and governance behind investment decisions.

• Tell the story - lead the month-end story for property costs and investments and own the finance update at monthly workstream boards.

• Keep forecasts current - turn changes in plans into timely, evidence-based forecasts, joined up with Store Costs, Stores Trading and Property Costs finance.