Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

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.

The FP&A and IR team is responsible for bringing together and helping to explain and forecast business performance, to internal and external audiences.

FP&A: the team is responsible for the co-ordination of processes to generate actual and forecast financial performance, including monthly flash and actuals, full-year outturn, quarterly forecasts, annual budgets and medium-term strategic plans. The team is responsible for consolidating, challenging and reporting these outputs.

Investor Relations: the team is responsible for producing materials to communicate our performance and strategy to the external financial community. This includes regulatory market updates, annual reporting and interaction with analysts and investors, as well as maintaining company a view on consensus expectations.

The team works most closely with Business Finance, Core Finance, Communications, CoSec, as well as reporting to the Performance Exec, the Exec and the Board.

This role is a hybrid opportunity.

What you will be doing:

• Co-ordinate the monthly flash process, ensuring we enter month end with a clear understanding of the expected performance in the period.
• Lead month end process, including reviews, challenge FBPs to ensure understanding, and pull together the overall performance summary, including an awareness of key judgement areas
• Support drafting of FP&A contributions to the monthly Performance Exec
• Lead and own production of the monthly Management Accounts pack
• Manage the monthly outturn process, clearly communicating risks and opportunities
• Co-ordinate the budget and forecast processes, issuing clear timelines, templates and guidance to the Finance team
• Challenge in forecast reviews, ensuring alignment with wider awareness of business risks and opportunities
• Consolidate the forecast inputs and supporting drafting of the outputs for the CFO / Exec team
• Preparation of the statutory cash flow forecasts, understanding expected working capital movements
• Implement new technology as appropriate to streamline our reporting and forecasting processes
• Assist with other ad hoc analysis as required

What we Look for in you:

• Curious and eager to understand, building up a high level of understanding of the business and ensuring that all sources of information are consistent
• Diligent, ensuring a high level of accuracy across all outputs
• Ability to distil complex information into a simple story using both financial tables / charts and narrative
• Continuous improvement mindset, using available technology and tools to improve understanding and simplify processes
• Able to challenge others where appropriate to ensure inputs are robust and well understood

Behaviours and Capabilities we look for

• Communicating – seeing through complex financial information and presenting it in a clear and concise way, through the use of tables and / or narrative
• Being curious – probing beyond initial questions and answers to ensure issues are fully understood
• Challenging – to ensure accuracy, understanding and the appropriate level of stretch in performance
• Adapting and Innovating – continually learning and looking to improve processes, particularly month end and forecast / budgets
• Making it happen – achieving required end result, often while needing to be flexible given competing priorities and challenges

What's in it for you!

• Competitive Basic Salary
• Up to 15% bonus
• Private Medical Insurance (PMI)
• Dunelm Discount Card
• 5% Pension (Company)
• 25 days holiday (with the option to buy more)
• Access to online discounts at various other retailers and organizations.
• Many more!

Apply now for consideration!

We recruit people from all types of backgrounds, who share our entrepreneurial, hands-on approach to work. We are committed to creating a full inclusive environment that is representative of our customers and locations. We recognise the value and importance in inclusion and diversity and welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of sex, age, race, religion, disability, neuro-diversity, gender or sexual identity, socio-economic background or education.