Senior Auditor /Senior Manager Business Controls Assurance

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.

Here at Dunelm, our Finance team supports our trading teams to make the best commercial decisions, collates customer transactions, balances the books, and manages procurement. We also analyze financial data to identify patterns, trends and opportunities that we can use to help us grow. The team is a group of around 100 colleagues, which is small enough to enable roles to be broad but at the same time large enough to offer ample opportunities for development into new areas.

We operate in an increasingly regulated environment and are maturing our second and third line assurance capabilities such that Dunelm Group can continue to operate within a strong control environment.

This role will support the business in defining its controls framework, driving transformation in business processes, promoting risk and controls best practice and providing assurance to senior leadership on the effectiveness of the control environment.

The enhancement of Dunelm’s controls and risk management is also aimed to deliver business value through driving.

What the role requires of you:

• Supporting Management in providing assurance to both the Exec and Group Board on the effectiveness of our control environment.
• Leading the agenda to support and educate all levels of the organisation on the importance of risks and controls.
• Assisting the business to close control gaps as they arise through the design and implementation of new controls, or technology solutions.

What we look for in you:

• Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal alongside strong interpersonal skills in order to develop relationships and provide challenge.
• Great organisational skills and an ability to priorities workload and meet deadlines with a positive attitude.
• A continuous improvement mindset with a drive to continually improve processes.
• Ability to work under pressure, with accuracy and attention to detail whilst ensuring deadlines are met.
• Be both a team player and capable of working on their own.
• Ability to visualize the bigger picture and understand the importance of their role both within the finance team and also within the whole company.
• CIMA/ACCA/ACA/CIA qualified.

Desirable

• Competent in the use of ERP systems (SAP desirable)
• Experience/understanding of the impact on businesses of the revised Corporate Governance code.
• Project / Programme management experience.

Behaviours:

Networked Leadership:

• Connecting: Building strong relationships with other teams and connecting colleagues across team boundaries
• Communicating: Creating ‘always on’ interactive dialogue, helping colleagues to understand ‘the why’ and encouraging questions Including: Developing a deep understanding of your colleagues and the wider business and supporting their differing needs

Adaptable Leadership:

• Being Curious: Always probing beyond the first answer and listening attentively to gain the full picture
• Adapting: Anticipating pitfalls and responding to issues, having courage to change direction to achieve the required outcomes
• Self-Awareness: Creating an environment where there is a habit of regular and timely feedback

Strategic Leadership:

• Thinking Big: Using the internal environment and emerging external trends to inspire big thinking.
• Making Decisions: Helping the team to make decisions when they get stuck, supporting them to focus on the right data and consider options
• Innovating: Having quality conversations that help critical thinking, unlocking innovation and continuous improvement

Empowered Leadership:

• Taking Responsibility: Empowering colleagues to take responsibility for how they achieve results.
• Challenging: Being the voice of constructive dissent to help reach better outcomes
• Being Resourceful: Ensuring productivity by deploying the right resources to meet priorities

What's in it for you!

• Competitive Basic Salary
• Car Allowance
• Up to 25% bonus
• Bupa Private Healthcare
• Life Cover (3x your salary)
• Critical Illness
• Dunelm Discount Card of 15%
• 5% Pension (Company) 4% (Employee)
• 25 days holiday +1 day for Birthday +1 day for Charity+ Bank Holidays
• Access to online discounts at various other retailers and organizations.
• Flexible Hybrid working
• And many more!