Finance Manager – Property & Format

Overview

In this role, you partner with the Property and Format teams to drive profitable growth across Dunelm’s store estate. You’ll own the end-to-end financial view of store investments, lead investment appraisals, and shape business cases and forecasts. You collaborate with cross-functional partners to inform decision-making and improve financial governance. This opportunity combines high visibility, strategic influence, and hands-on finance leadership in a dynamic retail environment.

Pay / Benefits

• Salary advance
• Employee discounts
• Pension contributions
• ShareSave scheme
• Wellbeing support including online GP
• 25 days holiday plus birthday and house move day

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary finance business partner to Property & Format teams, delivering commercial insight and constructive challenge
• Lead financial appraisal of new store, refit and other property investments, assessing costs, benefits, risks, payback and returns
• Manage end-to-end tracking of investment spend, benefits and returns against business-case assumptions
• Lead post-implementation reviews and improve methodologies for investment appraisal and governance
• Provide month-end close narratives for property costs and investments and ensure timely forecast updates
• Coach and develop the Finance Business Partner for Property & Store Controllables and build team capability
• Support profitable growth initiatives across the store estate, including new store openings and refits
• Enhance business cases, modelling, governance, and decision-making processes across the Property and Format portfolio

Key requirements

• Finance qualification with broad finance experience
• Strong financial modelling and analytical capability
• Proven ability to challenge senior stakeholders and influence investment decisions
• Improvement mindset with experience improving models, governance, or reporting
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong relationship builder with cross-functional collaboration skills
• Commercial judgement balancing risk, payback, and long-term value

• Coaching and mentoring
• Clear communication of complex financial information
• Curiosity about store performance and property economics
• Financial modelling
• Investment appraisal
• Post-implementation review

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