Internal Controls Lead

Job title: Internal Controls Lead

Company: Dunelm


Job description: OverviewHere at Dunelm, our Finance teams support our trading teams to make the best commercial decisions, collates customer transactions, balances the books, and manages procurement.The Finance functions is a team of c90 colleagues across a range of disciplines. The team 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.Sitting within the wider Finance and Transformation function, the Process and Controls team plays an important role in supporting growth and protecting value by providing meaningful assurance and insights to the Executive team and Board.The Process and Controls team has ambitious plans to continue their successful journey, whilst also evolving the function to take it to the next stage of its maturity.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 efficiency.Supporting the Process & Controls Senior Manager across the Internal Controls Programme with:

• Stakeholder and relationship management across Dunelm.
• Developing the ICFR and Corporate Governance (Provision 29) framework.
• Performing and documenting walkthroughs to a high standard.
• Leading design and operating effectiveness testing.
• Promoting a strong control environment and being able to sell the benefits of controls.
• Delivering other ‘advisory’ or ‘critical friend’ projects across Dunelm were required.

What you’ll be doing

• Independently conduct control walkthroughs, as well as design and operating effectiveness testing, to evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of financial controls.
• Support the development and implementation of financial and business controls and a comprehensive risk management framework.
• Perform risk assessments to identify areas for improvement, ensuring that action plans are clearly assigned, tracked, and timebound.
• Monitor emerging risks and trends, engaging with the senior leadership to ensure timely and appropriate control measures are in place.
• Prepare insightful reports and presentations on risk and control topics for various stakeholders.
• Contribute to the creation and upkeep of documentation related to controls and risk management processes.
• Work with stakeholders to develop achievable management action plans, designed to mitigate risks identified.
• Support the business in closing identified control gaps to ensure actions taken are appropriately taken to mitigate risks identified.

Assisting the business to close control gaps as they arise through the design and implementation of new controls, or technology solutions. Identify and assess financial and business risks and issues as they emerge, communicating these as appropriate.What we’ll look for in you

• You’ll need to be part or fully professionally qualified in Internal Auditing or as an Accountant.
• You’ll have a good understanding of both finance and business risks and controls testing techniques.
• You’ll be a good communicator able to deal with stakeholders across the business
• You’ll have experience using Excel and other Microsoft Office tools.
• Great organisational skills and an ability to prioritise 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.

Desirable Skills:

• SOX Experience
• Experience using Blackline
• Experience using Visio or other process mapping tools
• Experience using Co-pilot / Chat GPT or other AI tools

Behaviours:Experience of auditing using data techniques.

• Connecting: Building strong relationships with other teams and connecting colleague across team boundaries.
• Communicating:

• Taking the time to engage colleagues with relevant and timely information
• Presenting reliable information, building credibility and meeting everyone’s needs
• 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.
• Customer First: Putting the customer and our purpose at the heart of communication and team objectives.
• Thinking Big: Using the internal environment and emerging external trends to inspire big thinking.
• Making Decisions: `Making decisions with integrity, in line with our purpose and value
• Innovating: Having quality conversations that help critical thinking, unlocking innovation and continuous improvement.
• Making it Happen: Cutting through complexity to focus on the most value adding activities
• Team working:

• Having high quality and courageous conversations with your teams that create energy and alignment
• Helping the team to thrive by creating an open, safe and enjoyable environment

Expected salary:

Location: Leicester

Job date: Sun, 25 May 2025 07:02:35 GMT

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