ESG Business Reporting Partner in Leicestershire

Job description

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.

We are the UK’s Number One homewares retailer offering c85,000 products building a consumer-focused total retail business that delights customers through our multichannel operation.

We are ambitious in our plans to drive further expansion of the business to more customers, shopping more frequently, with more choice, enhanced digital and physical services, and new capabilities to innovate and operate at pace in a fast-changing landscape. In developing the business for the long-term benefit of our customers, we are investing in our supply chain, stores and technology to improve the customer proposition as we move forward.

About our Finance team

Our Finance team sits at the heart of strategic decision-making, working hand-in-hand with trading and operational teams to drive commercial success. We don’t just manage the numbers – we make them meaningful. From customer transactions and procurement to financial reporting, we deliver insights that uncover trends, spot opportunities, and highlight risks.

With around 90 colleagues across UK and Ireland Group Finance, we offer a unique mix of breadth and depth. Our lean structure means every role is varied and impactful, while our scale gives you plenty of room to grow and explore different areas of finance.

We’re not just supporting the business – we’re shaping it. As Finance evolves, we’re moving beyond transactional tasks to become strategic thinkers. Our team is transforming into proactive, cross-functional advisors who use data to tell compelling stories and influence decisions.

Right now, we’re embarking on a major finance transformation, including the implementation of SAP S/4HANA. This is a pivotal moment to modernise systems, enhance processes, and redefine how Finance operates across the business.

If you’re passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and ready to help shape the future of Finance, we’d love to hear from you.

Department Overview

Would you like to play a leading role in the sustainability journey of the UK’s biggest homewares brand? It’s an exciting time at Dunelm, as we look to expand our talented Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Reporting team as part of our plans to achieve net zero by 2040.

In this role you will play a leading part in influencing and initiating change across the business to shape our approach to both reporting and delivering our sustainability, net zero and other ESG targets. Being part of our Core Finance function and reporting to the Senior Finance Manager for ESG, you’ll partner a broad, cross-functional group of stakeholders. You’ll have plenty of opportunity to apply your existing experience and be well supported to grow new skills and knowledge.

What you will be doing:

• The continuous improvement of our Risk Management processes and modelling for climate-related and other sustainability risks.
• Owning and delivering several key outputs required to fulfil our external reporting obligations in areas such as; GHG emissions, Packaging Taxes, Energy Consumption.
• The development of scenario models to provide insight and target actions over a range of planning horizons to inform our Transition Planning for GHG reduction.
• The continued development of our GHG emissions reporting capabilities and data management plan, working with the team and other stakeholders to ensure regular, efficient, accurate, actionable and auditable outputs.
• Robustly documenting methods, processes and assumptions associated with all reporting activities, producing highly communicable & auditable outputs.
• Proactively supporting the ESG Reporting team with advancing the ESG agenda across the business through building good quality relationships and providing high quality insights & analyses.
• The development of robust, tangible targets and performance measures to help the business track delivery of the activities upon which our ESG commitments depend.
• Supporting the production of Quarterly ESG metrics in line with the evolving needs of the business.
• Supporting with the ongoing refinement of the various meetings, forums and outputs associated with ESG activities to ensure good quality transparent and effective governance is in place.
• Being a positive role model, providing support and encouragement to the Analysts in the team to help build team coherence and aid in their continuous personal development.

What we will look for in you:

• Experience of working in a large, complex business.
• A highly analytical thought process; both numerical and textual.
• Experience of managing competing priorities across a range of stakeholders and delivering quality results through strong stakeholder focus.
• Able to demonstrate an enthusiastic, proactive approach to building strong stakeholder relationships, whilst being unafraid to challenge the status quo at all levels.
• Experience of using MS Office applications incl. Producing high quality presentation content via PowerPoint and completing complex data analysis in Excel.
• Experience of financial planning and analysis including reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Proven ability in financial, non-financial or other regulatory reporting, with strong knowledge of accounting principles and effective controls.
• Experience of applying a range of planning techniques to effectively communicate and deliver short-, medium-, and long-term actions/goals cross-functionally.
• Knowledge of the ESG reporting landscape, particularly UK SRS, Transition Planning, ISSB, TCFD, Carbon Accounting and the GHG Protocol.
• Knowledge of Systems Thinking and its effective use in understanding the relationships within complex networks.
• Experience of line management or providing similar support in the effective development and upskilling of others.
• Ability to research and understand complex subjects (eg. Financial standards, large scale surveys, regulatory or other consultations) and use the findings to effectively influence the strategic direction taken.
• Ability to lead others through complexity & ambiguity to uncover meaningful insights & produce actionable recommendations.
• Ability to stand back and see the bigger picture and the impact of the work on the wider finance team and the business.
• Ability to identify risks and opportunities across a range of horizons and experience of documenting and implementing effective management and mitigations.
• A recognised finance/accounting qualification and ESG-related study will be highly advantageous.

What is in it for you!

• Competitive Basic Salary
• Up to 15% bonus
• Life Cover (3x your salary)
• Dunelm Discount Card of 15% (across our 100k+ products, including sale items!)
• Sample sales days exclusively for Dunelm colleagues
• 5% Pension (Company) 4% (Employee)
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays + 1 day for Birthday +1 day for Charity + 1 day off for moving house.
• Bupa - Healthcare Cash plan
• Access to online discounts at various other retailers and organizations.
• Flexible hybrid working with a base in Leicester
• And many more!

Extra information

Status

Closed

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Leicestershire

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Profession type

Retail

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English