About us
Dune London is the leading affordable luxury footwear and accessories brand in the UK, with broad distribution across both the UK and internationally. It has 50 stores in the UK and over 100 in 25 countries around the world. The company is entering a period of sustained growth both through additional stores, expansion of sales on its online channels and through third party partners both in the UK and globally. Celebrating its 30th anniversary the group has over the years built an enviable position as the specialist in quality fashion footwear and accessories which has given it a unique position at the high end of the high street.
About the role
To support the Distribution Centre Management team with reporting duties. The role will be based at our Distribution Centre in Leicester, reporting into the Head of Distribution & Supply Chain, whilst working closely with Finance team. This is a full-time role working 40 hours per week, with flexibility in line with the requirements of the business
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Finance Support:
- Update and maintain DC employee timesheets on a payroll system, process it monthly within specified deadlines, ensuring that all employees are paid correctly.
- Complete the agency workers payroll by liaising with each different agency matching the invoice to the timesheet to ensure accuracy.
- Collate all weekly payroll costs and tally with monthly budget enabling DC management to review overall spend is in line with expectation.
- Collate monthly accruals and process journals on a finance software (SUN systems)
- Produce DC annual budget and monitor versus monthly expenditure.
- Produce weekly A vs B reports ensuring that all DC accounts are correct; reconcile any discrepancies identified by liaising with other departments or external suppliers.
- Produce and monitor purchase orders for all purchases or works to be carried out and match with invoice upon receipt.
- Allocate correct cost code for each invoice ready for Line Manager Approval and authorisation then forward all authorised invoices to the Finance department for payment.
- Process approved supplier invoices to accounting software.
Other Duties:
- Maintain site productivity metrics, ensuring reports are completed in a timely manner.
- Provide training, cover and support to the team as required.
- Undertake any other duties as reasonably requested by site or finance management.
- Manage 2 team members who will assist in finance and KPI reporting.
- Manage deadlines and progress across the team to ensure reports are delivered on time and to a high standard.
EXPERIENCE / SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Previous experience of administration/ coordination in warehouse/manufacturing/office environment desired.
- Previous experience in finance and reporting is necessary.
- Journal positing at month end.
- Business partnering.
- Excellent organization and time management skills.
- Excellent communication skills are essential (verbal and written).
- Highly accurate with attention to detail.
- Experience with Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook is essential.
- Leadership and motivation to guide team members in making consistent progress.
- Goal-setting to establish realistic deadlines for the team.
About the perks
- Free onsite parking
- Canteens with vending machines, food storage and Microwaves
- Free Tea and Coffee provided
- Lockers provided to keep your personal belonging safe
- Full uniform provided including Safety Shoes and Hi-Viz Vest
- Overtime optional, paid at time and half.
- Open-minded company, welcoming thoughts and ideas to be shared
- Working with charitable organisations to help raise funds and give something back. Our current charity partner is Mental Health UK
- 60% employee discount on Dune products – what’s not to love!
- 25 days holiday (plus the bank holidays)
- Cycle2work Scheme
- Free Eyecare Vouchers
- Company pension scheme
- Access to our employee assistance programme, retailTRUST, who provide loads of resources to support with wellbeing and personal development offer free counselling legal advice and financial guidance.
- Our own Wellbeing Allies – there to talk when you need them.
What happens next?
We will take a good look at your application and if we don’t feel we are right for you, we’ll make sure we let you know but sadly we are not able to give tailored feedback.
If we are excited to find out more about you, we will give you a call and arrange to talk.
A few things that might help:
- Research the brand, the role, your interviewer on LinkedIn; browse our website; and visit a store if you can
- Make sure you have plenty of examples to show off all your amazing skills and experience relevant to this role
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