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Company Description
- Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (6 months)
- Working Hours Per Week: 37.5 Hours Per Week
- Salary: £32,090.81 per annum pro rata
- Location: DPD Smethwick - Roebuck Lane, Smethwick, B66 1BY
- Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday
- Hours of Work: 09:00 to 17:30
DPD UK is a member of Geopost who are a market leader in parcel delivery and e-commerce solutions, providing a broad range of delivery and innovative services for customers worldwide. DPD UK has a turnover of nearly £2 billion and our aim is to be the most sustainable delivery company in the UK. At DPD UK we also aim to deliver the best service, use the best technology and recruit and retain the best people in the industry.
DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer.
Job Description
Vacancies exist in the International Finance Team based in Smethwick for a Finance Analyst. In this position the candidates will report to the Finance Manager – International.
The core element of the role is Brexit-focussed. Key responsibilities include:
- Extract, manipulate and analyse relevant Duty & VAT data from DPD UK and other third party systems.
- Ensure all Import Duty/VAT charges from HMRC are recovered from receivers or relevant DPDgroup Business Units.
- Reconcile HMRC charges to the business deferment account for all imports.
- Provide prompt payment of invoices to DPDgroup Business Units with a high standard of accuracy relating to Export Duty/VAT charges.
- Ensure all Export Duty/VAT charges from DPDgroup BUs are recovered from UK customers.
- Deliver high levels of customer service via developing a culture for speedy resolution of all customer queries relating to Export Duty/VAT.
- Through multiple stakeholders (e.g. Credit and Billing), ensure all exceptions that arise from the reconciliations are resolved in a timely manner.
- Produce weekly reports to highlight amounts billed, percentage recovery rates from BU’s, number of queries and other key KPI’s, exception reporting
- Any other ad hoc duties as required by the International Finance team.
Qualifications
The successful candidate will need to:
- Be a graduate
- Be numerate
- Have excellent Excel skills along with other data–orientated systems
- Have a strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Have good planning and organisational skills and be able to work in a team
- Have ability to meet multiple deadlines and work under pressure
- Be able to establish good working relationships in a cross-functional environment with excellent communication skills
- Have a positive attitude, flexible approach and a passion to learn
- Demonstrates the core DPD DNA values of Passion, Respect, Honesty, Flexibility, Caring and Accountability.
Additional Information
About our Benefits
We recognise that our people are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver our award-winning service to millions of customers across the country each day. It’s important to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability. To name but a few…
- Holiday trading
- Enhanced maternity and paternity package
- Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining the pension scheme
- Health Kiosks visiting every location
- Vitality at Work
- Free On Site Parking
- Discounted shopping from 100’s of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping
- Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends
- For employees who regularly use a screen as part of their job we offer free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses
Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation, we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities.
If you identify with our aims and values and can help us deliver our customers' promises, then this is the job for you! Apply today
