International Commercial Finance Analyst

Oldbury, England, United Kingdom

8/12/2025

Company Description

• Contract Type: Permanent 37.5 Hours Per Week
• Salary: £36,808.00
• Location: DPD Oldbury
• Days of Work: Monday - Friday
  
  

Join us on our journey as we aim to be the UK’s most sustainable delivery company, whilst ensuring our customers continue to receive a world class service. You will be in a busy and fast paced business, with a turnover of nearly £2 billion, that can offer you great benefits and plenty of opportunities to progress your career

DPD are passionate about creating an environment that is open, ethical, inclusive and socially responsible. Along with job security, the tools to do the job and a competitive salary, you’ll receive fantastic benefits starting on day one, including never working on your birthday ever again!!!

DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer

Job Description

Purpose of Position

Working within DPD International Operations, you will:

• Provide support to the DPD Group UK business in areas of International Operations and Commercial Insight.
• Instigate accurate and detailed analysis of the contribution for the International portfolio of services.
• Provide proactive support to International Analyst Manager and stakeholders with commercial and operational aspects of International business.
  
  

Key Tasks/Areas of Responsibility:-

Prioritising and Planning

• Provide on time analytical, commercial and decision support to the International Analyst Manager, International Commercial Finance Team and other stakeholders
• Support the International Commercial Finance Team in ensuring all department deadlines are met and weekly and monthly management reports are completed within agreed timelines
• Be able to review Supplier commercial rates on a quarterly basis and highlight any savings.
• To lead in providing on time analytical, commercial and decision
  
  

Customer Focus and Improving Results

• Reporting key customers contribution figures with additional commercial insight
• Be able to monitor the weekly customer trends and give input to the forecast process
• Propose solutions to ensure time spent on transactional processes is reduced to a minimum
• Recommend actions by analysing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses
• Highlight and investigate cost saving ideas working with all IOD teams and present to the International Analyst Manager & International Commercial Finance Manager
• Work closely with the IOD Managers to ensure accurate costing and pricing of bespoke commercial solutions
• Lead with generating new analysis and reporting to make money, save money, or improve service.
  
  

Personal Development, Impact and Influence

• Proactively network in other departments to understand their functions and relative impact to the commercial department.
• Work with other Analysts in the IOD on joint projects to gain more insight and add value
  
  

Key Measures of Performance

• Accurate and timely weekly and monthly reporting of the Key Commercial reports
• Contribute to the reconciliation and review of customer and destination margins adding key commercial insight
• Be able to effectively price operational bespoke solutions for key customers and understand the impact to the business.
• Provide ad hoc analysis and reporting of financial information to support operational decisions
• Continuous improvement in job knowledge through participation in educational opportunities, reading professional publications and maintaining personal networks
  
  

Qualifications

About You

To be considered for this role you must have demonstrable experience in a similar role within a fast paced and dynamic environment. We would also expect;

• Excellent system skills - Excel, Word and Powerpoint
• Excellent technical skills and experience writing SQL
• Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• High degree of numeracy and problem solving skills essential
• Excellent communication skills
• Proactive approach to learning
• Attention to detail is vital
• Demonstrate the core values of DPD DNA – 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
• Free onsite car parking for all employees
• Health Kiosks visiting every location
• 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.