Central Finance Administrator at DPD UK · Dagenham

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Contract: Permanent - 37.5 hours per week
Location: You work will cover the following areasChelmsford/Dagenham or Sittingbourne, but you can be based around any of the mentioned areas (no travel needed)
Salary: Up to £28,270 per annum depending on experience
Days of Work: Monday to Friday
Hours of Work: 7am - 3pm / 7:30am - 3:30pm / 8am - 4pm
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
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Purpose of Position
To support the regional finance team and operations team by providing an administrative service in the area of depot operations and ensure the processes are maintained to an excellent standard in line with company policy.
In this role you will work closely with the Regional Finance Team, Fleet team, P&T team, Payroll team and Depot Quality Manager (where applicable)
Key Tasks/Areas of Responsibility
Weekly Payroll management and processing for the network
Liaising and working closely with the Junior Data developer to resolve any systemic issues if they arise
Become a super user for Softworks and ODF portal
Supporting facilitation of timely and accurate payment to suppliers
Audit stop merges and additional payments remotely
Key contact for Audit queries
Support automation of tasks
Absence cover for Depot Finance Assistants will include the following:
Ensuring the day-to-day cost reporting for your depot(s) is dealt with in a timely and effective manner
Accurately recording any purchase orders, processing and coding of invoices for external resources
Keeping the absence management records up to date
Providing cover and being cross trained with the rest of the finance administration team within the network
Add all new starters, agency and cover drivers to training platforms
Administer the complete self employed process daily, which includes additional payment processing, stop merging, updating vehicle mileages records and financial reconciliation to depot reports
Carrying out Driver Licence, validate own van driver documentation and Forklift Truck certificate checks and organise refresher training
Administering fuel stocks and orders
Carrying out local operational quality audits and maintaining operational controls
Comment on the SOP of vehicles not being used
Upload compliance and HGV documentation to data studio
Check driver reported defects have been actioned for fleet vehicles by using the defect book and app
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Qualifications/ Experience
What we’re looking for:
Carry out such other duties as may reasonably be requested by the management team
Strong IT literacy (Microsoft Office / G Suite programmes)
You will have proven and demonstrable experience of working in a fast paced administrative role ideally gained within the transport industry (but this is not essential).
You will have strong analytical skills with an awareness of quality assurance and auditing.
You will have strong communication skills with a confident telephone manner
Demonstrate a high level of accuracy, self-motivation and organisation
Ability to self-manage workload and prioritise tasks according to deadlines, importance and urgency
Demonstrate the core DPD DNA values of Passion, Respect, Honesty, Flexibility, Caring and Accountability.
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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
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