Job Description
Role Purpose
The Revenue Protection Officer is responsible for safeguarding the DPD’s revenue by ensuring that pricing structures, surcharges, and contractual terms are accurately applied, effectively communicated, and consistently aligned with agreed commercial strategies. Working cross-functionally with CRM, Commercial and Sales teams, the role ensures that revenue leakage is minimised and that all pricing actions support the delivery of the company’s revenue targets. This role plays a critical part in ensuring that commercial decisions translate into realised revenue, by bridging operational execution and strategic pricing, the Revenue Protection Officer ensures that the business achieves its financial targets without erosion from avoidable errors or misalignment.
Key Accountabilities
Revenue Assurance & Protect
1. Monitor and analyse pricing, surcharges, surcharge penetration rates, and billing data to identify risks to projected revenue.
2. Ensure all price increases, surcharges, and commercial changes are correctly implemented and reflected in billing systems.
3. Investigate and resolve discrepancies that may lead to revenue leakage.
4. Develop controls and processes to prevent future revenue loss.
Cross Functional Collaboration
5. Partner closely with CRM teams to ensure accurate data management and pricing integrity within systems.
6. Support Account Managers in understanding the revenue impact of pricing decisions and customer agreements.
7. Work with Commercial and Sales teams to validate that proposed pricing strategies align with revenue targets and margin expectations.
8. Collaborate with the CRM team to ensure consistent communication of pricing changes to customers.
Pricing Governance
9. Review and validate pricing changes, ensuring compliance with internal policies and contractual agreements.
10. Track and report on the financial impact of pricing decisions, including discounts, rebates, and surcharges.
11. Ensure governance processes are followed for all non-standard pricing arrangements.
Reporting & Analysis
12. Produce regular reporting on revenue performance, highlighting risks, variances, and opportunities.
13. Provide insights into trends such as under-recovery of costs, missed surcharges, or incorrect pricing application.
14. Support forecasting and budgeting processes by providing accurate revenue-related data.
Process Improvement
15. Highlight potential revenue sources not yet being billed
16. Highlight risks of over-billing
17. Identify inefficiencies in current pricing and billing processes and recommend improvements.
18. Support the implementation of system enhancements to improve pricing accuracy and revenue tracking.
19. Drive standardisation of pricing practices across the business.
Key Relationships
Internal: CEO Executive Team, Commercial – Sales – CRM - Customer, Finance, Billing and invoicing teams.
External: Strategic Accounts, Key Account and SME Customers, Third-Party Partners and Carriers, Auditors, Legal and compliance.
Qualifications
Experience & Capability
20. Experience in revenue assurance, pricing analysis, or commercial finance within a logistics, transport, or similar operational environment.
21. Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data sets and identify revenue risks.
22. High attention to detail with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
23. Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across multiple departments.
24. Strong understanding of CRM systems and billing platforms.
25. Advanced Excel skills: experience with data visualisation tools is desirable.
26. Commercial awareness with a clear understanding of how pricing impacts revenue and profitability.
Personal Attributes
27. Commercially Driven: Focused on protecting and enhancing revenue performance.
28. Collaborative: Builds strong relationships across teams to ensure alignment and accountability.
29. Detail-Oriented: Maintains accuracy in all aspects of pricing and revenue tracking.
30. Proactive: Anticipates risks and acts early to mitigate revenue loss.
31. Resilient: Able to challenge constructively and uphold governance standards.
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…
32. Holiday trading
33. Enhanced maternity and paternity package
34. Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining the pension scheme
35. Free onsite car parking for all employees
36. Health Kiosks visiting every location
37. Discounted shopping from ’s of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping
38. Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends
39. For employees who regularly use a screen as part of their job we offer free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses