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About Us
High Speed Training has grown from our launch in 2008 to a team of over 100 people, dedicated to delivering high-quality, engaging online training content and empowering our learners with the knowledge to make their workplace the safest it can be.
Our team is made up of talented and passionate individuals, who genuinely care about the work they are doing to help our learners to develop and pursue their goals.
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Your role in the team
- Maintenance of the sales ledger, ensuring efficient handling of customer payments, accuracy, and minimal levels of bad debt through credit control.
- Maintenance of the purchase ledger, ensuring supplier invoices are processed accurately and on time.
- Provide excellent accounts customer service by both phone and email.
- Support customer facing team on accounts matters, such as checking payments, investigating differences, and advising on queries.
- Use Sage200 to maintain sales and purchase ledgers, including performing corrections, checks, and reconciliations.
- Proactively identify and recommend improvements to current processes, with a focus on accuracy and efficiency; support their implementation.
Key Responsibilities:
Sales Ledger:
- Record and process daily payments and allocate in Sage200.
- Follow credit control processes to resolve bad debt efficiently, employing considered judgement where required.
- Identify, monitor and resolve errors.
- Collaborate with customer success teams to advise or resolve financial matters for customer accounts, payments and our processes.
Purchase Ledger:
- Record and save supplier invoices, preparing them for authorisation and payment.
- Flag any questions or concerns about a supplier or payment; engage internally and externally to resolve issues.
- Maintain supplier details.
Accounts customer service:
- Dealing with customer queries over the phone, and taking payment for invoices.
- Respond to customer emails in a timely fashion to resolve any queries.
Process improvement:
- Identify any new or recurring issues, and report to the Finance Operations Manager.
- Seek to thoroughly understand task aims, rather than simply following processes.
- Collaborate with others to find solutions to any issues or challenges.
- Question current practices, sharing any ideas for process improvements.
- Support any planned improvement action, assisting in liaising with other teams where appropriate.
Professional Development:
- Seek opportunities to develop your accounts knowledge and other skills; be proactive and willing with new challenges.
- Reflect on your abilities and take mistakes as an opportunity to learn.
- Support and coach other team members when required and able; be willing to seek advice and clarity when required.
What we're looking for
Required Skills, Experience & Attributes:
- Excellent analytical and numerical skills
- Experience of working in an accounts related role
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to multitask and reprioritise
- Attitude towards constant development, and teamwork
- Enthusiasm for problem-solving and non-routine project work
- Previous credit control experience
Desirable Skills & Experience:
- Confidence working with Google applications (sheets, G-drive, etc) and Excel spreadsheets
- Knowledge of basic accounting principles
- Experience working with Sage200
Our people are at the heart of our business and create a welcoming work environment where we collaborate, have fun and celebrate our success together. We are proud to have achieved a 3 star rating showcasing our 'world class' levels of engagement, the highest accolade from Best Companies.
Our company benefits
We'll welcome you on-board with a home office allowance, 26 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) with the opportunity to buy additional holiday if you fancy an extended break, a great profit share scheme, the latest mobile phone and contract and an attractive pension package. We also offer free life insurance (which covers 4-times your salary), optional private medical insurance for you and your family, a general health cash plan, dental cash plan and discounted gym membership.
Beyond our benefits
Having fun both inside and outside work is really important to us so we have a highly motivated activities committee who organise regular events, both in person and virtually.
We are big believers in the impact we have on the world being a positive one with our 'giving something back' group focusing on volunteering opportunities, our environmental impact, charitable giving and course donations.
Inclusion at High Speed Training
We care about our people and support each other so we can bring our whole selves to work each day. We are inclusive, value diversity and celebrate our individuality. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marital and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, sex or sexual orientation.
We are committed to ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants so please let us know if you require any adjustments that we can accommodate as part of our application process.
Having been awarded the prestigious accolade from Best Companies for our 'world class' levels of engagement, we recently secured our place as the 4th best company to work for in the Education and Training sector.
Remote first at High Speed Training
We fully support our staff to work in a flexible way that allows them to balance all of their commitments both inside and outside of work, that lets them be at their best, whether that's on-site at either our Ilkley head office, our dedicated office space in central Leeds, at business lounges across the country or based remotely anywhere in the UK.
Our 'remote first' policy means we want everyone to work where they are happiest and most productive and we'll provide you with the set up you need to work beyond the traditional office environment.
We are therefore open to applications no matter where you are located in the UK and our interview and onboarding process is fully virtual.