Accounts & Purchasing Specialist – Finance, Sourcing & Projects

AFR Consulting; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday plus banks

Free on site parking

Good pension

Job summary

AFR Consulting is recruiting on behalf of a Blackburn-based manufacturing and distribution company for an Accounts and Purchasing Administrator. The role blends accounting, purchasing and project support to maintain smooth financial and supply chain operations.

You will process purchase and sales ledgers, manage credit control, support month-end tasks, and coordinate supplier negotiations to ensure stock availability and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience in finance and administration.
• Good communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to multitask and work to tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Purchase ledger duties including processing high volumes of invoices and dealing with supplier queries.
• Sales ledger duties, ensuring records are accurate and up to date.
• Credit control including chasing due and overdue customer accounts.
• Support routine finance reporting and month-end tasks as required by the Finance Manager.
• Coordinate requirements for products across the business, ensuring continuity of supply and appropriate stock availability.
• Negotiate prices and commercial terms with suppliers; evaluate and select suppliers considering price, quality, reliability and delivery.
• Make purchasing decisions independently within agreed financial authority limits, escalating commitments beyond those limits for approval.
• Maintain effective supplier relationships, monitor performance and identify opportunities for cost savings and improved purchasing efficiency.
• Maintain stock integrity, plan and implement stock takes.
• Coordinate projects arising from strategic development requirements and risks or opportunities identified across departments.
• Organise project plans, actions, responsibilities and timelines, following up with colleagues and external partners to maintain progress.

Job description

AFR Consulting is recruiting on behalf of a Blackburn-based manufacturing and distribution company for an Accounts and Purchasing Administrator. The role blends accounting, purchasing and project support to maintain smooth financial and supply chain operations.

You will process purchase and sales ledgers, manage credit control, support month-end tasks, and coordinate supplier negotiations to ensure stock availability and cost efficiency.