Central Financial Services Assistant

Bury

Head Office
February 20, 2026

Central Financial Services Assistant

 

Responsible to: Senior Financial Services Assistant

Department: Finance

Location: Bury Head Office

 

 

Role Overview:

Working alongside the Senior Central Operations Assistant to support on the following activities:

  • Barclaycard administration – ensure cardholder spend complies with policy.
  • Expenses – review expenses for compliance
  • Banking administration – setting up payments and gaining final approval.

 

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Barclaycard
  • Check all submissions for correct coding / VAT recovery / policy compliance.
  • Liaise with cardholders to ensure all transactions are reviewed and submitted.
  • Support cardholders on queries relating to card problems.
  • Administration of new cardholder creation / cards cancellation.
  • Recharge personal / out of policy spend as required.
  • Undertake payments using virtual Barclaycards.

Employee expenses – provide support to employee out of pocket expenses using Webexpenses

  • Check VAT compliance and policy compliance.
  • Ensure correct expense categories are selected.
  • Support employees on expense queries and system guidance.
  • Banking – create payments on the various banking platforms and obtain final approval including Barclays Precision pay.
  • Foreign petty cash
  • Review foreign petty cash requests and issue cash to employees.
  • Ensure policy is followed and paperwork / receipts / cash is returned at the end of the trip.
  • Ad hoc tasks to support month end process.

 

Skills/Experience/Knowledge needed:

  • Experience required - Microsoft outlook, excel and word
  • Strong communication and influencing skills
  • Ability to achieve high levels of accuracy whilst working under pressure.
  • Experience of Oracle (EBS) an advantage

 

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

  • Incremental Holiday Allowance
  • Staff Discount on qualifying purchases across Group retail stores and online
  • Exclusive Colleague Bike Discount scheme
  • Discounted Gym membership
  • Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work
  • Access to Apprenticeships and accredited qualifications