Finance Manager

Job Title: Finance Manager

Location: Malmesbury, SN16

Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as a Finance Manager and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.

Why Persimmon Homes?

At Persimmon, we don’t just build homes — we build careers. When you join us as a Finance Manager, you’ll benefit from:

• Competitive salary
• Company Car or Car Allowance
• 5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Life Cover & Contributory Pension
• Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
• Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development

What is the role?

The purpose of the role is to provide an effective financial support function to the local senior management team and actively participate in the decision making and evaluation processes, whilst ensuring all Group reporting requirements are achieved.

Primary Responsibilities

• Management and responsibility of all aspects of financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting of the Regional business ensuring that all Group reporting deadlines are met
• Attend and provide input at all local company Board meetings and Valuation Review meetings held bi-monthly throughout the year
• Provide financial assistance and decision making support to the regional management team
• Supervision of a small team of accounts staff to make sure that routine transaction processing and monthly payment routines all meet Group deadlines and adhere to Group prompt payment policies
• Develop and maintain financial policies and adhere to Group financial procedures ensuring consistent, accurate and robust accounting information produced
• Review and challenge site valuations cost to complete forecasts which act as a key control of the business
• Quality assurance of all VAT and SDLT/LBTT payments made in connection with land purchases and sales
• To ensure a thorough understanding of the systems, particularly COINS and ensure the integrity of the data processed and held

What experience do I need?

• Ability to communicate at all levels in a courteous and professional manner
• Accountancy Qualification
• Previous experience of working within the housing sector or similar would be advantageous
• Fully conversant with Microsoft office

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