Accounts Assistant
Job Title: Accounts Assistant
Location: Wessex, Malmesbury
Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as an Accounts Assistant and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.
Why Persimmon Homes?
We’re one of the UK’s largest and most established housebuilders — FTSE 100 listed, with 29 regional offices and thousands of quality homes built every year.
At Persimmon, we don’t just build homes — we build careers. When you join us as an Accounts Assistant, you’ll benefit from:
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Competitive salary
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5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
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Life Cover & Contributory Pension
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Bonus
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Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
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Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development
What is the role?
We are recruiting for an Accounts Assistant to join our busy Accounts team. This will be a varied role which will require the role holder to carry out purchase ledger duties. This role reports into the Finance Manager.
What you’ll do as an Accounts Assistant
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Process all purchase invoices and obtain approval for payment
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Carry out supplier statement reconciliations
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Compile payment runs on a monthly basis, ensuring all supplier invoices are uploaded
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Dealing with supplier queries over the phone and via email
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Any other accounting duties reasonably required by the Finance Manager
What experience do I need?
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Experience in a similar accounting role
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A relevant accounting qualification or working towards one would be beneficial
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Previous experience in the construction industry and dealing with subcontractors would be an advantage but not essential
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Experience of using Microsoft applications especially Excel
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Must be organised, diligent and able to work under pressure
