Finance Assistant

Job Title: Finance Assistant

Location: Witham, CM8

Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as a Finance 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 a Finance Assistant, you’ll benefit from:

• Competitive salary
• 5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Health Care
• Life Cover & Contributory Pension
• Bonus
• 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?

This is an exciting opportunity for a Finance Assistant to join our busy Accounts team. This role typically reports into the Finance Manager.

This will be a varied role, which will require the role holder to carry out ledger clerk duties amongst other varied finance tasks.

What you’ll do as a Finance Assistant

• Coding and processing of invoices on to coins
• Prepare mid-month/end of month subcontractor payment runs
• Ensure all CIS and insurance details are correct and updated accordingly
• Maintenance of ledger accounts
• Opening of new supplier accounts in accordance with the Persimmon Plc internal controls
• Working closely with the commercial team
• Any other accounting duties reasonably required by the Finance Manager

What experience do I need?

• Experience in a similar accounting role
• A relevant accounting qualification or working towards one would be beneficial
• Previous experience in the construction industry would be an advantage but not essential
• Experience of using Microsoft applications especially Excel
• Must be organised, diligent and able to work under pressure