Job Title: Management Accountant Location: Southampton (Initial Assignment) Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as Management Accountant 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 Management Accountant, you'll benefit from: Competitive salary 5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction Life Cover & Contributory Pension Health Care 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 Management Accountant to join the Finance Team. This role typically reports to the Head of Finance & ultimately the Regional Finance Director. The purpose of the role is to provide an effective financial support function to the local management team and actively participate in the decision making and evaluation processes, whilst ensuring all Group reporting requirements are achieved. What you'll do as a Management Accountant Preparation of periodic financial statements, including profit and loss accounts and forecasts Analyse variances to budget, forecast and prior periods and provide accurate and concise commentaries Provide cover to the Finance team and support to aid their ongoing training Support the Head of Finance and the management team by providing cost analysis to ensure viability of projects and modelling of commercial deals Work closely with the Head of Finance and management team to produce the annual budget Work closely with the purchasing department to ensure accurate stock monitoring and reporting, this may also include ad-hoc physical stock counts throughout the year Support the team's growth and aim to maximise efficiencies by reviewing and updating reports and processes Any other accounting duties reasonably required by the Head of Finance What experience do I need? Part qualified and actively working towards a recognised accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) Previous experience of working in a finance role Experience within the Housebuilding sector would also be an advantage but is not essential Ability to demonstrate a professional approach to the working environment, possess commercial awareness, and strong communication skills Ability to research and analyse data Well organised with strong mathematical skills and high level of computer literacy, including Microsoft Excel JBRP1_UKTJ