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- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
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Assistant Finance Manager

Taylor Wimpey -
Peterborough

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Job details

7 days ago

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension
Private medical insurance
Employee discount
Life insurance
Car scheme

Qualifications

Microsoft Excel
ACA
Microsoft Office
Balance sheet reconciliation
CIMA

Full job description

Date: 15 Jun 2026

Location: Peterborough, GB, PE2 9EN

Company: Taylor Wimpey

Make a Home at Taylor Wimpey

At Taylor Wimpey, we don’t just build houses; we build futures. Not just for the people who live in our homes, but for our own people too. When we bring our collective skills together, we make amazing things happen - for ourselves, for each other and for our customers. There are incredible opportunities on your doorstep, and we want you to discover them all.

With 22 regional offices across the UK and operations in Spain, we bring our vision to life locally. Here, you’ll be given the tools to develop your skills and the freedom to explore new avenues. Share your ideas, experience a no-blame culture, and shape your work around your life.

Every single one of us plays a vital role in bringing to life incredible places and spaces, where anyone can thrive. We believe in making a positive difference to our planet, as well as to people.

Home to work that matters, and you can be a part of it.

Job Summary

The Assistant Finance Manager is key to assisting the Senior Finance Manager in preparing the monthly management accounts (P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow Reporting) and the supplementary reporting of data and information to the Group. The role is to run controlled finance processes and deliver accurate outputs in a timely manner.

The role will also act as a finance business partner to the Business Unit. This will include presenting monthly financial data to the BU management team.

Primary Responsibilities

Manage the monthly close process, ensuring a clean close of all sub-ledgers, interfaces, and accounting judgements, with the final results submitted into Group Finance by WD4
Prepare and process month end journals
Preparation of monthly management reporting for the BU. Include commentary which explains both YTD and full-year forecast variances from the budget (or forecast), for review by the SFM and FD and incorporate in the monthly BUMT Board Report. The analysis will reflect operational understanding.
Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations, including entries and accounts managed by central teams (e.g. Intercompany Recharges), ensuring that items are correctly analysed and any accounting anomalies are cleared on a timely basis. Highlighting issues to the SFM during the review
Account, forecast and report on cost excesses/ savings
Partner with BU departments to identify and achieve cost improvements
Support SFM and FD in driving ERP system improvements across finance and the wider BU
Contribute to the bi-annual budgeting and planning process
Explanation and demonstration of the key budget outputs across BU departments, often to a non-financial audience.
Ensure Finance Manual procedures are complied with and timely dispensation sought where appropriate.
Support Senior Finance Manager with the external and internal audit processes, as well as statutory account preparation as required
Engage with the BU teams to ensure TW Group's financial policy and statutory requirements are met and complied with throughout the BU
Support the Senior Finance Manager and Finance Director by assisting in the preparation of financial information in an efficient and timely manner
Provide cover for other members of the finance team as required
Other Ad hoc projects, processes and procedures as required.

Experience, Qualifications, Technical Requirements

Previous industry experience
Part Qualified Accountant / Fully Qualified – ACA, ACCA, CIMA, with prior experience of working management accountant.
Good (Strong preferred) working knowledge of MS Office and Excel in particular
Previous experience of using group consolidation system

What we offer at Taylor Wimpey

At Taylor Wimpey, we are committed to enabling you to make a home with us. Our work is not just about building homes; it's about doing work that matters, making a positive impact on the lives of our customers and the communities we serve.

We enjoy many benefits as standard, including excellent retail discounts, company funded life insurance and private healthcare, and access to a quality pension scheme with company contributions. We also offer our discounted house purchase scheme, car leasing scheme and share plans, as well as the opportunity to tailor your benefit package to suit your needs with options such as buying extra annual leave or adding dependants to your benefit cover. Our total reward offer works perfectly with our culture, we are a welcoming community where everyone can feel at home.

We create a home to your future by providing opportunities for growth and development. We offer industry leading professional training and development, which supports you to unlock your potential and fulfil your career and personal goals in a variety of opportunities and environments. We look to develop our people in the skills and areas they are most interested in, leveraging your qualities and appreciating your unique competencies, skills and expertise that, when we come together, make this a great place to work.

If you want to do work that matters and build a career that lasts, make a home at Taylor Wimpey.

Inclusivity Statement

As a proud Disability Confident Employer, Taylor Wimpey is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively collaborate with individuals who have disabilities and long-term health conditions which have an effect on their ability to do normal daily activities, ensuring that barriers are eliminated when it comes to employment opportunities. In line with our commitment, we guarantee an interview to applicants who declare to us during the application process that they have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the role. Join us in building a truly diverse and empowered team.

Internal Applicants:

Please inform your line manager if you wish to apply for this role.

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