Accountant Level 2 (Chief Accountant's Team)

Role Responsibility

Role Responsibility

We have a permanent, full-time vacancy for a KR10 Accountant Level 2 (Chief Accountant’s Team) within Kent County Council’s (KCC’s) Finance division. The primary location for this post is Sessions House, although the post currently involves working from home, with some office working as required at Maidstone. Both internal and external applicants are welcome.

The Role 
The successful applicant will be required to provide management and financial accounting for Kent and Essex Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authority (KEIFCA) and East Kent Opportunities LLP. They will be required to provide professional financial vetting and support the Commercial Manager on commercial activities that the Council are considering or has entered into.  Furthermore, the post holder will be expected to support the Chief Accountant on the delivery of overhead allocations, government returns and closedown tasks as required. Please see attached Job Description for full details.

The successful applicant will be educated to NVQ Level 4 or equivalent (e.g. AAT), and/or with proven ability to deliver the requirements of the post. The post holder will be expected to have excellent Excel spreadsheet skills and good experience of working in a finance environment, interpreting and applying accounting standards / policies. It is important that the post holder has accountancy experience of meeting regular tight deadlines.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification. 

Application
The closing date for applications is Thursday 4^th November 2021. Interviews will be undertaken via video call on MS Teams. Please note, candidates may also be required to undertake an MS Excel based test, as part of the selection process.

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Contact Details

If you have any questions before applying, please contact Emma Feakins, Chief Accountant (emma.feakins@kent.gov.uk), to whom this role reports.

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.