Accountant Level 2 (Chief Accountant’s Team)

Role Responsibility

We have an opportunity for a new KR10 Accountant Level 2 within the Chief Accountant’s Team, Finance Division, Kent County Council (KCC). This post is offered for 12 months, full-time. Both internal and external applicants are welcome. For internal applicants, this would be offered as a Secondment. Please see attached job description for full details. Please note that the primary location of the role is Invicta House, Maidstone, Kent, with currently both home and office working.

The role involves assisting the Budget & Technical Accounting Manager in the collation of the budget book and Medium-Term Financial Plan (MTFP), the monitoring reports and Statement of Accounts. The post holder will be required to co-ordinate the monitoring of the Council’s reserves ensuring compliance with the Reserves Policy, and will manage the collation of government returns e.g. Revenue Account (RA) and Revenue Outturn (RO), working collaboratively with colleagues in Revenue Finance, Financial Analysis and Support Team, and Revenue & Tax Strategy.

You will be educated to A level/NVQ Level 4 (e.g. AAT) or equivalent in an accountancy/statistical/mathematical subject, and/or with proven ability to do the job.

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 31 August 2023.

Contact Details

For further information about this role please contact Emma Feakins (Chief Accountant) at emma.feakins@kent.gov.uk or 03000 416082.

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.