Accounts Administration Officer

Role Responsibility

Role Responsibility

Further to the recent transfer of the Accounts Administration services to Kent County Council, we are recruiting new KR6 Accounts Administration Officers, to work within KCC Finance division. The primary location of the role is Sessions House, Maidstone, with the possibility of office working in Maidstone and home working. The positions are permanent, full time (37 hours per week). We also welcome applications from part-time applicants, willing to work a minimum of 24 hrs a week.

The financial role of our Accounts Administration Officers is varied, with the most important aspect of the role to ensure that a high quality service is provided to both external and internal customers when dealing with accounts administration enquiries (received by telephone, email or letter).  This post may require you to work in either the Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable or Control Team, so the ability to handle financial data and complete financial reconciliations is required. You will use accounts systems to respond to customer queries. You will be expected to have experience in providing good customer service and resolving financial queries. For full details, please see attached job description/person specification.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

We politely request that all applicants state their interest, skills and experience for this role (relevant to the job description) in the ‘Reason for Applying’ section of their online application form. 

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.

The closing date for applications is 3^rd January 2023. Interviews to be via MS Teams video call, January 2023.

Contact Details

For any further information about this role, please contact Gemma Double (Accounts Administration Manager - Gemma.Double@Kent.gov.uk).

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.