Budgeting & Technical Accounting Manager

Role Responsibility

We are looking for an experienced candidate to fill the role of Budgeting & Technical Accounting Manager, within Kent County Council’s Chief Accountant’s Team, Finance division. The primary location of this role is Maidstone Kent, although hybrid working (home and office working) is expected. This post is permanent, full-time (37 hours a week). This post is open to both internal and external applicants.

As Budget & Technical Accounting Manager, you will be the deputy to the Chief Accountant in all areas, apart from Commercial aspects of the team.  The successful applicant will be a Qualified Accountant, with technical knowledge of both Capital and Revenue budget monitoring and accounting.  Excellent communication and report writing skills are required. Please see attached job description for full details. The role will include managing the following:

•            Budget Build – co-ordination of delivery of the Finance Operations aspects of budget build

•            Budget Monitoring – pulling together the final monitoring report, reviewing accuracy of reported position

•            Year-end financial statements – specific assigned areas of the financial statements, liaising with the auditors

•            Whole Government Accounts

•            Implementing new/revised accounting standards

•            Delivering improvements and/or redesign of current processes across these areas

Suitable applicants must be able to meet strict deadlines and respond promptly to urgent requests for information.  The post holder will be required to supervise staff. We politely request that all applicants detail how their skills and experience meet the requirements of the job description/person specification in the ‘Reason for Applying’ section of the online 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 all applications is Thursday 24^th November 2022.

Contact Details

For further information about the role, please contact Cath Head (Cath.Head@Kent.gov.uk, Head of Finance Operations).

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.