Business Manager - Finance Business Support Team

Role Responsibility

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated individual to lead a small team that supports the Corporate Director, Finance, the wider Finance Leadership team and the Finance Division as a whole. The Business Manager, Finance is a key role and the successful applicant will need to be proactive and solution focussed, an excellent communicator and leader, working effectively and collaboratively with others across the organisation and externally in a fast paced, high profile environment.

Your main responsibilities will include providing leadership to deliver an effective business support service within the Finance function, reviewing and continuously improving policies, procedures and processes,  partnership working across the council and with external partners.

This is a permanent full time post, job share applications will be considered.

If you are interested in applying for the role, you should state your interest, skills and experience for this role (relevant to the job description) in the ‘Reason for Applying’ section of the online application form.

Please note that the primary location of the role is Invicta House, Maidstone, Kent, with currently both home and office working. Applications from both internal and external candidates are welcomed.

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.

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

Please note, shortlisted candidates may be required to undertake psychometric testing. Full details will be provided to shortlisted candidates.

Any applicants interested in this role should apply at their earliest convenience, as the closing date for applications may be earlier than stated above, if a high number of suitably qualified candidates apply.

Contact Details

For further details about this role, please contact Zena Cooke, Corporate Director, Finance, at zena.cooke@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.