Finance Business Partner

Role Responsibility

Kent County Council’s Finance Division is looking for a dynamic, forward thinking individual to join our team of Finance Business Partners, who all play a pivotal role in providing strategic financial advice, support and challenge that really makes a difference to the services we support. This is an exciting time to join the County Council as it strengthens its financial resilience and corporate governance and undertakes radical service change through implementing Oracle Cloud. 

The role supports central directorates, which includes key support services such as infrastructure, IT, HR, Finance, Law, Policy and Procurement.  The Finance Business Partner will build direct working relationships with elected Cabinet members, the Chief Executive, Corporate Directors and Directors to support the strategic ambitions of the Council and its central services. The role is one of the most senior roles within the Finance service, reporting to Head of Finance Policy Planning & Strategy, who in turn reports directly to the Council’s Section 151 officer. There are no direct staff reports, but you will oversee and co-ordinate the work of professional staff in other finance teams, as part of providing financial advice that will influence the Council’s strategic direction of travel.

This role gives a unique opportunity for someone who wants to apply their extensive knowledge, experience and capacity for strategic thinking in supporting the Council to develop innovative transformation, with the aim of improving outcomes at lower cost.  You will share our passion to deliver a high quality service that is relied upon to help inform decision making by Members and Senior Officers.  The right behaviours and attitudes are as important to us as the skills required to fulfil the role.

This vacancy is being advertised as a permanent position following the retirement of the existing post holder, full-time (37 hours per week), and will be based at Maidstone, although the team currently operates hybrid working arrangements involving some office and home working. As part KCC’s employment deal, we offer a competitive range of benefits and flexible employment conditions to ensure staff can make the most of their time working at the Council.

If you are interested in applying please provide full details of your skills, experience and suitability for the role in the 'How you meet the requirements of the role' section of the 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 20th November 2024.

Contact Details

For more information about the role please contact: Dave Shipton, Head of Finance Policy Planning and Strategy at Kent County Council. e-mail: dave.shipton@kent.gov.uk or tel: 07976 298534

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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, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, 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.