Senior Accounting Technician

Role Responsibility

Kent County Council (KCC) has an exciting opportunity for a KR9 Senior Accounting Technician (Schools, High Needs and Early Years), within the Finance Division. Please note that the the primary location of the role is Sessions House, Maidstone, with the possibility of office and home working. The position is permanent, advertised for full time (37 hours per week), but part-time applications will also be welcomed. The post has arisen due to the imminent retirement of one of the existing team members.

This vital role will focus on supporting the technical finance function of the Schools Team, to enable the team to meet KCC’s budget responsibilities. The role involves the calculation of budgets, the publication and payment of schools’ budgets, the distribution of high needs budgets and the processing of payments to private, voluntary, and independent (PVI) Early Years provider budgets.  The role includes maintaining relevant databases and data sources, financial analysis, and providing technical (financial) IT support. Please see attached job description for full details.

The role will involve some team working, and preparing information that is timely and accurate to meet fixed, non-negotiable deadlines.  As such, the post holder will require excellent IT skills (spreadsheets, word processing and presentation software), will have experience of working within a financial environment, and have experience of producing and analysing statistical information.

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 Thursday 18th August 2022, however, the closing date may be brought forward if a high number of suitable applications are received.

Interviews to be via MS Teams video call, August 2022.

Contact Details

For further details about this role, please contact Chris Scott (Schools, High Needs and Early Years Manager, christopher.scott@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.