Financial Accountant (Kent Police HQ)

Location of Role: Kent Police Headquarters, Maidstone 

Advert Closing Date: 27/11/2026 

Starting Salary: £60,171.00 (pro-rata for part-time vacancies)

Part/Full Time: Full Time 

Contract Type: Permanent 

Working Pattern: Mon-Fri 

Weekend/Evening Working: No 

The Kent Police Corporate Finance Team is looking for an outstanding qualified Accountant to join our first-class, innovative and forward-looking team.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to undertake the role of Financial Accountant to establish and monitor the accounting standards and policies, ensuring compliance with financial legislation, regulations and guidelines. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring a strong financial position within a £455m complex public sector organisation. This role also has management responsibility for a Senior Finance Officer.

The successful candidate would be a qualified accountant who is able to evidence experience and a strong technical ability within a large complex organisation. This should be combined with a strong understanding of the developments within local government accounting and advanced Excel skills.

Experience from within a public sector organisation such as police forces or local government is desirable but not essential.

The ability to work under pressure and to deadlines together with staff management experience would also be an advantage.

Although this is a full-time role, consideration will be given to the successful applicant requesting flexible or part time working arrangements. 

If you are interested in discussing this role please contact Philip Wilson on Philip.wilson@kent.police.uk or 01634 792350.

Kent Police  offer incremental increases within this salary band, therefore the salary for this position will rise to a maximum of £67,689.00.

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Kent Police and Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, sex, or employment status.

Please let us know if you require extra support at any stage of the application process, or for further information regarding this position, please email us at recruitment.business.services@ecis.police.uk stating ‘Application Support and Adjustments’ in the title of your email. Alternatively, you can call us on 01245 452833. Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.

If you’re not from the UK, you must be a resident in the UK and have lived here continuously for the last three years. You must also be free from restrictions with indefinite leave to remain. If you’re from the UK you must have lived here continuously for the last three years. This doesn’t apply to those serving abroad in the British Armed Forces.

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