Job Title: Finance Business Partner (Grade 6-7)
Location: Service Headquarters, Tovil, Maidstone, ME15 6XB – Hybrid working with minimum 3 days per week in the office
Hours: Full Time – 37 Hours per Week
Pension: Automatic membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme – career average pension scheme with 16.5% employer contribution
Holidays: In addition to bank/ public holidays you will receive 30 days holiday if offered Grade 6, 31 Days if offered Grade 7
Base Salary: Grade 6 - £37,478 - £42,104 per annum for fully qualified AAT (or equivalent) or part-qualified CCAB (or equivalent)
Grade 7 - £43,151 - £48,812 per annum for fully qualified CCAB (or equivalent)dependant on experience
Reference: R001026
Closing Date: 14th June 2026
Being a part of Kent Fire and Rescue Service
Everyone is unique. Everyone has value. Everyone helps to make Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) a great place to work. We are one team. Together with our customers we are creating a safer future for Kent and Medway. We can also offer you a range of other benefits in the workplace for example, a generous annual leave allowance, flexible working and support with CPD and career development.
Being a Finance Business Partner
The Finance Business Partner will work with a variety of people across Kent Fire and Rescue Service to support effective decision‑making, financial control, and value for money in delivering public services, enabling the Authority to deliver its objectives sustainably while responding to changing risks, funding pressures, and service demands.
You will provide support to Budget Managers and colleagues on all key requirements of the financial planning cycle e.g. budget setting, monitoring and final accounts, grants management, major projects
and capital programmes, to a quality standard, ensuring risks are identified and managed and statutory deadlines are met. You will have line management responsibilities for one colleagye.
What you’ll do
- Act as the main finance link between the Authority’s finance function and operational areas.
- Support strategic and operational decision‑making by translating financial information into clear, practical advice for non‑finance managers.
- Support budgeting and forecast processes, helping managers plan, monitor, and manage their resources within the financial constraints of the Authority
- Provide financial insight and challenge, ensuring spending plans are affordable, risks are understood, and savings or efficiencies are realistic and sustainable.
- Work collaboratively, influencing rather than directing, and building trust with senior officers, budget holders, and corporate colleagues.
What you’ll bring
- You will be highly self-motivated.
- You can plan and prioritise your workloads to meet the demands and objectives of the Authority.
- You will possess excellent interpersonal skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to provide and present complex financial data to non-finance managers.
- Detailed knowledge of the legislative framework and guidance for local authority accounting and financial management (including annual financial cycle)
- Year-end accounting arrangements and Financial systems, processes and controls
- Fully qualified Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) or equivalent OR part
- qualified CCAB or equivalent (CIMA, CIPFA, ACCA)
- You will bring in-depth experience of a wide range of finance related activities over an extended period (medium-term financial planning, performance monitoring and reporting, closure of accounts)
Benefits
- Automatic membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Blue Light Card discount scheme supported by a number of high street retailers
- A range of family friendly policies promoting work-life balance
- Access to health and wellbeing services and advice
- Free parking
- Above all you’ll become part of a service that is committed to the safety of our community
How to apply
Please complete an online application and CV by midnight on 14th June.
Interviews will take place week commencing 18th and 19th June.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy upon receiving a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this role we recommend that you submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We know that great minds don’t think alike, so we rely on diverse thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and backgrounds to create the best working environment that we can possibly offer.
Kent Fire and Rescue Service, its employees, and volunteers are committed to safeguarding, protecting, and supporting children, young people, and adults at risk. As part of our safer recruitment process, we will undertake pre-employment checks to verify your suitability for the role. These checks will include your references and a standard or enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Enhanced DBS check with barred lists are carried out for roles with direct and unsupervised access to children, young people, and adults at risk. Risk assessments will be undertaken on any disclosures identified as part of the pre-employment checks.
As a Public Sector organisation with added responsibilities under the Equality Act, 2010 the candidate must demonstrate an understanding of what is meant by Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and how this fits in with their everyday work.
Pay: £37,478.00-£48,812.00 per year
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Work from home
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Maidstone ME15 6XB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- What Finance Qualifications do you currently hold? AAT or equivalent and/or part qualified CCAB or equivalent (CIMA, CIPFA, ACCA)?
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Maidstone ME15 6XB
