Accountant IV - Honolulu, Oahu

Hawai`i State Judiciary Careers; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Hawaii State Judiciary Careers seeks an Accountant IV (SR-22) for Honolulu, Oahu. The role performs difficult professional accounting work, analyzes fiscal data, maintains the accounting system, provides advisory services, and supports related financial operations.

Minimum qualifications include a Bachelor's degree with 12 credit hours in accounting/auditing and 2.5 years of professional accounting or auditing experience. Substitutions may apply.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with at least twelve (12) semester hours in accounting and/or auditing.
• Two and one-half (2-1/2) years of professional accounting or auditing experience.
• Substitutions allowed include CPA certification and other substitutions described in the posting.

Responsibilities

• Performs difficult professional accounting work; analyzes fiscal data; maintains and/or develops the system for an accounting function; provides advisory services; and performs other duties as required.

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting and/or auditing

Job description

Position Specific Description

Accountant IV, SR-22, Honolulu, Oahu.
Recruitment Number 26-156JC.

Summary of Duties

Performs difficult professional accounting work; analyzes fiscal data; maintains and/or develops the system for an accounting function; provides advisory services; and performs other duties as required.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

• Education Requirement: Graduation from an accredited four (4) year college or university with a Bachelor's degree, and a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours in accounting and/or auditing.
• Accounting Experience: Two and one-half (2-1/2) years of professional accounting or auditing experience, which may have included the teaching of accounting at the university level.

Non‑Qualifying Experience

• bookkeeper or minor accounting or clerical positions;
• accounting or bookkeeping machine operators;
• such positions as those of office managers or owners of businesses who supervise accountants, auditors or bookkeepers, but do not participate in the accounting or auditing work with responsibility for its technical adequacy; and
• positions concerned with taxation matters not requiring the application of generally accepted accounting and auditing principles.

Substitutions Allowed

• Professional accounting or auditing experience.
• Professional, analytical or administrative experience which did not require the knowledge and application of accounting and/or auditing principles and practices may be substituted for the Education Requirement, providing the applicant can show that he/she has successfully completed at least twelve (12) semester credit hours in accounting and/or auditing subjects from an accredited college or university.
• Responsible experience which involved maintaining and/or reconciling general journals and general ledger accounts and related books and accounts, and preparing balance sheets, profit and loss statements and related financial reports; identifying significant changes in account balances and reviewing transactions to identify the actions which caused the changes; conducting accounts examinations including preparing worksheets or reports reflecting the examination made, discrepancies noted, and the corrective entries required to adjust accounts; and making estimates of operating procedures, and needs requirements for operating budgets. Experience which qualified for substitution must have included the preparation and/or analysis of financial statements and accounting reports.
• Any combination of the above.

Substitution For Experience And Education

• A Bachelor's degree in accounting and/or auditing will be deemed to have met the education and experience requirements for the Accountant II class of work.
• A Master's degree in accounting and/or auditing may be substituted for two (2) years of Accounting Experience.
• A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Certificate obtained through written examination is qualifying for the Education and Accounting Experience requirements for the levels I through V.

Supplemental Information

Any additional information may be attached to your online application, submitted by email to [e-mail], or mailed to the following address: Hawaii State Judiciary, Human Resources Department, 426 Queen Street, First Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813.

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