Accountant V - Honolulu, Oahu

Hawai`i State Judiciary Careers; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 77,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Hawai`i State Judiciary Careers is seeking an Accountant V to supervise a major accounting program and contribute to the design or revision of critical aspects of the Judiciary's accounting system in Honolulu, Oahu.

The role involves supervising the preparation of control records and financial statements for all Judiciary funds, requiring a professional accounting or auditing background, a bachelor's degree, and supervisory potential.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduation from an accredited four-year college with a Bachelor's degree and at least 12 semester hours in accounting and/or auditing.
• Accounting experience: 3.5 years of professional accounting or auditing experience, may include teaching accounting at the university level.
• Supervisory aptitude demonstrated through assignments involving supervisory responsibilities or leadership.
• Substitutions allowed: experience may substitute for education on a year-for-year basis; CPA or advanced degrees may substitute portions of requirements.

Responsibilities

• Performs difficult accounting work involving supervision of a major accounting program or revision of a major aspect of the Judiciary's accounting system.
• Supervises preparation of control records and financial statements for all Judiciary funds.

Skills

Supervisory aptitude

Accounting

Auditing

Education

Bachelor's degree

12 semester hours in accounting/auditing

Job description

Position Specific Description

Recruitment Number 26-157JC, Accountant V, SR-24, Honolulu, Oahu.

Summary Of Duties

Performs difficult and responsible accounting work involving supervision of a major accounting program, design and revision of a major aspect of the Judiciary's accounting system, or supervision and participation in the preparation of control records and financial statements for all the Judiciary funds.

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: Three and one-half (3-1/2) years of professional accounting or auditing experience, which may have included the teaching of accounting at the university level.

Non-Qualifying Experience: Experience in such positions as the following will not be accepted as qualifying professional 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.

Supervisory Aptitude: Applicants must possess supervisory aptitude. Supervisory aptitude is the demonstration of aptitude or potential for the performance of supervisory duties through successful completion of regular or special assignments which involve some supervisory responsibilities or aspects; by serving as a group or team leader, or in similar work in which opportunities for demonstrating supervisory capabilities exist; by completion of training courses in supervision accompanied by application of supervisory skills in work assignments; or by favorable appraisals by a supervisor indicating the possession of supervisory potential.

Substitutions Allowed

Substitutions of Experience for Education: The following types of experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis.

• 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 to accounting and 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.