Accountant IV – Honolulu, O'ahu

Recruitment Number 17-006AN , Accountant IV, SR-22, Honolulu, O’ahu.

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: A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with at least twelve (12) semester hours in accounting and/or auditing subjects.

Specialized 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: Experience in such positions as the following will not be accepted as qualifying professional experience:

1) bookkeeper or minor accounting or clerical positions;

2) accounting or bookkeeping machine operators;

3) 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

4) positions concerned with taxation matters not requiring the application of generally accepted accounting and auditing principles.

Substitutions Allowed:

Substitutions of Experience for Education :

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

Testing Information: All applicants who qualify under the provisions of A, B, and C below will be required to qualify on a written test on accounting principles, theories and practices.

A. Professional accounting or auditing experience.

B. 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.

C. Any Combination of A and B above.

Substitutions for Experience and Education :

A. Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum of 24 semester hour credits in accounting subjects may be substituted for one-half (1/2) year of Specialized Experience.

B. Master’s degree in accounting from an accredited college or university may be substituted for two (2) years of Specialized Experience.

C. A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Certificate obtained through written examination is qualifying for the Education and Specialized Experience requirements for the I through V levels.

Supplemental Information:

The following information must be submitted by mail or hand-delivered to: Hawai’i State Judiciary, Department of Human Resources, 426 Queen Street, First Floor, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96813.

Education: If you are using education as a substitute for experience, you must submit a copy of your official transcripts or diploma at the time of application. If you are selected, you will need an official transcript (not a copy) indicating the completion of the training or the awarding of the appropriate degree.