Accountant V - Downtown, Oahu
- Employer
- Hawaii Department of Education
- Location
- Honolulu, HI, US
- Salary
- Competitive
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- Job Category
- Administrator, Finance / Business / CFO
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- Amended 7-5-17: Monthly Salary
- ACCOUNTANT V
$4,859.00 - $5,683.00 per month (SR-24)
- NOTE: Department of Education employees will be placed on the salary range in accordance with Department regulations. All new external applicants will be placed on the initial step of the salary range. However, placement above the initial step of the salary range will be based on special characteristics and critical needs of the position, an applicant's exceptional qualifications, the availability of funds, and other relevant factors. Such appointments require prior approval.
- Location:
Downtown, Oahu
- The immediate vacancies are located in the Office of Fiscal Services, Accounting and Operations Section.
- Performs difficult and responsible accounting work involving supervision of a major accounting program, design and revision of a major aspect of the State accounting system or supervision and participation in the preparation of control records and financial statements for all State funds; and performs other duties as required.
- Applicants must meet all the requirements for the position they are seeking as of the date of the application, unless otherwise specified. Unless specifically indicated, the required education and experience may not be gained concurrently. Note: Calculation of experience is based on full-time, 40-hour workweeks. Part-time experience is pro-rated. Example: Twelve months of experience at 20 hours/week is equivalent to six months of experience, not one year. Also, hours worked in excess of 40 hours/week will not be credited. Example: Twelve months of experience at 60 hours/week is equivalent to one year of experience, not one and a half years.
To qualify, you must meet all of the following requirements:
- Education Requirement:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited (four-year) college or university with at least 12 semester credit hours in accounting and/or auditing subjects.
Accounting Experience Requirement:
Three and one-half (3�) years of progressively responsible professional accounting or auditing experience which may have included teaching 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 business 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:
Substitution of Experience for Education:
The following types of experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis:
1. 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 on a year-for-year basis providing the applicant can show that he/she has successfully completed at least 12 semester credit hours at the baccalaureate level in accounting and/or auditing subjects from an accredited college or university.
2. Professional accounting or auditing experience.
3. Responsible experience which involved maintaining general journals and general ledger accounts and related books and accounts, and preparing balance sheets and profit and loss statements and related accounting and financial reports. Experience of this nature may be gained by performing duties as a principal bookkeeper or other responsible work requiring the preparation and/or analysis of financial statements and accounting reports.
4. Any combination of the above.
Substitution of Education and Experience:
1. Possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum of 24 semester credit hours in accounting subjects may be substituted for one-half (1/2) year of Accounting Experience.
2. Possession of a master's degree in accounting or a master's degree with equivalent accounting course work from an accredited college or university may be substituted for one and one-half (1-1/2) years of Accounting Experience.
3. Applicants who possess a valid Hawaii Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Certificate or equivalent, will be deemed to have met the Basic Education and Accounting Experience Requirements for at least the class Accountant III. A review of all of the applicant's education and experience is required in order to determine whether an applicant qualifies for higher levels.
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