Assistant Court Fiscal Officer II - Honolulu, Oahu

Recruitment Number 25-111JC Assistant Court Fiscal Officer II SR-26 Honolulu Oahu.

Assists the Court Fiscal Officer in the development evaluation implementation and modification of fiscal and accounting processes procedures and functions; analyzes fiscal and accounting data for reporting purposes; provides advisory services to programs; and performs other duties as required.

Education Requirement: Graduation from an accredited four (4) year college or university with a Bachelors degree and a minimum of twelve (12) semester credit hours in accounting and/or auditing.

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.

Supervisory Specialist and/or Fiscal Management Experience Requirement:One (1) year ofeither supervisory specialist or fiscal management experience of the type and quality described below:

(1) Supervisory Experience: Professional work experience supervising others engaged in accounting auditing or fiscal control activities which included: (1) planning and directing the work of others; (2) assigning and reviewing their work; (3) advising them on difficult problem areas; (4) timing and scheduling their work; and (5) training and developing new employees.

(2) Specialist Experience: Professional work experience in a specialized area of accounting (such as systems or fund control) or in auditing which involved performing work regularly encompassing difficult and complex situations and problems. Such work experience generally involves responsibility for conducting studies and making recommendations to management for the development or revision of standards policies or procedures; providing technical advice and direction to management and/or line departments; conducting research for the purpose of implementing or improving accounting/auditing system(s); and/or developing guides to be used by management and/or line departments in the performance of accounting/auditing work.

(3) Fiscal Management Experience: Professional accounting and/or auditing experience which involved participation in the preparation of budget and the development of long-range financial plans.

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:

Substitutions of Experience for Education:

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

A. Professional accounting or auditing experience.

B. 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.

C. Responsible experience which involved maintaining and/or reconciling general journals and general ledger accounts and related books and accounts; preparing balance sheets and profit and loss statements and related 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.

D. Any combination of the above.

Substitution of Education for Experience:

A. Possession of a Bachelors degree from an accredited four (4) year college or university with a minimum of twenty-four (24) semester hour credits in accounting subjects may be substituted for one-half () year of Accounting Experience.

B. Possession of a Masters degree in accounting from an accredited four (4) year college or university may be substituted for two (2) years of Accounting Experience.

C. A certified Public Accountant (CPA) Certificate obtained through written examination is qualifying for the Education and Accounting Experience requirements for the Assistant Court Fiscal Officer II.

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

Education: If you are using education as a substitute for experience you must submit a copy of your transcript(s) or diploma(s) at the time of application. If you are selected for a position we will request an official transcript (not a copy) at a later date. The official transcript must indicate completion of the training and/or the awarding of the appropriate degree.

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