Job Title:	Accountant IV - Temporary (Downtown)
Salary:	See Position Description
Job Type:	Temporary, Full-time
Location:	Downtown, Island of Oahu

Description  Benefits  Supplemental Questions
Recruitment Number:  092-6008 Salary*: * Temporary salary adjustment due to furloughs and respective collective bargaining agreements Click here for more information:  http://doe.k12.hi.us Accountant IV, SR-22, BU-13, $3798.00 per month Location: Downtown, Island of Oahu The immediate vacancy is located in the Office of the Superintendent, Office of Hawaii Child Nutrition Programs. Vacancy: Temporary, Full-time   NOTE: Temporary positions may be extended year to year, dependent upon funding and departmental needs. Making yourself eligible for temporary positions increases your employment possibilities and may lead to permanent opportunities.   A person hired for a temporary position may also become a temporary employee upon satisfactory completion of the initial probation period of at least six months. Once a temporary employee, you would be eligible to apply for promotion and transfer opportunities to permanent as well as other temporary positions. You may also enjoy other rights and benefits as afforded to an employee in a permanent position, with the exception of return rights and placement rights associated with a reduction-in-force. Summary: 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. 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:
Minimum Qualification 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. NOTE: If you will graduate within six months of application from an accredited university and will meet the Minimum Qualification Requirements upon your graduation, you must provide a letter attesting to such from your department chair or university, along with your most current transcripts. Final transcripts showing receipt of the degree must be submitted upon graduation. Accounting Experience Requirement: Two and one-half (2½) 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.   Please submit a copy of your official transcripts if you are using a substitution of education for experience.
Supplemental Information:
Merit Civil Service System: Employment in the civil service, as defined by State law, is governed by the merit principle. Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirements of the position being sought, i.e., all education, work experience, and other public employment requirements for State Civil Service employment. It is the applicant’s responsibility to provide complete information. The information submitted may be verified. Applicants must meet the requirements and qualify on appropriate employment-related tests to be eligible for employment consideration. All documents submitted to us become the property of the Department of Education.