Fiscal Officer - Oahu

Recruitment Number 25-0329

The immediate vacancies are with the Department of Budget & Finance and the Department of Law Enforcement in Downtown
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Salary: $6,535 to $7,952 per month (SR-26, Step D to I)

Note: Hiring rates will be based on availability of funds, the applicant's qualifications, and other relevant factors.

This continuous recruitment may be closed at any time. The notice of the last day to file applications will be posted on the State of Hawaii's Civil Service Job Opportunities Listing page of our website.

Directs the fiscal and accounting functions for a large division or equivalent department; develops and maintains the fiscal planning, monitoring and control functions for the agency; gives staff assistance to program management on fiscal and business matters; directs and coordinates the preparation of the agency's budget; participates in the development of long‑range financial plans; and performs other related duties as assigned.

Legal Authorization to Work Requirement: The State of Hawaii requires all persons seeking employment with the government of the State to be citizens, nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States, or eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment in the United States.

To qualify, you must meet all of the following requirements:

Bachelor's degree from an accredited four‑year college or university with at least 12 semester credit hours in accounting and/or auditing subjects.

Two and one‑half years of progressively responsible professional accounting or auditing experience which may have included teaching accounting at the university level.

• Supervisory Experience – Professional accounting or auditing experience which included:
  1) planning, organizing, scheduling, and directing the work of others;
  2) assigning and reviewing their work;
  3) advising them on difficult work problems;
  4) training and developing subordinates; and
  5) evaluating their work performance.
• Specialist Experience – Professional work experience in a specialized area of accounting (such as systems design, adaptation, installation, evaluation and/or revision of fund control) or in auditing which involved performing work regularly encompassing difficult and complex situations and problems comparable in scope and complexity to the classes Accountant V and Auditor V in the State service. 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.

Applicants with Specialist Experience and no Supervisory Experience 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 of supervision, e.g., by serving as a group or team leader; or in similar work in which opportunities for demonstrating supervisory capabilities exist;

or by the completion of training courses in supervision accompanied by application of supervisory skills in work assignments; and/or by favorable appraisals by a supervisor indicating the possession of supervisory potential.

One year of professional accounting and/or auditing experience which involved participation in the preparation of the budget and the development of long‑range financial plans.

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