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Account Clerk , II, III - Waiakea Intermediate

Job in Hilo, Hawaii County, Hawaii, 96721, USA
Listing for: Hawaii State Department of Education
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-01-03
Job specializations:
  • Accounting
    Bookkeeper/ Accounting Clerk, Accounting Assistant
  • Administrative/Clerical
    Bookkeeper/ Accounting Clerk
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 3141 USD Monthly USD 3141.00 MONTH
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Account Clerk I, II, III - Waiakea Intermediate

The authorized level of the position is Account Clerk III. Applications are being accepted down to the Account Clerk I in the event of recruiting difficulties.

Salary Range
  • Account Clerk I, SR-06: $3,141.00 per month
  • Account Clerk II, SR-08: $3,266.00 per month
  • Account Clerk III, SR-11: $3,606.00 per month
Responsibilities
  • Verifies and enters details of costs, charges or other similar bookkeeping items to correct accounts or classifications;
  • Receives, receipts and deposits cash collections of various kind, and maintains appropriate records; consults or studies specific books, manuals, catalogs or other sources in order to obtain desired information;
  • Performs numerous types of computations such as discount, interest, ratio and percentage; determines rates, costs, amounts or other specifications for various types of items, selecting and using tables or classification data;
  • Explains details of services, methods or policies; prepares requisitions or purchase orders, and may place orders for supplies, materials, equipment or contract services; processes invoices and may prepare vouchers for approval to authorize disbursement;
  • May maintain inventory control records;
  • Reviews the accounts clerical work of others, calling attention to use of incorrect procedures or methods and to incorrect entries or results;
  • Composes correspondence requiring specific knowledge of methods, procedures, policies or other information; determines the general ledger accounts, journals and subsidiary accounts affected and the debit and/or credit entries to be made; summarizes transactions having a like effect and preparing control sheets or other posting documents reflecting the debit and/or credit entries to be made;
  • Totals entries at specified intervals and takes a trial balance of debits and credits; determines corrective entries required to bring accounts into balance; closes and reconciles accounts;
  • May supervise one or more lower-level account clerk or other subordinates.
  • Experience Requirement
    • Account Clerk I:
      General Experience 1/2 year, Specialized Experience 0, Total 1/2 year
    • Account Clerk II:
      General Experience 1/2 year, Specialized Experience 1, Total 1-1/2 years
    • Account Clerk III:
      General Experience 1/2 year, Specialized Experience 2*, Total 2-1/2 years

    * Some Account Clerk III positions require that applicants 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; by serving as a group or team leader, or in similar work in which opportunities for demonstrating supervisory capabilities exist;

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

    General Experience

    Work experience which demonstrated knowledge of arithmetic and spelling and possession of the abilities to follow oral and written directions, to write simply and directly and to observe differences in words and numbers quickly and accurately.

    Specialized Experience

    Work involved in posting to accounting records and other systematizing of fiscal information; i.e., computing, classifying and recording numerical data to keep sets of financial accounting records complete and to derive reports therefrom. Such experience must have demonstrated knowledge of standard accounting classification and terminology pertinent to accounts maintenance operations and office practices and procedures relating to the processing and recording of transactions and accounting information.

    For levels III, this work must have involved reconciling accounts (i.e. checking for errors, balancing, and going back to original source document for verification); and the preparation of standard financial statements.

    Non-Qualifying Experience

    Experience as an inventory clerk, stock clerk, supply clerk or other related work which is primarily concerned with posting non-fiscal data or checking accuracy of computations and which does not involve or require any fiscal record keeping knowledge is not considered qualifying specialized experience.

    Substitution of Education for Experience
  • Graduation from high school with courses in basic English and arithmetic may be substituted for six (6) months of general experience.
  • Successful completion of a substantially full-time equivalent accounting curriculum leading to a degree or diploma at an accredited business school, community college or other comparable institution which included accounting courses in double-entry procedures in analyzing, recording and summarizing transactions; and the preparation and interpretation of financial statements, may be substituted for specialized experience on the basis of one (1) year of such training for one (1) school year of experience, up to a maximum of two (2) years.
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