Assistant Court Fiscal Officer - Kauai

Recruitment Number 25-079JC
, Assistant Court Fiscal Officer I, SR-22*, Kauai.
Salary rate effective 07/01/2025.

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.

Graduation from an accredited four (4) year college or university with a Bachelor's degree, and a minimum of twelve (12) semester credit hours in accounting and/or auditing.

Three and one-half (3½) years of progressively responsible professional accounting or auditing experience which may have included teaching accounting at the university level.

Experience in such positions as the following will not be accepted as qualifying professional experience:

• bookkeeper or minor accounting or clerical positions;
• accounting or bookkeeping machine operators;
• 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,
• positions concerned with taxation matters not requiring the application of generally accepted accounting and auditing principles.

Substitutions of Experience for

Education:

• Professional accounting or auditing experience.
• 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, provided the applicant has successfully completed at least twelve (12) semester credit hours in accounting and/or auditing subjects from an accredited college or university.
• 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, 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; and the preparation and/or analysis of financial statements and accounting reports.
• Any combination of the above.

• Possession of a Bachelor's 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 (½) year of Accounting Experience.
• Possession of a Master's degree in accounting from an accredited four (4) year college or university may be substituted for two (2) years of Accounting Experience.
• A certified Public Accountant (CPA) Certificate obtained through written examination is qualifying for the Education and Accounting Experience requirements for Assistant Court Fiscal Officer I.

Civil service employees are eligible for a range of benefits, including, but not limited to, the following:

• Up to 13 paid holidays each year, and 14 during election years
• Up to 21 vacation leave days per year
• Up to 21 sick leave days per year
• Reasonable time off with pay for jury or witness duty, death in the family, for certain military duty, and for donating to the Blood Bank
• Employer contribution to premiums for enrollment in the state sponsored medical, drug, vision, and adult dental plans
• Free life insurance policy for employees and retirees
• Deferred compensation retirement savings plan
• State retirement plan for eligible employees

Judiciary employees may also be eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information, visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

This summary does not constitute a legal document or contract. Benefits may vary by type of employment and employment conditions.