Accountant IV - Honolulu, Oahu

Recruitment Number 26-086JC, Accountant IV, SR-22, Honolulu, Oahu.

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.

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

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

• Bookkeeper or minor accounting or clerical positions
• Accounting or bookkeeping machine operators
• Office managers or owners of businesses who supervise accountants, auditors or bookkeepers, but do not participate in the accounting or auditing work with responsibility for its technical adequacy
• Positions concerning taxation matters not requiring the application of generally accepted accounting and auditing principles

Substitutions of Experience for Education

• (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 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, and preparing balance sheets, profit and loss statements and related to 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 for Experience and Education

• Possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited four year college or university with a minimum of 24 semester hour credits in accounting subjects may be substituted for one-half year of Accounting Experience.
• Possession of a Master's degree in accounting from an accredited four year college or university may be substituted for two years of Accounting Experience.
• A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Certificate obtained through written examination is qualifying for the Education and Accounting Experience requirements.

If you are using education as a substitution 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.