Administrative Accounting Assistant

This posting is for the State of Hawaii, Department of the Attorney General, Crime Prevention and Justice Assistance Division (CPJAD). The position is located on the Island of Oahu. Salary: $5,133 - per month, pending qualifications of applicant. The State Recruiting Office will refer all inquiries regarding this exempt position to the Department of the Attorney General.

CPJAD serves as the central agency to provide the Attorney General, the chief law enforcement officer of Hawaii, with the information and resources needed to address crime and crime prevention.

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This position is responsible for providing fiscal support services to the Division Administrator and staff. This includes maintaining appropriation accounts, processing deposits and payments, posting fiscal data, preparing federal and state fiscal reports, and other related duties. This position is also responsible for maintaining the inventory records for CPJAD. This position works closely with the department's fiscal office to ensure coordination and accuracy of fiscal reports.

This position may work occasionally with information that is of a restricted nature.

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Qualifications:

Knowledge of standard accounting classification and terminology pertinent to accounts maintenance operations.

Knowledge of office practices and procedures relating to the processing and recording of transactions and accounting information.

Skills/Abilities:

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Ability to read, write, and speak concisely and effectively.

Ability to deal with others in a tactful and polite manner.

Ability to independently organize and prioritize work schedules to meet multiple deadlines.

Ability to maintain confidentiality of information.

Ability to use a personal computer and Microsoft Excel.

Education:

Associate's degree in business or accounting is required.

Experience:

Six months general work experience which demonstrated knowledge of arithmetic and spelling, and ability to follow oral and written directions, write simply and directly, and observe differences in words and numbers quickly and accurately.

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Four years specialized work experience in posting to accounting records and other systemizing of fiscal information, i.e., computing, classifying and recording numerical data to keep sets of financial accounting records complete and to prepare standard financial statements. 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, and reconciling accounts (i.e., checking for errors, balancing, and verifying with source documents);

and the preparation of balance sheets or income statements or financial and/or accounting reports.

Supervisory Aptitude:

Supervisory aptitude is the demonstration of aptitude 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.

This is a non-civil service position. Benefit information will be provided at time of offer by the Department Personnel Officer or Director of the hiring department.

Listed below is a summary of the benefits the State offers to exempt employees, which is based on…