Assistant Controller

Assistant Controller

Hiring Unit: VP for Budget and Finance, Financial Management Office

Location:

Manoa Campus

Date Posted:
June 29, 2026 Closing Date:
July 14, 2026; 11:59 PM HST Salary: salary schedules and placement information Additional Salary Information: PBC, minimum $6,876/month eff. 7/01/2026 Funding:
General

Duties and Responsibilities

• Serves as a key direct report to the University's Associate Vice President/Controller with a broad range of responsibilities as Assistant Controller.
• Provides project management, direction and communication strategies for all projects within the Financial Management Office (FMO), including system conversions and updates, policy updates, and implementation of new processes.
• Leads, and manages a staff of professionals with responsibility for supporting the University's system-wide financial information systems, financial reporting, and complex inter-related sub systems.
• Acts on behalf of the Controller in their absence.
• Supports the Directors as an involved partner in the FMO offices for projects and initiatives related to Treasury, Bursar, Disbursing & Payroll, Tax, Fiscal Services, Bond System and General Accounting. Implements systems and technologies to support and improve efficiencies for the Financial Management Office.
• Develops and/or revises short and long-term goals and objectives. Organizes and manages staff resources to meet the requirements of strategic initiatives, developing goals and objectives, action plans, enhancement and maintenance of current applications.
• Serves as the University's representative on Kuali Financial work groups and interfaces with the State DAGS system conversion teams with the responsibility to provide feedback and impact analysis on the direction of the Kuali Financial System.
• Assists in monitoring Kuali financial releases and updates to ensure the continued development, implementation and enhancement of the University's financial information system and related sub-systems.
• Plans, organizes, prioritizes, coordinates, and directs the review, documentation, design, analyses, development, implementation of the University's system wide financial information sub-systems, including the requirement definitions, system design, analyses, functional and technical specifications, systems development, integration, testing, deployment, and user training and support.
• Ensures system controls are consistent and compliant with federal and state laws/statues, University policies, generally accepted accounting principles, internal controls, and appropriate accounting and business practices.
• Advises and consults with University controller, executives, administrators, staff and other system users in identifying information requirement priorities, limitations, capabilities, uses, and service requirements of the University of fiscal reporting.
• Convenes constituent groups to discuss and implement process improvements which will enhance productivity and efficiency with the financial information systems. Responsible for tracking and management of developing and issuing UH Administrative Procedures pertaining to the Financial Management Office.
• Assists in coordinating fiscal year-end activities and tasks related to the annual external audit and financial reporting requirements.
• Other duties as assigned

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* Denotes Essential Functions)

Minimum Qualifications