Accountant V; SR

“Drive Financial Excellence—Become Our Next Accounting Leader!”

Are you ready to take your accounting career to the next level? Join our team! The Department of Budget and Fiscal Services Accounting Division is hiring an Accountant V in Honolulu. As an Accountant V, you'll play a vital role in reviewing contracts and amendments to ensure proper fund certification and encumbrance, managing debt service across funds, preparing detailed financial statements and reports, and diving deep into financial data analysis.

• Monitor, review, reconcile, and prepare journal entries for debt service.
• Prepare special reports, exhibits for the Budget and Fiscal Services Director's quarterly reports, and schedules for the Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports in accordance with Governmental Accounting Standard requirements.
• Analyze the general ledger accounts, and the revenue and expenditure transactions for all City funds except the enterprise funds.
• Supervise the Control Accounts Bookkeeper involved in processing contracts, petty cash and change fund control and Accounting Section inventory control.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in accounting or in business administration with courses in accounting. (

Note:

At least 12 semester credits in accounting or auditing courses is needed, six of which must be above the beginning or elementary course level from an accredited four-year college or university).

Substitution:
Work experience may be substituted for the bachelor’s degree on a year-for-year basis. Such experience must have provided the knowledge, skills, and analytical ability normally gained from attainment of a bachelor’s degree in accounting or business administration with courses in accounting.

Four (4) years of progressively responsible work experience in professional accounting, including or supplemented by work experience demonstrating aptitude or potential.

Substitution: A Master’s degree in Accounting from an accredited four-year college or university will substitute for one of the required four years of professional accounting experience.

• Successful completion of regular or special assignments which involve some supervisory responsibilities or aspects.
• Serving as a group or team leader, or in similar work in which opportunities for demonstrating supervisory capabilities exist.
• Completion of training courses in supervision accompanied by application of supervisory skills in work assignments.
• Favorable appraisals by a supervisor indicating the possession of supervisory potential.

• Knowledge of principles and practices of commercial and governmental accounting.
• Knowledge of preparation and analysis of financial statements and reports.
• Knowledge of public fiscal administration including budgeting and financial reporting.
• Knowledge of accounting system and procedures of the assigned agency.
• Knowledge of principles and practices of supervision.
• Ability to devise and install accounting methods, techniques and procedures.
• Ability to plan, assign and direct the work of subordinates.
• Ability to prepare complete and accurate reports and standards.
• Ability to analyze data, detect errors and correct inconsistencies in accounting records.

Benefits include generous time off (up to 21 vacation days, 21 sick leave days, and holidays), comprehensive health coverage, retirement plan, career development, and more. View details about all our available benefits by visiting https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

At the time of application, you must be a citizen, national, or permanent resident alien of the United States or a non-citizen eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment.

If you qualify for the position, your name will be eligible for consideration for the current vacancy and future job openings with this job title. Screening will be based on the education, experience, and other job-related information provided in your application. Failure to provide sufficient information may result in your application being rejected or your receiving a lower rating. All information provided on an application is subject to verification.

As applicable, false or misleading statements or omissions of material facts are grounds for disqualification and/or termination of employment with the City and County of Honolulu.

This posting is an Equal Opportunity Employer.